(690) Wratislavia
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	27 Aug 2026	11.9	2.636 AU	1.676 AU	22h48m	+11°43'	157.0°	8.6°
Opposition	8 Sep 2026	11.8	2.627 AU	1.651 AU	22h38m	+10°58'	161.9°	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 Wratislavia are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1757666
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 3.1522383
            i (Inclination)                 : 11.24352
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 253.02541
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 114.62064
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 328.50367
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 188.06923
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 10.20980
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 5.60            
        

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
2026-08-27 00:00 UT   22 48 04.4   +11 43 20     1.676    2.636  157.0    8.6   197   11.9 
2026-08-27 03:31 UT   22 47 58.2   +11 43 00     1.675    2.636  157.1    8.6   197   11.9 
2026-08-28 00:00 UT   22 47 21.7   +11 40 60     1.672    2.635  157.7    8.4   195   11.9 
2026-08-29 00:00 UT   22 46 38.5   +11 38 26     1.669    2.634  158.3    8.1   192   11.9 
2026-08-30 00:00 UT   22 45 55.1   +11 35 39     1.666    2.634  158.9    7.9   189   11.9 
2026-08-31 00:00 UT   22 45 11.3   +11 32 39     1.664    2.633  159.5    7.7   187   11.9 
2026-09-01 00:00 UT   22 44 27.4   +11 29 26     1.661    2.632  160.0    7.5   184   11.9 
2026-09-02 00:00 UT   22 43 43.3   +11 26 00     1.659    2.631  160.4    7.4   180   11.9 
2026-09-03 00:00 UT   22 42 59.0   +11 22 23     1.657    2.631  160.8    7.2   177   11.9 
2026-09-04 00:00 UT   22 42 14.8   +11 18 33     1.655    2.630  161.2    7.1   174   11.8 
2026-09-05 00:00 UT   22 41 30.5   +11 14 31     1.654    2.629  161.5    7.0   170   11.8 
2026-09-06 00:00 UT   22 40 46.3   +11 10 17     1.653    2.629  161.7    6.9   167   11.8 
2026-09-07 00:00 UT   22 40 02.2   +11 05 52     1.652    2.628  161.8    6.9   163   11.8 
2026-09-08 00:00 UT   22 39 18.2   +11 01 16     1.651    2.627  161.9    6.8   159   11.8 
2026-09-09 00:00 UT   22 38 34.6   +10 56 30     1.650    2.627  161.9    6.8   155   11.8 
2026-09-10 00:00 UT   22 37 51.2   +10 51 33     1.650    2.626  161.9    6.9   152   11.8 
2026-09-11 00:00 UT   22 37 08.2   +10 46 26     1.650    2.625  161.7    6.9   148   11.8 
2026-09-12 00:00 UT   22 36 25.6   +10 41 10     1.651    2.625  161.5    7.0   144   11.8 
2026-09-13 00:00 UT   22 35 43.5   +10 35 44     1.651    2.624  161.3    7.1   141   11.8 
2026-09-14 00:00 UT   22 35 02.0   +10 30 10     1.652    2.624  161.0    7.2   137   11.8 
2026-09-15 00:00 UT   22 34 21.0   +10 24 28     1.653    2.623  160.6    7.3   134   11.8 
2026-09-16 00:00 UT   22 33 40.7   +10 18 38     1.654    2.622  160.1    7.5   131   11.9 
2026-09-17 00:00 UT   22 33 01.1   +10 12 41     1.656    2.622  159.6    7.7   128   11.9 
2026-09-18 00:00 UT   22 32 22.3   +10 06 37     1.658    2.621  159.1    7.9   125   11.9 
2026-09-19 00:00 UT   22 31 44.2   +10 00 27     1.660    2.621  158.5    8.1   122   11.9 
2026-09-20 00:00 UT   22 31 07.1   +09 54 11     1.662    2.620  157.8    8.3   119   11.9 
2026-09-21 00:00 UT   22 30 30.8   +09 47 50     1.665    2.620  157.2    8.5   117   11.9 
2026-09-22 00:00 UT   22 29 55.5   +09 41 23     1.668    2.619  156.5    8.8   115   11.9 
2026-09-23 00:00 UT   22 29 21.2   +09 34 53     1.671    2.618  155.7    9.1   112   11.9 
2026-09-24 00:00 UT   22 28 47.9   +09 28 18     1.674    2.618  155.0    9.3   110   12.0 
2026-09-25 00:00 UT   22 28 15.7   +09 21 39     1.678    2.617  154.2    9.6   108   12.0 
2026-09-26 00:00 UT   22 27 44.6   +09 14 58     1.681    2.617  153.4    9.9   107   12.0 

    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.