2019 SJ8
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	6 Apr 2026	25.9	1.827 AU	0.836 AU	12h11m	-04°10'	168.2°	6.4°

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 2019 SJ8 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.3698517
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.5622109
            i (Inclination)                 : 8.25266
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 199.08870
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 216.38259
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 29.73288
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 235.18692
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -4.88427
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.95            
        

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
2026-04-06 00:00 UT   12 11 33.5   -04 10 36     0.836    1.827  168.2    6.4   100   25.9 
2026-04-06 08:22 UT   12 11 07.4   -04 05 04     0.838    1.828  167.7    6.7   101   25.9 
2026-04-07 00:00 UT   12 10 19.4   -03 54 49     0.842    1.830  166.9    7.1   102   26.0 
2026-04-08 00:00 UT   12 09 07.4   -03 39 18     0.848    1.834  165.5    7.8   104   26.0 
2026-04-09 00:00 UT   12 07 57.3   -03 24 04     0.854    1.838  164.2    8.5   105   26.1 
2026-04-10 00:00 UT   12 06 49.4   -03 09 07     0.861    1.842  162.9    9.2   106   26.1 
2026-04-11 00:00 UT   12 05 43.7   -02 54 28     0.868    1.846  161.6    9.9   107   26.2 
2026-04-12 00:00 UT   12 04 40.1   -02 40 09     0.875    1.849  160.3   10.5   108   26.2 
2026-04-13 00:00 UT   12 03 38.9   -02 26 09     0.882    1.853  159.0   11.2   109   26.3 
2026-04-14 00:00 UT   12 02 40.0   -02 12 29     0.889    1.857  157.7   11.8   109   26.3 
2026-04-15 00:00 UT   12 01 43.5   -01 59 10     0.897    1.860  156.5   12.4   110   26.4 
2026-04-16 00:00 UT   12 00 49.3   -01 46 13     0.905    1.864  155.2   13.1   110   26.4 
2026-04-17 00:00 UT   11 59 57.6   -01 33 37     0.913    1.868  153.9   13.7   111   26.4 
2026-04-18 00:00 UT   11 59 08.4   -01 21 23     0.922    1.871  152.7   14.2   111   26.5 
2026-04-19 00:00 UT   11 58 21.7   -01 09 32     0.930    1.875  151.5   14.8   111   26.5 
2026-04-20 00:00 UT   11 57 37.5   +00 58 03     0.939    1.878  150.3   15.4   111   26.6 
2026-04-21 00:00 UT   11 56 55.8   +00 46 57     0.948    1.882  149.0   15.9   112   26.6 
2026-04-22 00:00 UT   11 56 16.6   +00 36 14     0.957    1.885  147.9   16.5   112   26.7 
2026-04-23 00:00 UT   11 55 39.9   +00 25 55     0.966    1.889  146.7   17.0   112   26.7 
2026-04-24 00:00 UT   11 55 05.8   +00 15 58     0.976    1.892  145.5   17.5   112   26.8 
2026-04-25 00:00 UT   11 54 34.1   +00 06 24     0.986    1.896  144.3   18.0   113   26.8 
2026-04-26 00:00 UT   11 54 05.0   +00 02 47     0.995    1.899  143.2   18.5   113   26.8 
2026-04-27 00:00 UT   11 53 38.3   +00 11 35     1.006    1.903  142.1   19.0   113   26.9 
2026-04-28 00:00 UT   11 53 14.0   +00 20 01     1.016    1.906  140.9   19.4   113   26.9 
2026-04-29 00:00 UT   11 52 52.2   +00 28 04     1.026    1.909  139.8   19.9   113   27.0 
2026-04-30 00:00 UT   11 52 32.8   +00 35 45     1.037    1.913  138.7   20.3   113   27.0 
2026-05-01 00:00 UT   11 52 15.7   +00 43 04     1.047    1.916  137.7   20.7   113   27.0 
2026-05-02 00:00 UT   11 52 01.0   +00 50 01     1.058    1.919  136.6   21.2   113   27.1 
2026-05-03 00:00 UT   11 51 48.5   +00 56 36     1.069    1.922  135.5   21.5   113   27.1 
2026-05-04 00:00 UT   11 51 38.4   +01 02 51     1.080    1.926  134.5   21.9   114   27.2 
2026-05-05 00:00 UT   11 51 30.5   +01 08 44     1.091    1.929  133.4   22.3   114   27.2 
2026-05-06 00:00 UT   11 51 24.8   +01 14 17     1.103    1.932  132.4   22.7   114   27.2 

    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.