2007 VR29
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	16 Jun 2026	28.1	2.493 AU	1.539 AU	18h57m	-06°21'	154.0°	10.3°

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 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
2026-06-16 00:00 UT   18 57 51.8   -06 21 32     1.539    2.493  154.0   10.3   227   28.1 
2026-06-16 09:41 UT   18 57 24.2   -06 19 55     1.537    2.492  154.4   10.1   226   28.1 
2026-06-17 00:00 UT   18 56 42.9   -06 17 32     1.533    2.490  154.9   10.0   225   28.1 
2026-06-18 00:00 UT   18 55 32.7   -06 13 40     1.526    2.488  155.8    9.6   223   28.0 
2026-06-19 00:00 UT   18 54 21.3   -06 09 57     1.520    2.486  156.6    9.3   221   28.0 
2026-06-20 00:00 UT   18 53 08.7   -06 06 22     1.515    2.484  157.4    9.0   218   28.0 
2026-06-21 00:00 UT   18 51 55.0   -06 02 56     1.509    2.481  158.2    8.8   216   28.0 
2026-06-22 00:00 UT   18 50 40.3   -05 59 39     1.504    2.479  158.9    8.5   213   27.9 
2026-06-23 00:00 UT   18 49 24.6   -05 56 31     1.499    2.476  159.5    8.2   210   27.9 
2026-06-24 00:00 UT   18 48 08.0   -05 53 32     1.494    2.474  160.2    8.0   207   27.9 
2026-06-25 00:00 UT   18 46 50.5   -05 50 43     1.489    2.472  160.7    7.8   204   27.9 
2026-06-26 00:00 UT   18 45 32.3   -05 48 03     1.485    2.469  161.2    7.6   200   27.9 
2026-06-27 00:00 UT   18 44 13.5   -05 45 32     1.481    2.467  161.6    7.5   196   27.9 
2026-06-28 00:00 UT   18 42 54.0   -05 43 12     1.478    2.464  162.0    7.3   193   27.8 
2026-06-29 00:00 UT   18 41 33.9   -05 41 01     1.474    2.462  162.2    7.2   189   27.8 
2026-06-30 00:00 UT   18 40 13.5   -05 38 60     1.471    2.459  162.4    7.2   184   27.8 
2026-07-01 00:00 UT   18 38 52.6   -05 37 09     1.468    2.457  162.5    7.2   180   27.8 
2026-07-02 00:00 UT   18 37 31.4   -05 35 28     1.466    2.454  162.5    7.2   176   27.8 
2026-07-03 00:00 UT   18 36 10.1   -05 33 57     1.463    2.452  162.4    7.2   172   27.8 
2026-07-04 00:00 UT   18 34 48.5   -05 32 37     1.461    2.449  162.2    7.3   168   27.8 
2026-07-05 00:00 UT   18 33 27.0   -05 31 27     1.459    2.446  161.9    7.4   164   27.8 
2026-07-06 00:00 UT   18 32 05.4   -05 30 27     1.458    2.444  161.6    7.6   160   27.8 
2026-07-07 00:00 UT   18 30 44.0   -05 29 37     1.457    2.441  161.1    7.7   156   27.8 
2026-07-08 00:00 UT   18 29 22.7   -05 28 58     1.456    2.438  160.6    7.9   153   27.8 
2026-07-09 00:00 UT   18 28 01.7   -05 28 29     1.455    2.436  160.1    8.2   149   27.8 
2026-07-10 00:00 UT   18 26 41.1   -05 28 11     1.455    2.433  159.4    8.4   146   27.8 
2026-07-11 00:00 UT   18 25 21.0   -05 28 03     1.454    2.430  158.8    8.7   143   27.8 
2026-07-12 00:00 UT   18 24 01.4   -05 28 06     1.455    2.427  158.0    9.0   140   27.8 

    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.