(416) Vaticana
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	19 Jul 2025	13.7	3.204 AU	4.206 AU	08h01m	+29°03'	8.4°	2.6°
Opposition	25 Feb 2026	11.8	2.777 AU	1.824 AU	11h07m	+26°50'	160.5°	6.8°

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 Vaticana are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2192251
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.7944348
            i (Inclination)                 : 12.83800
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 57.96210
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 199.87634
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 221.62352
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 77.37917
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -4.33250
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.67            
        

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
2025-07-19 00:00 UT   08 01 02.3   +29 03 41     4.206    3.204    8.4    2.6    13   13.7 
2025-07-19 04:07 UT   08 01 18.5   +29 03 05     4.205    3.203    8.4    2.6    12   13.7 
2025-07-20 00:00 UT   08 02 36.9   +29 00 11     4.204    3.202    8.4    2.7     9   13.7 
2025-07-21 00:00 UT   08 04 11.5   +28 56 38     4.202    3.201    8.4    2.7     5   13.7 
2025-07-22 00:00 UT   08 05 46.0   +28 53 03     4.200    3.199    8.6    2.7     1   13.7 
2025-07-23 00:00 UT   08 07 20.6   +28 49 26     4.198    3.198    8.7    2.8   357   13.7 
2025-07-24 00:00 UT   08 08 55.1   +28 45 47     4.196    3.196    8.9    2.8   354   13.7 
2025-07-25 00:00 UT   08 10 29.7   +28 42 05     4.194    3.195    9.1    2.9   350   13.7 
2025-07-26 00:00 UT   08 12 04.1   +28 38 21     4.191    3.193    9.4    3.0   347   13.7 
2025-07-27 00:00 UT   08 13 38.6   +28 34 35     4.188    3.192    9.6    3.1   344   13.7 
2025-07-28 00:00 UT   08 15 13.0   +28 30 46     4.186    3.190   10.0    3.2   341   13.7 
2025-07-29 00:00 UT   08 16 47.4   +28 26 56     4.183    3.189   10.3    3.3   338   13.7 
2025-07-30 00:00 UT   08 18 21.7   +28 23 03     4.179    3.187   10.7    3.4   336   13.7 
2025-07-31 00:00 UT   08 19 56.0   +28 19 09     4.176    3.186   11.0    3.5   334   13.7 
2025-08-01 00:00 UT   08 21 30.2   +28 15 12     4.173    3.184   11.4    3.6   331   13.7 
2025-08-02 00:00 UT   08 23 04.4   +28 11 13     4.169    3.183   11.9    3.8   329   13.7 
2025-08-03 00:00 UT   08 24 38.5   +28 07 12     4.165    3.181   12.3    3.9   328   13.7 
2025-08-04 00:00 UT   08 26 12.5   +28 03 10     4.161    3.180   12.7    4.0   326   13.7 
2025-08-05 00:00 UT   08 27 46.5   +27 59 05     4.157    3.178   13.2    4.2   324   13.7 
2025-08-06 00:00 UT   08 29 20.3   +27 54 58     4.153    3.176   13.7    4.3   323   13.7 
2025-08-07 00:00 UT   08 30 54.1   +27 50 50     4.149    3.175   14.1    4.5   321   13.7 
2025-08-08 00:00 UT   08 32 27.9   +27 46 40     4.144    3.173   14.6    4.6   320   13.7 
2025-08-09 00:00 UT   08 34 01.5   +27 42 27     4.139    3.172   15.1    4.8   319   13.7 
2025-08-10 00:00 UT   08 35 35.1   +27 38 14     4.135    3.170   15.6    4.9   318   13.7 
2025-08-11 00:00 UT   08 37 08.5   +27 33 58     4.130    3.169   16.2    5.1   317   13.7 
2025-08-12 00:00 UT   08 38 41.9   +27 29 40     4.124    3.167   16.7    5.3   316   13.7 

    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.