2019 SL7
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	15 Jan 2026	32.8	4.150 AU	5.057 AU	18h17m	-21°15'	20.5°	4.8°

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 SL7 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6977019
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.4827434
            i (Inclination)                 : 2.73690
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 198.53548
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 244.17242
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 192.77875
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 262.68225
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -2.46333
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.91            
        

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
2026-01-15 00:00 UT   18 17 38.1   -21 15 16     5.057    4.150   20.5    4.8   274   32.8 
2026-01-15 16:52 UT   18 18 21.5   -21 14 49     5.052    4.149   21.0    4.9   274   32.8 
2026-01-16 00:00 UT   18 18 39.8   -21 14 38     5.050    4.149   21.2    4.9   274   32.8 
2026-01-17 00:00 UT   18 19 41.3   -21 13 57     5.043    4.147   22.0    5.1   273   32.8 
2026-01-18 00:00 UT   18 20 42.7   -21 13 15     5.036    4.146   22.8    5.3   273   32.9 
2026-01-19 00:00 UT   18 21 43.9   -21 12 32     5.028    4.145   23.6    5.4   273   32.9 
2026-01-20 00:00 UT   18 22 44.9   -21 11 46     5.020    4.143   24.3    5.6   272   32.9 
2026-01-21 00:00 UT   18 23 45.7   -21 10 59     5.012    4.142   25.1    5.8   272   32.9 
2026-01-22 00:00 UT   18 24 46.3   -21 10 10     5.004    4.141   25.9    6.0   272   32.9 
2026-01-23 00:00 UT   18 25 46.8   -21 09 19     4.995    4.139   26.7    6.1   272   32.9 
2026-01-24 00:00 UT   18 26 47.0   -21 08 27     4.987    4.138   27.5    6.3   271   32.9 
2026-01-25 00:00 UT   18 27 47.0   -21 07 33     4.978    4.137   28.2    6.5   271   32.9 
2026-01-26 00:00 UT   18 28 46.8   -21 06 37     4.969    4.135   29.0    6.6   271   32.9 
2026-01-27 00:00 UT   18 29 46.4   -21 05 40     4.959    4.134   29.8    6.8   271   32.9 
2026-01-28 00:00 UT   18 30 45.7   -21 04 41     4.950    4.133   30.6    7.0   271   32.9 
2026-01-29 00:00 UT   18 31 44.8   -21 03 41     4.940    4.131   31.4    7.1   270   32.9 
2026-01-30 00:00 UT   18 32 43.6   -21 02 39     4.930    4.130   32.2    7.3   270   32.9 
2026-01-31 00:00 UT   18 33 42.2   -21 01 35     4.920    4.128   32.9    7.5   270   32.9 
2026-02-01 00:00 UT   18 34 40.5   -21 00 30     4.910    4.127   33.7    7.6   270   32.9 
2026-02-02 00:00 UT   18 35 38.5   -20 59 24     4.900    4.126   34.5    7.8   270   32.9 
2026-02-03 00:00 UT   18 36 36.3   -20 58 16     4.889    4.124   35.3    7.9   269   32.9 
2026-02-04 00:00 UT   18 37 33.8   -20 57 07     4.878    4.123   36.1    8.1   269   32.9 
2026-02-05 00:00 UT   18 38 31.0   -20 55 56     4.867    4.121   36.9    8.3   269   32.9 
2026-02-06 00:00 UT   18 39 27.9   -20 54 44     4.856    4.120   37.7    8.4   269   32.9 
2026-02-07 00:00 UT   18 40 24.5   -20 53 30     4.844    4.118   38.5    8.6   269   32.9 
2026-02-08 00:00 UT   18 41 20.8   -20 52 15     4.833    4.117   39.3    8.7   269   32.9 
2026-02-09 00:00 UT   18 42 16.8   -20 50 59     4.821    4.115   40.0    8.9   268   32.9 
2026-02-10 00:00 UT   18 43 12.4   -20 49 41     4.809    4.114   40.8    9.0   268   32.9 
2026-02-11 00:00 UT   18 44 07.7   -20 48 22     4.797    4.112   41.6    9.2   268   32.9 
2026-02-12 00:00 UT   18 45 02.7   -20 47 02     4.785    4.110   42.4    9.3   268   32.9 
2026-02-13 00:00 UT   18 45 57.3   -20 45 41     4.772    4.109   43.2    9.5   268   32.9 
2026-02-14 00:00 UT   18 46 51.6   -20 44 18     4.760    4.107   44.0    9.6   268   32.9 

    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.