(126) Velleda
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	15 Jan 2025	14.1	2.205 AU	2.511 AU	23h43m	-01°58'	60.8°	22.9°
Opposition	19 Jan 2026	12.6	2.577 AU	1.595 AU	08h08m	+24°57'	175.3°	1.8°

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 Velleda are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1051024
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.4388462
            i (Inclination)                 : 2.92326
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 23.23232
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 328.35604
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 358.49689
            Epoch                           : 2024 Oct 17

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : -8.37833
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -1.53317
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.81            
        

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
2025-01-15 00:00 UT   23 43 58.0   -01 58 04     2.511    2.205   60.8   22.9    67   14.1 
2025-01-15 10:59 UT   23 44 43.0   -01 52 45     2.516    2.205   60.5   22.9    67   14.1 
2025-01-16 00:00 UT   23 45 36.4   -01 46 27     2.522    2.206   60.2   22.8    67   14.1 
2025-01-17 00:00 UT   23 47 15.2   -01 34 49     2.533    2.206   59.7   22.6    67   14.1 
2025-01-18 00:00 UT   23 48 54.3   -01 23 08     2.544    2.207   59.1   22.5    67   14.1 
2025-01-19 00:00 UT   23 50 33.7   -01 11 26     2.555    2.207   58.6   22.4    67   14.1 
2025-01-20 00:00 UT   23 52 13.4   +00 59 42     2.566    2.208   58.0   22.2    67   14.1 
2025-01-21 00:00 UT   23 53 53.5   +00 47 56     2.576    2.208   57.4   22.1    67   14.1 
2025-01-22 00:00 UT   23 55 33.8   +00 36 08     2.587    2.209   56.9   21.9    67   14.1 
2025-01-23 00:00 UT   23 57 14.5   +00 24 19     2.598    2.210   56.3   21.8    67   14.1 
2025-01-24 00:00 UT   23 58 55.4   +00 12 28     2.608    2.210   55.8   21.6    67   14.1 
2025-01-25 00:00 UT   00 00 36.7   +00 00 35     2.619    2.211   55.2   21.5    67   14.1 
2025-01-26 00:00 UT   00 02 18.2   +00 11 19     2.630    2.211   54.7   21.3    67   14.1 
2025-01-27 00:00 UT   00 04 00.0   +00 23 14     2.640    2.212   54.1   21.1    67   14.1 
2025-01-28 00:00 UT   00 05 42.1   +00 35 11     2.650    2.212   53.6   21.0    67   14.1 
2025-01-29 00:00 UT   00 07 24.5   +00 47 09     2.661    2.213   53.0   20.8    67   14.1 
2025-01-30 00:00 UT   00 09 07.2   +00 59 08     2.671    2.214   52.5   20.7    67   14.1 
2025-01-31 00:00 UT   00 10 50.1   +01 11 08     2.681    2.214   51.9   20.5    67   14.1 
2025-02-01 00:00 UT   00 12 33.3   +01 23 09     2.691    2.215   51.4   20.3    67   14.1 
2025-02-02 00:00 UT   00 14 16.8   +01 35 11     2.701    2.216   50.9   20.2    67   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.