2016 XG1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	8 Jan 2026	25.2	2.507 AU	1.537 AU	07h31m	+34°08'	167.7°	4.8°

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 2016 XG1 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.7683540
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.4195157
            i (Inclination)                 : 10.28139
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 62.32002
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 224.87208
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 160.27716
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 106.72841
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -7.23413
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.69            
        

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
2026-01-08 00:00 UT   07 31 02.6   +34 08 36     1.537    2.507  167.7    4.8   197   25.2 
2026-01-08 22:47 UT   07 28 59.2   +34 14 15     1.536    2.506  167.8    4.8   191   25.2 
2026-01-09 00:00 UT   07 28 52.6   +34 14 33     1.536    2.506  167.8    4.8   190   25.2 
2026-01-10 00:00 UT   07 26 42.0   +34 20 13     1.536    2.505  167.7    4.8   183   25.2 
2026-01-11 00:00 UT   07 24 31.1   +34 25 36     1.536    2.505  167.4    4.9   176   25.2 
2026-01-12 00:00 UT   07 22 19.9   +34 30 43     1.536    2.504  167.0    5.1   169   25.2 
2026-01-13 00:00 UT   07 20 08.7   +34 35 32     1.537    2.504  166.5    5.3   163   25.2 
2026-01-14 00:00 UT   07 17 57.6   +34 40 03     1.538    2.503  165.8    5.5   157   25.2 
2026-01-15 00:00 UT   07 15 46.7   +34 44 16     1.539    2.502  165.0    5.8   152   25.2 
2026-01-16 00:00 UT   07 13 36.2   +34 48 12     1.541    2.501  164.1    6.2   148   25.2 
2026-01-17 00:00 UT   07 11 26.3   +34 51 49     1.543    2.501  163.1    6.6   143   25.3 
2026-01-18 00:00 UT   07 09 17.1   +34 55 08     1.545    2.500  162.1    6.9   140   25.3 
2026-01-19 00:00 UT   07 07 08.7   +34 58 09     1.548    2.499  161.0    7.4   136   25.3 
2026-01-20 00:00 UT   07 05 01.4   +35 00 52     1.551    2.498  159.9    7.8   133   25.3 
2026-01-21 00:00 UT   07 02 55.3   +35 03 17     1.554    2.497  158.7    8.2   131   25.4 
2026-01-22 00:00 UT   07 00 50.5   +35 05 25     1.558    2.496  157.6    8.7   128   25.4 
2026-01-23 00:00 UT   06 58 47.1   +35 07 15     1.562    2.495  156.3    9.1   126   25.4 
2026-01-24 00:00 UT   06 56 45.4   +35 08 47     1.566    2.494  155.1    9.6   124   25.4 
2026-01-25 00:00 UT   06 54 45.3   +35 10 03     1.571    2.493  153.9   10.0   122   25.5 
2026-01-26 00:00 UT   06 52 47.1   +35 11 03     1.576    2.492  152.6   10.5   120   25.5 
2026-01-27 00:00 UT   06 50 50.8   +35 11 46     1.581    2.490  151.4   10.9   119   25.5 

    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.