(85275) 1994 LY
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	28 Aug 2026	21.5	2.384 AU	3.326 AU	09h13m	+13°16'	17.7°	7.4°

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 1994 LY are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4418928
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.8909892
            i (Inclination)                 : 17.71214
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 141.13092
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 202.86321
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 359.56815
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 163.01487
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -6.78853
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.60            
        

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
2026-08-28 00:00 UT   09 13 50.4   +13 16 11     3.326    2.384   17.7    7.4   279   21.5 
2026-08-28 07:28 UT   09 14 21.8   +13 14 36     3.326    2.385   17.9    7.5   279   21.5 
2026-08-29 00:00 UT   09 15 31.0   +13 11 06     3.325    2.387   18.3    7.6   280   21.5 
2026-08-30 00:00 UT   09 17 11.3   +13 05 59     3.324    2.391   18.8    7.8   280   21.5 
2026-08-31 00:00 UT   09 18 51.2   +13 00 50     3.323    2.394   19.3    8.0   280   21.6 
2026-09-01 00:00 UT   09 20 30.7   +12 55 40     3.322    2.398   19.9    8.2   281   21.6 
2026-09-02 00:00 UT   09 22 09.8   +12 50 29     3.321    2.401   20.4    8.4   281   21.6 
2026-09-03 00:00 UT   09 23 48.6   +12 45 15     3.319    2.405   21.0    8.6   282   21.6 
2026-09-04 00:00 UT   09 25 27.0   +12 40 01     3.318    2.408   21.5    8.8   282   21.6 
2026-09-05 00:00 UT   09 27 05.1   +12 34 45     3.316    2.412   22.1    9.1   283   21.6 
2026-09-06 00:00 UT   09 28 42.8   +12 29 28     3.314    2.415   22.7    9.3   283   21.6 
2026-09-07 00:00 UT   09 30 20.1   +12 24 10     3.312    2.418   23.2    9.5   283   21.6 
2026-09-08 00:00 UT   09 31 57.0   +12 18 50     3.309    2.422   23.8    9.7   284   21.6 
2026-09-09 00:00 UT   09 33 33.6   +12 13 30     3.307    2.425   24.3    9.9   284   21.7 
2026-09-10 00:00 UT   09 35 09.7   +12 08 08     3.304    2.428   24.9   10.1   284   21.7 
2026-09-11 00:00 UT   09 36 45.5   +12 02 46     3.302    2.432   25.5   10.3   284   21.7 
2026-09-12 00:00 UT   09 38 20.9   +11 57 23     3.299    2.435   26.0   10.5   285   21.7 
2026-09-13 00:00 UT   09 39 56.0   +11 51 60     3.296    2.438   26.6   10.7   285   21.7 
2026-09-14 00:00 UT   09 41 30.6   +11 46 36     3.292    2.441   27.2   10.9   285   21.7 
2026-09-15 00:00 UT   09 43 04.8   +11 41 11     3.289    2.445   27.8   11.1   286   21.7 
2026-09-16 00:00 UT   09 44 38.7   +11 35 46     3.286    2.448   28.3   11.2   286   21.7 
2026-09-17 00:00 UT   09 46 12.2   +11 30 20     3.282    2.451   28.9   11.4   286   21.7 
2026-09-18 00:00 UT   09 47 45.2   +11 24 55     3.278    2.454   29.5   11.6   286   21.7 

    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.