2007 VR29
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	17 May 2026	28.8	2.551 AU	1.837 AU	19h19m	-09°07'	124.6°	19.0°

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 2007 VR29 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4507963
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.8063631
            i (Inclination)                 : 12.18883
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 221.94365
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 214.97097
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 142.42524
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 256.30348
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -6.95063
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.43            
        

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
2026-05-17 00:00 UT   19 19 24.0   -09 07 55     1.837    2.551  124.6   19.0   253   28.8 
2026-05-17 09:03 UT   19 19 17.9   -09 05 27     1.833    2.551  125.0   19.0   253   28.8 
2026-05-18 00:00 UT   19 19 07.3   -09 01 25     1.825    2.550  125.6   18.8   253   28.8 
2026-05-19 00:00 UT   19 18 48.7   -08 54 57     1.813    2.548  126.5   18.6   252   28.8 
2026-05-20 00:00 UT   19 18 28.4   -08 48 32     1.800    2.546  127.5   18.4   252   28.8 
2026-05-21 00:00 UT   19 18 06.1   -08 42 10     1.788    2.544  128.5   18.1   251   28.7 
2026-05-22 00:00 UT   19 17 42.0   -08 35 50     1.776    2.543  129.4   17.9   251   28.7 
2026-05-23 00:00 UT   19 17 16.0   -08 29 33     1.765    2.541  130.4   17.7   250   28.7 
2026-05-24 00:00 UT   19 16 48.2   -08 23 20     1.753    2.539  131.4   17.4   250   28.7 
2026-05-25 00:00 UT   19 16 18.5   -08 17 09     1.742    2.537  132.4   17.1   249   28.6 
2026-05-26 00:00 UT   19 15 47.0   -08 11 02     1.730    2.536  133.4   16.9   249   28.6 
2026-05-27 00:00 UT   19 15 13.6   -08 04 58     1.719    2.534  134.4   16.6   248   28.6 
2026-05-28 00:00 UT   19 14 38.3   -07 58 59     1.708    2.532  135.4   16.3   248   28.6 
2026-05-29 00:00 UT   19 14 01.2   -07 53 03     1.698    2.530  136.4   16.0   247   28.5 
2026-05-30 00:00 UT   19 13 22.2   -07 47 11     1.687    2.528  137.4   15.7   246   28.5 
2026-05-31 00:00 UT   19 12 41.4   -07 41 24     1.677    2.526  138.4   15.5   246   28.5 
2026-06-01 00:00 UT   19 11 58.8   -07 35 41     1.667    2.524  139.4   15.2   245   28.5 
2026-06-02 00:00 UT   19 11 14.4   -07 30 03     1.657    2.522  140.4   14.8   244   28.4 
2026-06-03 00:00 UT   19 10 28.1   -07 24 30     1.647    2.520  141.4   14.5   243   28.4 
2026-06-04 00:00 UT   19 09 40.0   -07 19 02     1.637    2.518  142.4   14.2   242   28.4 
2026-06-05 00:00 UT   19 08 50.2   -07 13 40     1.628    2.516  143.4   13.9   242   28.4 
2026-06-06 00:00 UT   19 07 58.6   -07 08 23     1.619    2.514  144.4   13.6   241   28.3 
2026-06-07 00:00 UT   19 07 05.3   -07 03 11     1.610    2.512  145.4   13.3   240   28.3 
2026-06-08 00:00 UT   19 06 10.2   -06 58 06     1.601    2.510  146.4   12.9   239   28.3 
2026-06-09 00:00 UT   19 05 13.4   -06 53 08     1.592    2.508  147.4   12.6   237   28.3 
2026-06-10 00:00 UT   19 04 15.0   -06 48 16     1.584    2.506  148.4   12.3   236   28.2 
2026-06-11 00:00 UT   19 03 15.0   -06 43 30     1.576    2.504  149.4   11.9   235   28.2 
2026-06-12 00:00 UT   19 02 13.4   -06 38 52     1.568    2.502  150.3   11.6   234   28.2 
2026-06-13 00:00 UT   19 01 10.2   -06 34 20     1.561    2.499  151.3   11.3   232   28.2 
2026-06-14 00:00 UT   19 00 05.5   -06 29 57     1.553    2.497  152.2   10.9   231   28.1 
2026-06-15 00:00 UT   18 58 59.4   -06 25 41     1.546    2.495  153.1   10.6   229   28.1 
2026-06-16 00:00 UT   18 57 51.8   -06 21 32     1.539    2.493  154.0   10.3   227   28.1 

    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.