(5693) 1993 EA
ephemeris date magn radius delta ra dec elong phase
Today27 Oct 202520.91.725 AU2.317 AU11h30m+06°21'42.8°23.1°
(5693) 1993 EA - 2025-10-27
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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 1993 EA are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5851004
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.2705678
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.05886
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 96.97653
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 258.97796
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 118.41460
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 175.91245
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -4.96531
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.43            
        

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
2025-10-27 00:00 UT   11 30 32.7   +06 21 22     2.317    1.725   42.8   23.1   296   20.9 
2025-10-27 22:41 UT   11 32 12.6   +06 12 17     2.313    1.730   43.3   23.2   296   20.9 
2025-10-28 00:00 UT   11 32 18.4   +06 11 45     2.313    1.731   43.4   23.2   296   20.9 
2025-10-29 00:00 UT   11 34 03.5   +06 02 12     2.309    1.736   43.9   23.4   296   20.9 
2025-10-30 00:00 UT   11 35 48.0   +05 52 43     2.305    1.741   44.4   23.5   296   20.9 
2025-10-31 00:00 UT   11 37 31.9   +05 43 17     2.301    1.746   45.0   23.7   296   20.9 
2025-11-01 00:00 UT   11 39 15.1   +05 33 55     2.297    1.751   45.5   23.9   296   20.9 
2025-11-02 00:00 UT   11 40 57.8   +05 24 37     2.292    1.756   46.1   24.0   296   20.9 
2025-11-03 00:00 UT   11 42 39.8   +05 15 23     2.288    1.761   46.6   24.2   296   20.9 
2025-11-04 00:00 UT   11 44 21.3   +05 06 12     2.283    1.765   47.2   24.3   296   20.9 
2025-11-05 00:00 UT   11 46 02.1   +04 57 06     2.278    1.770   47.7   24.5   296   20.9 
2025-11-06 00:00 UT   11 47 42.3   +04 48 03     2.273    1.775   48.3   24.6   296   21.0 
2025-11-07 00:00 UT   11 49 22.0   +04 39 04     2.268    1.780   48.8   24.8   296   21.0 
2025-11-08 00:00 UT   11 51 01.0   +04 30 10     2.262    1.784   49.4   24.9   296   21.0 
2025-11-09 00:00 UT   11 52 39.5   +04 21 19     2.257    1.789   50.0   25.1   296   21.0 
2025-11-10 00:00 UT   11 54 17.3   +04 12 33     2.251    1.793   50.5   25.2   296   21.0 
2025-11-11 00:00 UT   11 55 54.6   +04 03 52     2.246    1.798   51.1   25.4   296   21.0 
2025-11-12 00:00 UT   11 57 31.3   +03 55 14     2.240    1.802   51.7   25.5   296   21.0 
2025-11-13 00:00 UT   11 59 07.3   +03 46 42     2.234    1.807   52.3   25.7   296   21.0 
2025-11-14 00:00 UT   12 00 42.8   +03 38 14     2.227    1.811   52.9   25.8   296   21.0 
2025-11-15 00:00 UT   12 02 17.6   +03 29 50     2.221    1.815   53.5   26.0   296   21.0 


    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.