2018 FE4
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	14 Nov 2025	29.5	2.613 AU	2.179 AU	08h09m	-03°26'	104.8°	21.5°

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
2025-11-14 00:00 UT   08 09 07.8   -03 26 21     2.179    2.613  104.8   21.5   290   29.5 
2025-11-14 07:50 UT   08 09 08.2   -03 29 07     2.175    2.613  105.1   21.4   290   29.5 
2025-11-15 00:00 UT   08 09 08.7   -03 34 50     2.165    2.612  105.7   21.4   290   29.5 
2025-11-16 00:00 UT   08 09 07.9   -03 43 17     2.151    2.611  106.5   21.3   291   29.5 
2025-11-17 00:00 UT   08 09 05.5   -03 51 41     2.137    2.610  107.4   21.2   291   29.5 
2025-11-18 00:00 UT   08 09 01.4   -04 00 02     2.124    2.609  108.3   21.1   292   29.5 
2025-11-19 00:00 UT   08 08 55.6   -04 08 20     2.110    2.608  109.2   21.0   292   29.4 
2025-11-20 00:00 UT   08 08 48.0   -04 16 34     2.096    2.606  110.1   20.9   293   29.4 
2025-11-21 00:00 UT   08 08 38.7   -04 24 44     2.083    2.605  111.0   20.7   293   29.4 
2025-11-22 00:00 UT   08 08 27.6   -04 32 50     2.069    2.604  111.9   20.6   294   29.4 
2025-11-23 00:00 UT   08 08 14.7   -04 40 51     2.056    2.603  112.8   20.5   294   29.4 
2025-11-24 00:00 UT   08 08 00.1   -04 48 48     2.043    2.601  113.7   20.3   295   29.3 
2025-11-25 00:00 UT   08 07 43.5   -04 56 39     2.029    2.600  114.6   20.2   295   29.3 
2025-11-26 00:00 UT   08 07 25.2   -05 04 26     2.016    2.599  115.5   20.1   296   29.3 
2025-11-27 00:00 UT   08 07 05.0   -05 12 06     2.003    2.597  116.4   19.9   297   29.3 
2025-11-28 00:00 UT   08 06 43.0   -05 19 40     1.990    2.596  117.3   19.7   297   29.3 
2025-11-29 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 

    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.