(240) Vanadis |
ephemeris |
date |
magn |
radius |
delta |
ra |
dec |
elong |
phase |
Today | 24 Apr 2024 | 13.7 | 2.161 AU | 3.157 AU | 01h44m | +09°17' | 6.5° | 3.0° |
Opposition | 14 Jan 2025 | 11.7 | 2.297 AU | 1.313 AU | 07h47m | +21°07' | 179.3° | 0.3° |
(240) Vanadis - 2024-04-24
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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 Vanadis are:
e (Eccentricity) : 0.2088268
a (Semimajor axis) : 2.6626579
i (Inclination) : 2.10577
Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 115.06311
ω (Argument of perihelion) : 300.95823
M (Mean anomaly) : 288.79622
Epoch : 2023 Sep 13
L (Longitude of perihelion) : 56.03842
B (Latitude of perihelion) : -1.80568
P (Orbital period in years) : 4.34
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 01 44 45.7 +09 17 21 3.157 2.161 6.5 3.0 236 13.7
2024-04-24 01:14 UT 01 44 52.0 +09 17 57 3.157 2.161 6.5 3.0 236 13.7
2024-04-25 00:00 UT 01 46 48.5 +09 28 53 3.155 2.160 6.9 3.2 237 13.7
2024-04-26 00:00 UT 01 48 51.6 +09 40 22 3.153 2.159 7.3 3.4 238 13.7
2024-04-27 00:00 UT 01 50 54.8 +09 51 49 3.151 2.158 7.8 3.6 239 13.7
2024-04-28 00:00 UT 01 52 58.2 +10 03 12 3.148 2.156 8.2 3.8 239 13.7
2024-04-29 00:00 UT 01 55 01.8 +10 14 32 3.146 2.155 8.6 4.0 240 13.7
2024-04-30 00:00 UT 01 57 05.6 +10 25 50 3.143 2.154 9.0 4.2 241 13.7
2024-05-01 00:00 UT 01 59 09.6 +10 37 04 3.141 2.153 9.5 4.4 241 13.7
2024-05-02 00:00 UT 02 01 13.8 +10 48 15 3.138 2.152 9.9 4.6 242 13.7
2024-05-03 00:00 UT 02 03 18.2 +10 59 22 3.135 2.151 10.3 4.8 242 13.7
2024-05-04 00:00 UT 02 05 22.8 +11 10 27 3.132 2.150 10.7 5.0 243 13.7
2024-05-05 00:00 UT 02 07 27.6 +11 21 27 3.129 2.149 11.2 5.2 243 13.7
2024-05-06 00:00 UT 02 09 32.6 +11 32 25 3.127 2.148 11.6 5.4 243 13.8
2024-05-07 00:00 UT 02 11 37.8 +11 43 18 3.124 2.147 12.0 5.6 244 13.8
2024-05-08 00:00 UT 02 13 43.2 +11 54 08 3.120 2.146 12.4 5.8 244 13.8
2024-05-09 00:00 UT 02 15 48.8 +12 04 54 3.117 2.145 12.8 6.0 244 13.8
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.