2018 FE4
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	4 Feb 2026	28.5	2.436 AU	1.604 AU	06h47m	-04°51'	139.1°	15.4°

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 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
2026-02-04 00:00 UT   06 47 40.0   -04 51 59     1.604    2.436  139.1   15.4    58   28.5 
2026-02-04 15:50 UT   06 46 53.6   -04 45 28     1.606    2.434  138.5   15.6    59   28.5 
2026-02-05 00:00 UT   06 46 30.0   -04 42 05     1.607    2.433  138.2   15.7    59   28.5 
2026-02-06 00:00 UT   06 45 21.7   -04 31 60     1.611    2.430  137.3   16.0    61   28.5 
2026-02-07 00:00 UT   06 44 15.2   -04 21 45     1.615    2.426  136.4   16.3    62   28.5 
2026-02-08 00:00 UT   06 43 10.5   -04 11 22     1.619    2.423  135.5   16.6    63   28.6 
2026-02-09 00:00 UT   06 42 07.7   -04 00 50     1.623    2.419  134.5   16.9    65   28.6 
2026-02-10 00:00 UT   06 41 06.7   -03 50 09     1.627    2.416  133.6   17.2    66   28.6 
2026-02-11 00:00 UT   06 40 07.7   -03 39 22     1.632    2.412  132.7   17.5    67   28.6 
2026-02-12 00:00 UT   06 39 10.6   -03 28 27     1.637    2.409  131.7   17.8    68   28.6 
2026-02-13 00:00 UT   06 38 15.6   -03 17 26     1.642    2.405  130.7   18.1    69   28.6 
2026-02-14 00:00 UT   06 37 22.5   -03 06 20     1.647    2.402  129.8   18.4    70   28.6 
2026-02-15 00:00 UT   06 36 31.6   -02 55 08     1.652    2.398  128.8   18.7    71   28.6 
2026-02-16 00:00 UT   06 35 42.7   -02 43 51     1.658    2.395  127.8   19.0    72   28.7 
2026-02-17 00:00 UT   06 34 55.9   -02 32 30     1.664    2.391  126.9   19.3    73   28.7 
2026-02-18 00:00 UT   06 34 11.3   -02 21 06     1.670    2.387  125.9   19.6    74   28.7 
2026-02-19 00:00 UT   06 33 28.8   -02 09 38     1.676    2.384  124.9   19.9    74   28.7 
2026-02-20 00:00 UT   06 32 48.4   -01 58 08     1.682    2.380  123.9   20.2    75   28.7 
2026-02-21 00:00 UT   06 32 10.2   -01 46 35     1.689    2.376  123.0   20.4    76   28.7 
2026-02-22 00:00 UT   06 31 34.2   -01 35 01     1.695    2.372  122.0   20.7    77   28.7 
2026-02-23 00:00 UT   06 31 00.3   -01 23 26     1.702    2.369  121.0   21.0    77   28.8 
2026-02-24 00:00 UT   06 30 28.7   -01 11 50     1.709    2.365  120.0   21.2    78   28.8 
2026-02-25 00:00 UT   06 29 59.1   -01 00 13     1.716    2.361  119.1   21.5    79   28.8 
2026-02-26 00:00 UT   06 29 31.8   +00 48 37     1.723    2.357  118.1   21.7    79   28.8 
2026-02-27 00:00 UT   06 29 06.6   +00 37 01     1.730    2.353  117.1   22.0    80   28.8 
2026-02-28 00:00 UT   06 28 43.6   +00 25 26     1.737    2.349  116.2   22.2    81   28.8 
2026-03-01 00:00 UT   06 28 22.7   +00 13 52     1.745    2.345  115.2   22.5    81   28.8 
2026-03-02 00:00 UT   06 28 03.9   +00 02 20     1.752    2.341  114.3   22.7    82   28.8 
2026-03-03 00:00 UT   06 27 47.2   +00 09 11     1.760    2.337  113.3   22.9    82   28.9 
2026-03-04 00:00 UT   06 27 32.7   +00 20 40     1.768    2.333  112.4   23.1    83   28.9 
2026-03-05 00:00 UT   06 27 20.2   +00 32 06     1.775    2.329  111.5   23.4    83   28.9 
2026-03-06 00:00 UT   06 27 09.8   +00 43 30     1.783    2.325  110.5   23.6    84   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.