(12) Victoria
ephemeris date magn radius delta ra dec elong phase
Today29 Mar 202410.42.439 AU1.452 AU12h32m-14°15'169.1°4.4°
Opposition1 Apr 202410.42.431 AU1.440 AU12h29m-13°47'170.2°4.0°
(12) Victoria - 2024-03-29
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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 Victoria are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2203586
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.3337039
            i (Inclination)                 : 8.37397
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 235.35828
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 69.60327
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 215.75842
            Epoch                           : 2023 Sep 13

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 304.76012
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 7.84552
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.57            
        

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
2024-03-29 00:00 UT   12 32 38.6   -14 15 54     1.452    2.439  169.1    4.4   358   10.4 
2024-03-29 15:00 UT   12 32 03.2   -14 10 60     1.449    2.438  169.4    4.3     2   10.4 
2024-03-30 00:00 UT   12 31 41.9   -14 08 01     1.448    2.437  169.6    4.2     4   10.4 
2024-03-31 00:00 UT   12 30 45.1   -13 59 58     1.445    2.435  170.0    4.1    11   10.4 
2024-04-01 00:00 UT   12 29 48.1   -13 51 46     1.442    2.432  170.2    4.0    18   10.4 
2024-04-02 00:00 UT   12 28 51.1   -13 43 24     1.439    2.430  170.3    4.0    26   10.4 
2024-04-03 00:00 UT   12 27 54.1   -13 34 53     1.437    2.428  170.2    4.0    33   10.4 
2024-04-04 00:00 UT   12 26 57.2   -13 26 14     1.434    2.425  169.9    4.1    40   10.4 
2024-04-05 00:00 UT   12 26 00.6   -13 17 27     1.432    2.423  169.6    4.3    47   10.4 
2024-04-06 00:00 UT   12 25 04.2   -13 08 33     1.431    2.421  169.0    4.5    53   10.4 
2024-04-07 00:00 UT   12 24 08.1   -12 59 33     1.429    2.418  168.4    4.8    59   10.4 
2024-04-08 00:00 UT   12 23 12.5   -12 50 26     1.428    2.416  167.7    5.1    64   10.4 
2024-04-09 00:00 UT   12 22 17.4   -12 41 15     1.427    2.414  166.9    5.4    68   10.4 
2024-04-10 00:00 UT   12 21 22.9   -12 31 58     1.427    2.411  166.0    5.7    72   10.4 
2024-04-11 00:00 UT   12 20 29.1   -12 22 38     1.426    2.409  165.1    6.1    75   10.5 
2024-04-12 00:00 UT   12 19 35.9   -12 13 15     1.426    2.406  164.2    6.5    78   10.5 
2024-04-13 00:00 UT   12 18 43.6   -12 03 48     1.427    2.404  163.2    6.9    81   10.5 
2024-04-14 00:00 UT   12 17 52.1   -11 54 20     1.427    2.402  162.2    7.3    84   10.5 
2024-04-15 00:00 UT   12 17 01.6   -11 44 51     1.428    2.399  161.2    7.8    86   10.5 
2024-04-16 00:00 UT   12 16 12.1   -11 35 21     1.429    2.397  160.1    8.2    88   10.5 
2024-04-17 00:00 UT   12 15 23.6   -11 25 50     1.430    2.394  159.0    8.6    89   10.6 
2024-04-18 00:00 UT   12 14 36.3   -11 16 21     1.432    2.392  157.9    9.1    91   10.6 
2024-04-19 00:00 UT   12 13 50.1   -11 06 52     1.433    2.390  156.9    9.5    92   10.6 
2024-04-20 00:00 UT   12 13 05.1   -10 57 26     1.435    2.387  155.8    9.9    94   10.6 
2024-04-21 00:00 UT   12 12 21.4   -10 48 01     1.438    2.385  154.7   10.4    95   10.6 
2024-04-22 00:00 UT   12 11 39.0   -10 38 40     1.440    2.382  153.6   10.8    96   10.7 
2024-04-23 00:00 UT   12 10 57.9   -10 29 22     1.443    2.380  152.5   11.3    97   10.7 
2024-04-24 00:00 UT   12 10 18.3   -10 20 08     1.446    2.378  151.3   11.7    98   10.7 
2024-04-25 00:00 UT   12 09 40.1   -10 10 59     1.449    2.375  150.2   12.1    99   10.7 
2024-04-26 00:00 UT   12 09 03.3   -10 01 55     1.452    2.373  149.1   12.6   100   10.7 
2024-04-27 00:00 UT   12 08 28.1   -09 52 56     1.456    2.370  148.0   13.0   100   10.8 
2024-04-28 00:00 UT   12 07 54.4   -09 44 03     1.460    2.368  146.9   13.4   101   10.8 


    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.