(5693) 1993 EA
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	11 Feb 2026	20.0	2.013 AU	1.297 AU	13h19m	-00°08'	123.1°	24.3°

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) : 96.97654
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 258.97795
            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
2026-02-11 00:00 UT   13 19 55.0   +00 08 48     1.297    2.013  123.1   24.3   287   20.0 
2026-02-11 16:12 UT   13 19 42.7   +00 04 19     1.289    2.013  123.8   24.0   287   20.0 
2026-02-12 00:00 UT   13 19 36.4   +00 02 07     1.286    2.013  124.2   23.9   287   20.0 
2026-02-13 00:00 UT   13 19 15.2   +00 04 51     1.275    2.013  125.3   23.6   287   19.9 
2026-02-14 00:00 UT   13 18 51.3   +00 12 07     1.264    2.014  126.4   23.2   286   19.9 
2026-02-15 00:00 UT   13 18 24.7   +00 19 40     1.253    2.014  127.5   22.9   286   19.9 
2026-02-16 00:00 UT   13 17 55.4   +00 27 31     1.243    2.014  128.7   22.5   286   19.9 
2026-02-17 00:00 UT   13 17 23.4   +00 35 39     1.232    2.014  129.8   22.1   285   19.8 
2026-02-18 00:00 UT   13 16 48.5   +00 44 05     1.222    2.014  131.0   21.7   285   19.8 
2026-02-19 00:00 UT   13 16 10.9   +00 52 49     1.212    2.014  132.2   21.3   285   19.8 
2026-02-20 00:00 UT   13 15 30.4   +01 01 49     1.202    2.014  133.4   20.9   284   19.7 
2026-02-21 00:00 UT   13 14 47.1   +01 11 07     1.192    2.014  134.6   20.5   284   19.7 
2026-02-22 00:00 UT   13 14 00.9   +01 20 42     1.183    2.014  135.8   20.0   284   19.7 
2026-02-23 00:00 UT   13 13 11.9   +01 30 34     1.173    2.014  137.0   19.6   283   19.6 
2026-02-24 00:00 UT   13 12 20.0   +01 40 42     1.164    2.013  138.2   19.1   283   19.6 
2026-02-25 00:00 UT   13 11 25.2   +01 51 07     1.155    2.013  139.5   18.6   282   19.6 
2026-02-26 00:00 UT   13 10 27.5   +02 01 48     1.146    2.013  140.7   18.1   282   19.5 
2026-02-27 00:00 UT   13 09 26.9   +02 12 45     1.138    2.012  142.0   17.6   281   19.5 
2026-02-28 00:00 UT   13 08 23.5   +02 23 57     1.129    2.012  143.3   17.1   280   19.5 
2026-03-01 00:00 UT   13 07 17.2   +02 35 24     1.121    2.012  144.5   16.6   280   19.4 
2026-03-02 00:00 UT   13 06 08.0   +02 47 05     1.113    2.011  145.8   16.1   279   19.4 
2026-03-03 00:00 UT   13 04 56.1   +02 59 01     1.105    2.011  147.1   15.5   278   19.4 
2026-03-04 00:00 UT   13 03 41.3   +03 11 11     1.097    2.010  148.4   15.0   278   19.3 
2026-03-05 00:00 UT   13 02 23.7   +03 23 33     1.090    2.009  149.7   14.4   277   19.3 
2026-03-06 00:00 UT   13 01 03.3   +03 36 08     1.083    2.009  151.0   13.9   276   19.3 
2026-03-07 00:00 UT   12 59 40.2   +03 48 55     1.076    2.008  152.3   13.3   275   19.2 
2026-03-08 00:00 UT   12 58 14.5   +04 01 53     1.069    2.007  153.6   12.7   273   19.2 
2026-03-09 00:00 UT   12 56 46.1   +04 15 02     1.063    2.007  154.9   12.1   272   19.2 
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   12 55 15.2   +04 28 20     1.057    2.006  156.2   11.5   271   19.1 
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   12 53 41.8   +04 41 47     1.051    2.005  157.5   10.9   269   19.1 

    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.