2019 RO2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	16 Oct 2025	31.6	3.720 AU	4.689 AU	14h09m	-13°24'	12.2°	3.2°

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 2019 RO2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5704906
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.4242764
            i (Inclination)                 : 1.56517
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 21.86784
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 5.27793
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 169.04581
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 27.14381
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 0.14396
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.77            
        

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. A more printer-friendly version of the same chart can be found below.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2025-10-16 00:00 UT   14 09 09.7   -13 24 16     4.689    3.720   12.2    3.2   111   31.6 
2025-10-16 00:16 UT   14 09 10.4   -13 24 20     4.689    3.720   12.1    3.2   111   31.6 
2025-10-17 00:00 UT   14 10 14.2   -13 29 58     4.690    3.719   11.4    3.0   111   31.6 
2025-10-18 00:00 UT   14 11 18.9   -13 35 39     4.692    3.717   10.7    2.9   111   31.6 
2025-10-19 00:00 UT   14 12 23.8   -13 41 21     4.693    3.716   10.0    2.7   111   31.6 
2025-10-20 00:00 UT   14 13 28.9   -13 47 02     4.694    3.714    9.3    2.5   112   31.6 
2025-10-21 00:00 UT   14 14 34.1   -13 52 42     4.694    3.713    8.6    2.3   112   31.6 
2025-10-22 00:00 UT   14 15 39.5   -13 58 22     4.695    3.711    7.9    2.1   112   31.6 
2025-10-23 00:00 UT   14 16 45.0   -14 04 02     4.695    3.710    7.2    1.9   112   31.6 
2025-10-24 00:00 UT   14 17 50.7   -14 09 41     4.695    3.708    6.5    1.7   112   31.5 
2025-10-25 00:00 UT   14 18 56.6   -14 15 19     4.695    3.707    5.7    1.5   113   31.5 
2025-10-26 00:00 UT   14 20 02.6   -14 20 57     4.695    3.705    5.0    1.3   113   31.5 
2025-10-27 00:00 UT   14 21 08.7   -14 26 34     4.694    3.704    4.3    1.2   114   31.5 
2025-10-28 00:00 UT   14 22 14.9   -14 32 11     4.693    3.702    3.6    1.0   115   31.5 
2025-10-29 00:00 UT   14 23 21.3   -14 37 47     4.692    3.700    2.9    0.8   116   31.4 
2025-10-30 00:00 UT   14 24 27.8   -14 43 22     4.691    3.699    2.2    0.6   119   31.4 
2025-10-31 00:00 UT   14 25 34.5   -14 48 56     4.690    3.697    1.5    0.4   123   31.4 
2025-11-01 00:00 UT   14 26 41.2   -14 54 29     4.688    3.696    0.8    0.2   136   31.4 
2025-11-02 00:00 UT   14 27 48.0   -15 00 02     4.686    3.694    0.4    0.1   198   31.3 
2025-11-03 00:00 UT   14 28 55.0   -15 05 33     4.684    3.692    0.8    0.2   260   31.4 
2025-11-04 00:00 UT   14 30 02.1   -15 11 04     4.682    3.691    1.5    0.4   273   31.4 
2025-11-05 00:00 UT   14 31 09.2   -15 16 34     4.680    3.689    2.2    0.6   278   31.4 
2025-11-06 00:00 UT   14 32 16.5   -15 22 03     4.677    3.687    2.9    0.8   281   31.4 
2025-11-07 00:00 UT   14 33 23.8   -15 27 30     4.674    3.686    3.6    1.0   282   31.5 
2025-11-08 00:00 UT   14 34 31.3   -15 32 57     4.671    3.684    4.3    1.2   283   31.5 
2025-11-09 00:00 UT   14 35 38.8   -15 38 23     4.668    3.682    5.0    1.4   284   31.5 
2025-11-10 00:00 UT   14 36 46.4   -15 43 48     4.665    3.681    5.7    1.5   284   31.5 
2025-11-11 00:00 UT   14 37 54.1   -15 49 11     4.661    3.679    6.5    1.7   284   31.5 
2025-11-12 00:00 UT   14 39 01.8   -15 54 34     4.657    3.677    7.2    1.9   285   31.5 
2025-11-13 00:00 UT   14 40 09.7   -15 59 55     4.653    3.675    7.9    2.1   285   31.5 
2025-11-14 00:00 UT   14 41 17.6   -16 05 15     4.649    3.673    8.6    2.3   285   31.5 

    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.