2018 LT5
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	20 Sep 2026	29.1	2.859 AU	1.871 AU	00h03m	-13°34'	167.2°	4.5°

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 LT5 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6398828
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.7711381
            i (Inclination)                 : 8.30327
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 84.38439
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 83.70795
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 163.35425
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 168.02623
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 8.25290
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.36            
        

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
2026-09-20 00:00 UT   00 03 03.7   -13 34 50     1.871    2.859  167.2    4.5   343   29.1 
2026-09-20 08:41 UT   00 02 36.2   -13 37 45     1.871    2.859  167.1    4.5   345   29.1 
2026-09-21 00:00 UT   00 01 47.6   -13 42 53     1.871    2.858  167.0    4.5   348   29.1 
2026-09-22 00:00 UT   00 00 31.4   -13 50 48     1.871    2.857  166.6    4.7   354   29.1 
2026-09-23 00:00 UT   23 59 15.0   -13 58 34     1.871    2.855  166.2    4.8   359   29.1 
2026-09-24 00:00 UT   23 57 58.6   -14 06 12     1.871    2.854  165.6    5.0     4   29.1 
2026-09-25 00:00 UT   23 56 42.1   -14 13 40     1.871    2.852  165.0    5.2     9   29.1 
2026-09-26 00:00 UT   23 55 25.7   -14 20 58     1.872    2.850  164.2    5.5    13   29.1 
2026-09-27 00:00 UT   23 54 09.5   -14 28 07     1.874    2.849  163.5    5.8    17   29.1 
2026-09-28 00:00 UT   23 52 53.5   -14 35 04     1.875    2.847  162.6    6.0    20   29.1 
2026-09-29 00:00 UT   23 51 37.7   -14 41 51     1.877    2.846  161.7    6.3    23   29.2 
2026-09-30 00:00 UT   23 50 22.3   -14 48 26     1.879    2.844  160.7    6.7    26   29.2 
2026-10-01 00:00 UT   23 49 07.3   -14 54 50     1.882    2.842  159.8    7.0    29   29.2 
2026-10-02 00:00 UT   23 47 52.8   -15 01 02     1.884    2.841  158.7    7.3    31   29.2 
2026-10-03 00:00 UT   23 46 38.8   -15 07 02     1.888    2.839  157.7    7.7    33   29.2 
2026-10-04 00:00 UT   23 45 25.4   -15 12 50     1.891    2.837  156.6    8.0    35   29.2 
2026-10-05 00:00 UT   23 44 12.7   -15 18 24     1.894    2.835  155.6    8.4    37   29.3 
2026-10-06 00:00 UT   23 43 00.8   -15 23 46     1.898    2.834  154.5    8.7    39   29.3 
2026-10-07 00:00 UT   23 41 49.6   -15 28 55     1.903    2.832  153.4    9.1    40   29.3 
2026-10-08 00:00 UT   23 40 39.4   -15 33 51     1.907    2.830  152.2    9.5    41   29.3 
2026-10-09 00:00 UT   23 39 30.1   -15 38 33     1.912    2.828  151.1    9.8    43   29.3 
2026-10-10 00:00 UT   23 38 21.7   -15 43 01     1.917    2.826  150.0   10.2    44   29.4 
2026-10-11 00:00 UT   23 37 14.4   -15 47 16     1.922    2.824  148.8   10.5    45   29.4 
2026-10-12 00:00 UT   23 36 08.3   -15 51 16     1.928    2.822  147.7   10.9    46   29.4 
2026-10-13 00:00 UT   23 35 03.3   -15 55 03     1.934    2.821  146.6   11.2    47   29.4 
2026-10-14 00:00 UT   23 33 59.5   -15 58 36     1.940    2.819  145.4   11.6    48   29.4 
2026-10-15 00:00 UT   23 32 57.0   -16 01 55     1.946    2.817  144.3   11.9    49   29.4 
2026-10-16 00:00 UT   23 31 55.7   -16 04 60     1.953    2.815  143.1   12.3    50   29.5 
2026-10-17 00:00 UT   23 30 55.9   -16 07 50     1.959    2.812  142.0   12.6    51   29.5 
2026-10-18 00:00 UT   23 29 57.4   -16 10 27     1.967    2.810  140.8   12.9    51   29.5 

    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.