(375) Ursula |
ephemeris |
date |
magn |
radius |
delta |
ra |
dec |
elong |
phase |
Today | 13 Jul 2025 | 11.6 | 2.828 AU | 1.845 AU | 20h22m | -36°03' | 161.7° | 6.5° |
Opposition | 20 Jul 2025 | 11.5 | 2.825 AU | 1.833 AU | 20h14m | -35°57' | 164.3° | 5.6° |
(375) Ursula - 2025-07-13
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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 Ursula are:
e (Eccentricity) : 0.1025087
a (Semimajor axis) : 3.1278486
i (Inclination) : 15.93908
Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 336.38589
ω (Argument of perihelion) : 341.45048
M (Mean anomaly) : 329.12227
Epoch : 2025 May 05
L (Longitude of perihelion) : 318.50329
B (Latitude of perihelion) : -5.01185
P (Orbital period in years) : 5.53
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
2025-07-13 00:00 UT 20 22 14.1 -36 03 10 1.845 2.828 161.7 6.5 317 11.6
2025-07-13 09:47 UT 20 21 49.7 -36 03 05 1.844 2.828 161.9 6.4 318 11.6
2025-07-14 00:00 UT 20 21 14.0 -36 02 56 1.842 2.827 162.2 6.3 320 11.6
2025-07-15 00:00 UT 20 20 13.2 -36 02 33 1.840 2.827 162.7 6.1 324 11.5
2025-07-16 00:00 UT 20 19 11.8 -36 02 00 1.839 2.827 163.2 6.0 328 11.5
2025-07-17 00:00 UT 20 18 10.0 -36 01 18 1.837 2.826 163.5 5.8 332 11.5
2025-07-18 00:00 UT 20 17 07.7 -36 00 27 1.836 2.826 163.9 5.7 336 11.5
2025-07-19 00:00 UT 20 16 05.1 -35 59 25 1.835 2.826 164.1 5.7 340 11.5
2025-07-20 00:00 UT 20 15 02.1 -35 58 14 1.834 2.825 164.2 5.6 344 11.5
2025-07-21 00:00 UT 20 13 59.0 -35 56 52 1.833 2.825 164.3 5.6 349 11.5
2025-07-22 00:00 UT 20 12 55.7 -35 55 20 1.833 2.824 164.3 5.6 353 11.5
2025-07-23 00:00 UT 20 11 52.4 -35 53 38 1.833 2.824 164.2 5.6 358 11.5
2025-07-24 00:00 UT 20 10 49.0 -35 51 46 1.833 2.824 164.1 5.7 2 11.5
2025-07-25 00:00 UT 20 09 45.8 -35 49 43 1.834 2.823 163.8 5.8 6 11.5
2025-07-26 00:00 UT 20 08 42.8 -35 47 29 1.834 2.823 163.5 5.9 10 11.5
2025-07-27 00:00 UT 20 07 40.0 -35 45 05 1.836 2.823 163.1 6.0 14 11.5
2025-07-28 00:00 UT 20 06 37.6 -35 42 30 1.837 2.822 162.6 6.2 18 11.5
2025-07-29 00:00 UT 20 05 35.5 -35 39 45 1.838 2.822 162.1 6.3 21 11.6
2025-07-30 00:00 UT 20 04 33.9 -35 36 49 1.840 2.822 161.6 6.5 25 11.6
2025-07-31 00:00 UT 20 03 32.9 -35 33 43 1.842 2.821 160.9 6.7 28 11.6
2025-08-01 00:00 UT 20 02 32.6 -35 30 26 1.845 2.821 160.3 7.0 31 11.6
2025-08-02 00:00 UT 20 01 32.9 -35 26 60 1.847 2.821 159.6 7.2 33 11.6
2025-08-03 00:00 UT 20 00 33.9 -35 23 23 1.850 2.820 158.8 7.5 36 11.6
2025-08-04 00:00 UT 19 59 35.8 -35 19 36 1.853 2.820 158.1 7.7 38 11.6
2025-08-05 00:00 UT 19 58 38.6 -35 15 39 1.857 2.820 157.3 8.0 41 11.6
2025-08-06 00:00 UT 19 57 42.3 -35 11 33 1.861 2.820 156.4 8.3 43 11.7
2025-08-07 00:00 UT 19 56 47.0 -35 07 17 1.864 2.819 155.6 8.5 45 11.7
2025-08-08 00:00 UT 19 55 52.8 -35 02 52 1.869 2.819 154.7 8.8 47 11.7
2025-08-09 00:00 UT 19 54 59.7 -34 58 18 1.873 2.819 153.9 9.1 48 11.7
2025-08-10 00:00 UT 19 54 07.7 -34 53 35 1.878 2.818 153.0 9.4 50 11.7
2025-08-11 00:00 UT 19 53 17.0 -34 48 43 1.882 2.818 152.1 9.7 52 11.7
2025-08-12 00:00 UT 19 52 27.5 -34 43 43 1.888 2.818 151.1 10.0 53 11.8
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.