(796) Sarita
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Opposition	21 Apr 2024	13.8	3.285 AU	2.280 AU	14h00m	-11°31'	179.2°	0.2°
Today	24 Apr 2024	13.8	3.281 AU	2.276 AU	13h57m	-11°28'	177.3°	0.8°

The interactive orbit chart above shows the body's path through the solar system and its position at the given date. Green and blue lines are shown perpendicular to the ecliptic plane: Green if the path is above the ecliptic plane, blue if it is below. (Left-click and drag to rotate the view; Right-click and drag to move the view; Use scroll wheel to zoom in our out.)

The orbital elements of Sarita are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.3196215
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.6362914
            i (Inclination)                 : 19.04828
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 33.14315
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 329.59532
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 226.35087
            Epoch                           : 2024 Mar 31

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 4.12711
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -9.50738
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.28            
        

The light curve chart below shows the estimated development of the minor planet's magnitude.

The all-sky chart below shows the path of the minor planet over the same period as the light curve. The current position is marked yellow.

The following chart shows the path of the minor planet in the next few days. The field of view is optimized for (~10x50) binoculars and finderscopes. A more printer-friendly version of the same chart can be found below.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2024-04-24 00:00 UT   13 57 29.7   -11 28 50     2.276    3.281  177.3    0.8   121   13.8 
2024-04-24 07:25 UT   13 57 11.0   -11 28 27     2.276    3.280  177.0    0.9   119   13.9 
2024-04-25 00:00 UT   13 56 29.2   -11 27 35     2.275    3.279  176.1    1.2   117   13.9 
2024-04-26 00:00 UT   13 55 28.7   -11 26 21     2.274    3.277  174.9    1.6   114   13.9 
2024-04-27 00:00 UT   13 54 28.4   -11 25 06     2.273    3.276  173.7    1.9   113   13.9 
2024-04-28 00:00 UT   13 53 28.2   -11 23 52     2.273    3.274  172.5    2.3   112   14.0 
2024-04-29 00:00 UT   13 52 28.3   -11 22 38     2.273    3.272  171.3    2.7   112   14.0 
2024-04-30 00:00 UT   13 51 28.6   -11 21 25     2.273    3.270  170.1    3.0   111   14.0 
2024-05-01 00:00 UT   13 50 29.1   -11 20 13     2.274    3.269  168.9    3.4   111   14.0 
2024-05-02 00:00 UT   13 49 30.1   -11 19 01     2.275    3.267  167.7    3.8   110   14.0 
2024-05-03 00:00 UT   13 48 31.4   -11 17 51     2.276    3.265  166.5    4.1   110   14.1 
2024-05-04 00:00 UT   13 47 33.2   -11 16 43     2.278    3.263  165.3    4.5   110   14.1 
2024-05-05 00:00 UT   13 46 35.5   -11 15 35     2.280    3.261  164.1    4.9   110   14.1 
2024-05-06 00:00 UT   13 45 38.4   -11 14 30     2.282    3.259  162.9    5.2   110   14.1 
2024-05-07 00:00 UT   13 44 41.8   -11 13 27     2.284    3.258  161.7    5.6   110   14.1 
2024-05-08 00:00 UT   13 43 45.9   -11 12 25     2.287    3.256  160.5    5.9   110   14.2 
2024-05-09 00:00 UT   13 42 50.7   -11 11 26     2.290    3.254  159.3    6.3   110   14.2 
2024-05-10 00:00 UT   13 41 56.2   -11 10 30     2.293    3.252  158.2    6.6   110   14.2 
2024-05-11 00:00 UT   13 41 02.5   -11 09 37     2.296    3.250  157.0    7.0   110   14.2 
2024-05-12 00:00 UT   13 40 09.5   -11 08 46     2.300    3.248  155.8    7.3   110   14.2 
2024-05-13 00:00 UT   13 39 17.5   -11 07 59     2.304    3.246  154.6    7.7   110   14.3 
2024-05-14 00:00 UT   13 38 26.3   -11 07 15     2.309    3.244  153.5    8.0   110   14.3 
2024-05-15 00:00 UT   13 37 36.1   -11 06 34     2.313    3.242  152.3    8.3   110   14.3 
2024-05-16 00:00 UT   13 36 46.8   -11 05 57     2.318    3.241  151.2    8.7   110   14.3 
2024-05-17 00:00 UT   13 35 58.5   -11 05 23     2.323    3.239  150.0    9.0   110   14.3 
2024-05-18 00:00 UT   13 35 11.3   -11 04 54     2.329    3.237  148.9    9.3   110   14.3 
2024-05-19 00:00 UT   13 34 25.1   -11 04 28     2.334    3.235  147.7    9.6   110   14.4 
2024-05-20 00:00 UT   13 33 39.9   -11 04 07     2.340    3.233  146.6    9.9   110   14.4 
2024-05-21 00:00 UT   13 32 55.9   -11 03 50     2.346    3.231  145.4   10.2   110   14.4 
2024-05-22 00:00 UT   13 32 13.0   -11 03 37     2.352    3.229  144.3   10.5   110   14.4 
2024-05-23 00:00 UT   13 31 31.2   -11 03 29     2.359    3.227  143.2   10.8   110   14.4 
2024-05-24 00:00 UT   13 30 50.6   -11 03 25     2.366    3.225  142.1   11.1   110   14.4 

    Terminology:
            
    delta:  distance between minor planet and earth in AU
    radius: distance between minor planet and sun in AU
    magn:   magnitude (brightness) estimate    
    ra:     right ascension in hours (24h = 360deg)
    dec:    declination in degrees
    elong:  elongation in degrees (angle sun-earth-minor planet)    
    phase:  phase angle in degrees (angle sun-minor planet-earth)        
    AU:     Astronomical Unit (mean distance between earth and sun: 149597870.7 km
    

Orbital elements provided by the MPC (Minor Planet Center).
Calculations by a modified version of AAPlus, a C# implementation of the AA+ project by PJ Naughter from the algorithms presented in the book "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus.
NGC2000 dso catalog and star labels from VizieR as provided by the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center.
Tycho2 catalog from the ESO archive.