(487) Venetia
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Opposition	7 Nov 2025	11.7	2.441 AU	1.474 AU	03h08m	+00°55'	163.9°	6.5°
Today	12 Nov 2025	11.7	2.442 AU	1.477 AU	03h04m	+00°48'	163.2°	6.7°

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 Venetia are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.0862307
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.6694593
            i (Inclination)                 : 10.25349
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 114.75177
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 281.88871
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 9.83146
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 36.82781
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -10.03125
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.36            
        

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
2025-11-12 00:00 UT   03 04 51.4   +00 48 09     1.477    2.442  163.2    6.7     3   11.7 
2025-11-12 08:19 UT   03 04 32.3   +00 47 43     1.478    2.442  163.1    6.8     4   11.7 
2025-11-13 00:00 UT   03 03 56.4   +00 46 56     1.479    2.442  162.8    6.9     7   11.7 
2025-11-14 00:00 UT   03 03 01.6   +00 45 55     1.481    2.442  162.3    7.1    10   11.7 
2025-11-15 00:00 UT   03 02 07.1   +00 45 06     1.483    2.442  161.8    7.3    14   11.8 
2025-11-16 00:00 UT   03 01 13.0   +00 44 29     1.485    2.442  161.2    7.5    17   11.8 
2025-11-17 00:00 UT   03 00 19.3   +00 44 03     1.488    2.443  160.6    7.7    21   11.8 
2025-11-18 00:00 UT   02 59 26.1   +00 43 50     1.491    2.443  159.9    8.0    23   11.8 
2025-11-19 00:00 UT   02 58 33.4   +00 43 50     1.494    2.443  159.1    8.3    26   11.8 
2025-11-20 00:00 UT   02 57 41.4   +00 44 02     1.497    2.443  158.3    8.6    29   11.8 
2025-11-21 00:00 UT   02 56 50.1   +00 44 27     1.501    2.443  157.5    8.9    31   11.9 
2025-11-22 00:00 UT   02 55 59.5   +00 45 04     1.505    2.443  156.7    9.2    33   11.9 
2025-11-23 00:00 UT   02 55 09.8   +00 45 54     1.509    2.444  155.8    9.5    35   11.9 
2025-11-24 00:00 UT   02 54 21.0   +00 46 56     1.513    2.444  154.9    9.9    37   11.9 
2025-11-25 00:00 UT   02 53 33.2   +00 48 11     1.518    2.444  154.0   10.2    39   11.9 
2025-11-26 00:00 UT   02 52 46.4   +00 49 39     1.523    2.444  153.1   10.5    41   12.0 
2025-11-27 00:00 UT   02 52 00.6   +00 51 20     1.528    2.444  152.1   10.9    42   12.0 
2025-11-28 00:00 UT   02 51 16.0   +00 53 13     1.534    2.445  151.2   11.2    44   12.0 
2025-11-29 00:00 UT   02 50 32.5   +00 55 18     1.539    2.445  150.2   11.6    45   12.0 
2025-11-30 00:00 UT   02 49 50.3   +00 57 36     1.545    2.445  149.2   11.9    46   12.0 
2025-12-01 00:00 UT   02 49 09.3   +01 00 07     1.551    2.445  148.3   12.2    47   12.1 
2025-12-02 00:00 UT   02 48 29.7   +01 02 49     1.557    2.446  147.3   12.6    49   12.1 
2025-12-03 00:00 UT   02 47 51.4   +01 05 43     1.564    2.446  146.3   12.9    50   12.1 
2025-12-04 00:00 UT   02 47 14.4   +01 08 49     1.571    2.446  145.3   13.3    51   12.1 
2025-12-05 00:00 UT   02 46 38.9   +01 12 07     1.578    2.446  144.3   13.6    52   12.1 
2025-12-06 00:00 UT   02 46 04.8   +01 15 37     1.585    2.447  143.3   13.9    52   12.2 
2025-12-07 00:00 UT   02 45 32.2   +01 19 18     1.592    2.447  142.3   14.3    53   12.2 
2025-12-08 00:00 UT   02 45 01.0   +01 23 10     1.600    2.447  141.3   14.6    54   12.2 
2025-12-09 00:00 UT   02 44 31.4   +01 27 13     1.607    2.447  140.3   14.9    55   12.2 
2025-12-10 00:00 UT   02 44 03.3   +01 31 27     1.615    2.448  139.3   15.2    56   12.3 
2025-12-11 00:00 UT   02 43 36.8   +01 35 52     1.623    2.448  138.3   15.5    56   12.3 
2025-12-12 00:00 UT   02 43 11.9   +01 40 27     1.632    2.448  137.3   15.8    57   12.3 

    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.