2018 FE4
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	28 Nov 2025	29.3	2.596 AU	1.990 AU	08h06m	-05°19'	117.3°	19.7°

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 2018 FE4 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6037252
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.6433350
            i (Inclination)                 : 19.24603
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 183.54700
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 92.66875
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 202.66311
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 96.37348
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 19.22434
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.11            
        

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
2025-11-28 00:00 UT   08 06 43.0   -05 19 40     1.990    2.596  117.3   19.7   297   29.3 
2025-11-28 06:56 UT   08 06 36.2   -05 21 50     1.987    2.595  117.6   19.7   297   29.3 
2025-11-29 00:00 UT   08 06 19.0   -05 27 08     1.978    2.594  118.2   19.6   298   29.2 
2025-11-30 00:00 UT   08 05 53.2   -05 34 30     1.965    2.593  119.2   19.4   299   29.2 
2025-12-01 00:00 UT   08 05 25.5   -05 41 44     1.953    2.591  120.1   19.2   299   29.2 
2025-12-02 00:00 UT   08 04 55.9   -05 48 51     1.940    2.590  121.0   19.0   300   29.2 
2025-12-03 00:00 UT   08 04 24.4   -05 55 50     1.928    2.588  121.9   18.9   301   29.2 
2025-12-04 00:00 UT   08 03 51.0   -06 02 41     1.916    2.587  122.9   18.7   301   29.1 
2025-12-05 00:00 UT   08 03 15.6   -06 09 23     1.904    2.585  123.8   18.5   302   29.1 
2025-12-06 00:00 UT   08 02 38.3   -06 15 57     1.892    2.583  124.7   18.3   303   29.1 
2025-12-07 00:00 UT   08 01 59.1   -06 22 21     1.880    2.582  125.7   18.1   304   29.1 
2025-12-08 00:00 UT   08 01 17.9   -06 28 36     1.869    2.580  126.6   17.9   305   29.0 
2025-12-09 00:00 UT   08 00 34.8   -06 34 40     1.857    2.578  127.5   17.6   305   29.0 
2025-12-10 00:00 UT   07 59 49.7   -06 40 34     1.846    2.577  128.4   17.4   306   29.0 
2025-12-11 00:00 UT   07 59 02.7   -06 46 18     1.835    2.575  129.4   17.2   307   29.0 
2025-12-12 00:00 UT   07 58 13.8   -06 51 49     1.824    2.573  130.3   17.0   308   29.0 
2025-12-13 00:00 UT   07 57 22.9   -06 57 09     1.814    2.571  131.2   16.7   309   28.9 
2025-12-14 00:00 UT   07 56 30.2   -07 02 17     1.803    2.569  132.1   16.5   310   28.9 
2025-12-15 00:00 UT   07 55 35.5   -07 07 12     1.793    2.568  133.1   16.3   311   28.9 
2025-12-16 00:00 UT   07 54 38.9   -07 11 54     1.783    2.566  134.0   16.0   312   28.9 
2025-12-17 00:00 UT   07 53 40.5   -07 16 22     1.773    2.564  134.9   15.8   314   28.8 
2025-12-18 00:00 UT   07 52 40.2   -07 20 36     1.763    2.562  135.8   15.5   315   28.8 
2025-12-19 00:00 UT   07 51 38.1   -07 24 36     1.754    2.560  136.6   15.3   316   28.8 
2025-12-20 00:00 UT   07 50 34.3   -07 28 20     1.744    2.558  137.5   15.1   317   28.8 
2025-12-21 00:00 UT   07 49 28.7   -07 31 49     1.735    2.556  138.4   14.8   319   28.8 
2025-12-22 00:00 UT   07 48 21.3   -07 35 03     1.727    2.554  139.2   14.6   320   28.7 
2025-12-23 00:00 UT   07 47 12.3   -07 38 00     1.718    2.552  140.1   14.3   322   28.7 
2025-12-24 00:00 UT   07 46 01.7   -07 40 41     1.710    2.550  140.9   14.1   323   28.7 
2025-12-25 00:00 UT   07 44 49.5   -07 43 05     1.702    2.547  141.7   13.8   325   28.7 
2025-12-26 00:00 UT   07 43 35.8   -07 45 11     1.694    2.545  142.5   13.6   327   28.7 
2025-12-27 00:00 UT   07 42 20.6   -07 46 60     1.686    2.543  143.2   13.4   328   28.6 
2025-12-28 00:00 UT   07 41 04.0   -07 48 31     1.679    2.541  144.0   13.2   330   28.6 

    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.