2008 UU95
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	4 Sep 2026	30.8	4.240 AU	5.203 AU	09h50m	+12°34'	15.5°	3.6°

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 2008 UU95 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6870607
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.5131310
            i (Inclination)                 : 1.14385
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 294.70787
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 27.26109
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 158.51303
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 321.96431
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 0.52391
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.98            
        

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
2026-09-04 00:00 UT   09 50 55.9   +12 34 43     5.203    4.240   15.5    3.6   288   30.8 
2026-09-04 03:19 UT   09 51 03.3   +12 34 04     5.202    4.240   15.6    3.7   288   30.8 
2026-09-05 00:00 UT   09 51 49.4   +12 29 58     5.198    4.240   16.3    3.8   288   30.8 
2026-09-06 00:00 UT   09 52 42.7   +12 25 13     5.194    4.240   17.0    4.0   288   30.8 
2026-09-07 00:00 UT   09 53 35.9   +12 20 28     5.189    4.240   17.7    4.2   288   30.8 
2026-09-08 00:00 UT   09 54 28.9   +12 15 42     5.183    4.240   18.5    4.3   289   30.8 
2026-09-09 00:00 UT   09 55 21.8   +12 10 57     5.178    4.240   19.2    4.5   289   30.8 
2026-09-10 00:00 UT   09 56 14.5   +12 06 11     5.172    4.240   20.0    4.6   289   30.8 
2026-09-11 00:00 UT   09 57 07.0   +12 01 26     5.166    4.240   20.7    4.8   289   30.8 
2026-09-12 00:00 UT   09 57 59.4   +11 56 41     5.160    4.239   21.4    5.0   289   30.8 
2026-09-13 00:00 UT   09 58 51.6   +11 51 55     5.154    4.239   22.2    5.1   289   30.8 
2026-09-14 00:00 UT   09 59 43.6   +11 47 10     5.148    4.239   22.9    5.3   289   30.8 
2026-09-15 00:00 UT   10 00 35.4   +11 42 25     5.141    4.239   23.7    5.5   289   30.8 
2026-09-16 00:00 UT   10 01 27.0   +11 37 40     5.134    4.239   24.4    5.6   289   30.8 
2026-09-17 00:00 UT   10 02 18.4   +11 32 56     5.127    4.239   25.2    5.8   289   30.8 
2026-09-18 00:00 UT   10 03 09.7   +11 28 11     5.120    4.239   25.9    6.0   289   30.8 
2026-09-19 00:00 UT   10 04 00.7   +11 23 28     5.112    4.239   26.7    6.1   289   30.8 
2026-09-20 00:00 UT   10 04 51.4   +11 18 44     5.104    4.238   27.4    6.3   290   30.8 
2026-09-21 00:00 UT   10 05 42.0   +11 14 01     5.096    4.238   28.2    6.4   290   30.9 
2026-09-22 00:00 UT   10 06 32.4   +11 09 18     5.088    4.238   29.0    6.6   290   30.9 
2026-09-23 00:00 UT   10 07 22.5   +11 04 36     5.080    4.238   29.7    6.7   290   30.9 
2026-09-24 00:00 UT   10 08 12.3   +10 59 55     5.072    4.238   30.5    6.9   290   30.9 
2026-09-25 00:00 UT   10 09 02.0   +10 55 13     5.063    4.237   31.2    7.1   290   30.9 
2026-09-26 00:00 UT   10 09 51.4   +10 50 33     5.054    4.237   32.0    7.2   290   30.9 
2026-09-27 00:00 UT   10 10 40.5   +10 45 53     5.045    4.237   32.8    7.4   290   30.9 
2026-09-28 00:00 UT   10 11 29.4   +10 41 14     5.036    4.237   33.5    7.5   290   30.9 
2026-09-29 00:00 UT   10 12 18.0   +10 36 36     5.026    4.236   34.3    7.7   290   30.9 
2026-09-30 00:00 UT   10 13 06.4   +10 31 58     5.016    4.236   35.1    7.8   290   30.9 
2026-10-01 00:00 UT   10 13 54.5   +10 27 21     5.007    4.236   35.8    8.0   290   30.9 
2026-10-02 00:00 UT   10 14 42.3   +10 22 45     4.997    4.235   36.6    8.1   290   30.9 
2026-10-03 00:00 UT   10 15 29.8   +10 18 10     4.986    4.235   37.4    8.2   290   30.9 
2026-10-04 00:00 UT   10 16 17.1   +10 13 36     4.976    4.235   38.2    8.4   290   30.9 

    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.