2015 HU171
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	22 Apr 2026	27.8	1.772 AU	2.678 AU	00h47m	+01°09'	20.5°	11.4°

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 2015 HU171 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5814578
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.3072862
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.61633
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 76.84211
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 179.37033
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 353.19422
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 76.21546
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 0.06162
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.50            
        

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
2026-04-22 00:00 UT   00 47 23.5   +01 09 37     2.678    1.772   20.5   11.4   237   27.8 
2026-04-22 08:54 UT   00 48 09.8   +01 14 25     2.680    1.775   20.6   11.5   237   27.8 
2026-04-23 00:00 UT   00 49 28.2   +01 22 32     2.683    1.780   20.9   11.6   238   27.8 
2026-04-24 00:00 UT   00 51 32.2   +01 35 20     2.687    1.788   21.3   11.8   238   27.8 
2026-04-25 00:00 UT   00 53 35.5   +01 48 01     2.691    1.796   21.7   12.0   238   27.8 
2026-04-26 00:00 UT   00 55 38.0   +02 00 36     2.695    1.803   22.1   12.1   238   27.9 
2026-04-27 00:00 UT   00 57 39.8   +02 13 05     2.699    1.811   22.5   12.3   238   27.9 
2026-04-28 00:00 UT   00 59 40.8   +02 25 27     2.703    1.819   23.0   12.5   239   27.9 
2026-04-29 00:00 UT   01 01 41.2   +02 37 43     2.707    1.827   23.4   12.6   239   27.9 
2026-04-30 00:00 UT   01 03 40.8   +02 49 52     2.710    1.835   23.8   12.8   239   27.9 
2026-05-01 00:00 UT   01 05 39.7   +03 01 55     2.714    1.842   24.2   13.0   239   28.0 
2026-05-02 00:00 UT   01 07 38.0   +03 13 51     2.717    1.850   24.7   13.1   240   28.0 
2026-05-03 00:00 UT   01 09 35.5   +03 25 41     2.720    1.858   25.1   13.3   240   28.0 
2026-05-04 00:00 UT   01 11 32.4   +03 37 24     2.723    1.865   25.6   13.5   240   28.0 
2026-05-05 00:00 UT   01 13 28.6   +03 49 01     2.726    1.873   26.0   13.7   240   28.0 
2026-05-06 00:00 UT   01 15 24.1   +04 00 31     2.729    1.881   26.4   13.8   240   28.0 
2026-05-07 00:00 UT   01 17 19.0   +04 11 55     2.732    1.888   26.9   14.0   241   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.