2018 TF5
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	16 Oct 2025	26.7	1.221 AU	0.592 AU	07h02m	+13°39'	97.1°	54.2°

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 TF5 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.3686091
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 0.9047601
            i (Inclination)                 : 7.61335
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 196.48148
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 47.55481
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 326.59746
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 243.78354
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 5.61051
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 0.86            
        

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
2025-10-16 00:00 UT   07 02 26.2   +13 39 17     0.592    1.221   97.1   54.2   277   26.7 
2025-10-16 19:59 UT   07 03 31.2   +13 25 42     0.587    1.222   97.6   54.0   278   26.7 
2025-10-17 00:00 UT   07 03 44.1   +13 22 57     0.586    1.222   97.7   53.9   278   26.6 
2025-10-18 00:00 UT   07 05 00.2   +13 06 21     0.580    1.224   98.4   53.7   278   26.6 
2025-10-19 00:00 UT   07 06 14.3   +12 49 31     0.574    1.225   99.0   53.4   278   26.6 
2025-10-20 00:00 UT   07 07 26.4   +12 32 25     0.568    1.226   99.6   53.2   278   26.6 
2025-10-21 00:00 UT   07 08 36.5   +12 15 03     0.562    1.228  100.3   52.9   279   26.5 
2025-10-22 00:00 UT   07 09 44.5   +11 57 25     0.556    1.229  101.0   52.7   279   26.5 
2025-10-23 00:00 UT   07 10 50.3   +11 39 31     0.550    1.230  101.6   52.4   279   26.5 
2025-10-24 00:00 UT   07 11 54.0   +11 21 20     0.543    1.231  102.3   52.1   280   26.4 
2025-10-25 00:00 UT   07 12 55.4   +11 02 52     0.537    1.232  103.0   51.9   280   26.4 
2025-10-26 00:00 UT   07 13 54.5   +10 44 08     0.531    1.233  103.7   51.6   280   26.4 
2025-10-27 00:00 UT   07 14 51.2   +10 25 06     0.525    1.234  104.3   51.3   281   26.4 
2025-10-28 00:00 UT   07 15 45.5   +10 05 46     0.519    1.234  105.0   51.0   281   26.3 
2025-10-29 00:00 UT   07 16 37.3   +09 46 08     0.512    1.235  105.7   50.7   281   26.3 
2025-10-30 00:00 UT   07 17 26.5   +09 26 11     0.506    1.236  106.5   50.4   282   26.3 
2025-10-31 00:00 UT   07 18 13.2   +09 05 55     0.500    1.236  107.2   50.1   282   26.2 
2025-11-01 00:00 UT   07 18 57.1   +08 45 21     0.493    1.237  107.9   49.8   282   26.2 
2025-11-02 00:00 UT   07 19 38.3   +08 24 26     0.487    1.237  108.6   49.5   283   26.1 
2025-11-03 00:00 UT   07 20 16.7   +08 03 11     0.481    1.238  109.4   49.1   283   26.1 
2025-11-04 00:00 UT   07 20 52.1   +07 41 35     0.475    1.238  110.1   48.8   284   26.1 
2025-11-05 00:00 UT   07 21 24.5   +07 19 38     0.468    1.238  110.8   48.5   284   26.0 
2025-11-06 00:00 UT   07 21 53.9   +06 57 20     0.462    1.238  111.6   48.1   284   26.0 

    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.