(345) Tercidina
ephemeris date magn radius delta ra dec elong phase
Today17 Dec 202514.12.461 AU3.402 AU16h40m-18°16'14.4°5.7°
Opposition22 Jul 202612.32.436 AU1.445 AU19h55m-03°54'163.4°6.8°
(345) Tercidina - 2025-12-17
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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 Tercidina are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.0612615
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.3253263
            i (Inclination)                 : 9.74347
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 212.57571
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 230.24470
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 153.75500
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 262.41059
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -7.47575
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.55            
        

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.




Ephemerides:
Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2025-12-17 00:00 UT   16 40 16.7   -18 16 44     3.402    2.461   14.4    5.7   293   14.1 
2025-12-17 09:30 UT   16 41 02.9   -18 17 32     3.401    2.461   14.6    5.8   293   14.1 
2025-12-18 00:00 UT   16 42 13.4   -18 18 43     3.399    2.461   14.9    5.9   292   14.1 
2025-12-19 00:00 UT   16 44 10.0   -18 20 36     3.396    2.461   15.5    6.1   292   14.1 
2025-12-20 00:00 UT   16 46 06.6   -18 22 23     3.392    2.461   16.0    6.3   291   14.1 
2025-12-21 00:00 UT   16 48 03.2   -18 24 04     3.389    2.462   16.6    6.5   291   14.2 
2025-12-22 00:00 UT   16 49 59.7   -18 25 39     3.385    2.462   17.1    6.7   290   14.2 
2025-12-23 00:00 UT   16 51 56.2   -18 27 08     3.381    2.462   17.6    7.0   289   14.2 
2025-12-24 00:00 UT   16 53 52.6   -18 28 31     3.377    2.462   18.2    7.2   289   14.2 
2025-12-25 00:00 UT   16 55 49.0   -18 29 48     3.373    2.462   18.7    7.4   288   14.2 
2025-12-26 00:00 UT   16 57 45.3   -18 30 59     3.369    2.463   19.3    7.6   288   14.2 
2025-12-27 00:00 UT   16 59 41.5   -18 32 03     3.365    2.463   19.9    7.8   288   14.2 
2025-12-28 00:00 UT   17 01 37.6   -18 33 02     3.361    2.463   20.4    8.0   287   14.2 
2025-12-29 00:00 UT   17 03 33.6   -18 33 55     3.356    2.463   21.0    8.2   287   14.2 
2025-12-30 00:00 UT   17 05 29.5   -18 34 41     3.352    2.463   21.5    8.4   286   14.2 
2025-12-31 00:00 UT   17 07 25.4   -18 35 22     3.347    2.463   22.1    8.6   286   14.2 
2026-01-01 00:00 UT   17 09 21.1   -18 35 56     3.342    2.464   22.6    8.8   285   14.2 
2026-01-02 00:00 UT   17 11 16.7   -18 36 24     3.337    2.464   23.2    9.0   285   14.2 
2026-01-03 00:00 UT   17 13 12.2   -18 36 46     3.332    2.464   23.7    9.2   285   14.2 
2026-01-04 00:00 UT   17 15 07.5   -18 37 02     3.327    2.464   24.3    9.5   284   14.2 


    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.