(134) Sophrosyne |
ephemeris |
date |
magn |
radius |
delta |
ra |
dec |
elong |
phase |
Opposition | 8 Oct 2025 | 11.9 | 2.375 AU | 1.384 AU | 00h42m | +15°26' | 170.0° | 4.2° |
Today | 10 Oct 2025 | 11.9 | 2.373 AU | 1.383 AU | 00h40m | +15°24' | 169.8° | 4.3° |
(134) Sophrosyne - 2025-10-10
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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 Sophrosyne are:
e (Eccentricity) : 0.1151201
a (Semimajor axis) : 2.5629153
i (Inclination) : 11.61241
Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 345.83618
ω (Argument of perihelion) : 85.80152
M (Mean anomaly) : 325.20987
Epoch : 2025 Nov 21
L (Longitude of perihelion) : 71.55029
B (Latitude of perihelion) : 11.58082
P (Orbital period in years) : 4.10
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
2025-10-10 00:00 UT 00 40 48.5 +15 24 31 1.383 2.373 169.8 4.3 150 11.9
2025-10-10 04:43 UT 00 40 36.0 +15 24 16 1.383 2.373 169.8 4.3 149 11.9
2025-10-11 00:00 UT 00 39 45.0 +15 23 12 1.383 2.372 169.5 4.4 143 11.9
2025-10-12 00:00 UT 00 38 41.8 +15 21 45 1.383 2.371 169.1 4.6 137 11.9
2025-10-13 00:00 UT 00 37 39.0 +15 20 11 1.384 2.370 168.6 4.8 131 12.0
2025-10-14 00:00 UT 00 36 36.6 +15 18 30 1.384 2.369 167.9 5.0 126 12.0
2025-10-15 00:00 UT 00 35 34.8 +15 16 44 1.385 2.368 167.2 5.3 121 12.0
2025-10-16 00:00 UT 00 34 33.6 +15 14 52 1.386 2.367 166.4 5.7 117 12.0
2025-10-17 00:00 UT 00 33 33.1 +15 12 54 1.388 2.366 165.6 6.0 113 12.0
2025-10-18 00:00 UT 00 32 33.4 +15 10 52 1.389 2.365 164.7 6.4 110 12.0
2025-10-19 00:00 UT 00 31 34.6 +15 08 45 1.391 2.364 163.8 6.8 107 12.1
2025-10-20 00:00 UT 00 30 36.7 +15 06 34 1.393 2.363 162.8 7.2 105 12.1
2025-10-21 00:00 UT 00 29 39.8 +15 04 19 1.396 2.362 161.8 7.6 102 12.1
2025-10-22 00:00 UT 00 28 44.0 +15 02 02 1.398 2.361 160.8 8.0 100 12.1
2025-10-23 00:00 UT 00 27 49.4 +14 59 42 1.401 2.360 159.7 8.4 98 12.1
2025-10-24 00:00 UT 00 26 55.9 +14 57 20 1.404 2.359 158.7 8.8 96 12.2
2025-10-25 00:00 UT 00 26 03.8 +14 54 56 1.408 2.358 157.6 9.2 95 12.2
2025-10-26 00:00 UT 00 25 13.1 +14 52 31 1.411 2.357 156.6 9.7 93 12.2
2025-10-27 00:00 UT 00 24 23.7 +14 50 05 1.415 2.356 155.5 10.1 92 12.2
2025-10-28 00:00 UT 00 23 35.8 +14 47 39 1.419 2.355 154.4 10.5 91 12.3
2025-10-29 00:00 UT 00 22 49.4 +14 45 13 1.424 2.354 153.3 10.9 90 12.3
2025-10-30 00:00 UT 00 22 04.6 +14 42 47 1.428 2.353 152.3 11.3 89 12.3
2025-10-31 00:00 UT 00 21 21.4 +14 40 23 1.433 2.352 151.2 11.7 88 12.3
2025-11-01 00:00 UT 00 20 39.8 +14 38 00 1.438 2.351 150.1 12.2 87 12.3
2025-11-02 00:00 UT 00 19 59.9 +14 35 39 1.444 2.350 149.0 12.6 86 12.4
2025-11-03 00:00 UT 00 19 21.7 +14 33 20 1.449 2.349 147.9 13.0 85 12.4
2025-11-04 00:00 UT 00 18 45.2 +14 31 04 1.455 2.349 146.8 13.4 84 12.4
2025-11-05 00:00 UT 00 18 10.6 +14 28 51 1.461 2.348 145.8 13.7 83 12.4
2025-11-06 00:00 UT 00 17 37.7 +14 26 41 1.467 2.347 144.7 14.1 83 12.5
2025-11-07 00:00 UT 00 17 06.6 +14 24 34 1.473 2.346 143.6 14.5 82 12.5
2025-11-08 00:00 UT 00 16 37.4 +14 22 32 1.480 2.345 142.5 14.9 82 12.5
2025-11-09 00:00 UT 00 16 10.0 +14 20 34 1.486 2.344 141.5 15.3 81 12.5
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.