2019 TH2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	8 Jan 2026	32.0	2.692 AU	3.056 AU	15h00m	-18°45'	59.4°	18.3°

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 TH2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4614443
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.8599464
            i (Inclination)                 : 7.82171
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 15.86437
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 22.56120
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 140.61967
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 38.23644
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 2.99300
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.54            
        

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
2026-01-08 00:00 UT   15 00 04.1   -18 45 58     3.056    2.692   59.4   18.3   285   32.0 
2026-01-08 18:45 UT   15 00 59.1   -18 51 03     3.047    2.693   60.0   18.4   285   32.0 
2026-01-09 00:00 UT   15 01 14.5   -18 52 28     3.044    2.693   60.1   18.5   285   32.0 
2026-01-10 00:00 UT   15 02 24.4   -18 58 56     3.032    2.694   60.8   18.6   285   32.0 
2026-01-11 00:00 UT   15 03 33.7   -19 05 20     3.021    2.695   61.6   18.7   285   32.0 
2026-01-12 00:00 UT   15 04 42.5   -19 11 41     3.008    2.696   62.3   18.8   285   32.0 
2026-01-13 00:00 UT   15 05 50.8   -19 17 59     2.996    2.697   63.0   19.0   285   32.0 
2026-01-14 00:00 UT   15 06 58.5   -19 24 14     2.984    2.697   63.8   19.1   285   32.0 
2026-01-15 00:00 UT   15 08 05.5   -19 30 26     2.972    2.698   64.5   19.2   285   32.0 
2026-01-16 00:00 UT   15 09 12.0   -19 36 35     2.959    2.699   65.2   19.3   285   32.0 
2026-01-17 00:00 UT   15 10 17.9   -19 42 41     2.947    2.700   66.0   19.4   285   32.0 
2026-01-18 00:00 UT   15 11 23.1   -19 48 43     2.934    2.701   66.7   19.6   285   32.0 
2026-01-19 00:00 UT   15 12 27.7   -19 54 42     2.921    2.702   67.5   19.7   285   32.0 
2026-01-20 00:00 UT   15 13 31.6   -20 00 39     2.908    2.702   68.2   19.8   285   32.0 
2026-01-21 00:00 UT   15 14 34.8   -20 06 32     2.895    2.703   69.0   19.9   284   32.0 
2026-01-22 00:00 UT   15 15 37.3   -20 12 22     2.882    2.704   69.7   20.0   284   32.0 
2026-01-23 00:00 UT   15 16 39.2   -20 18 08     2.869    2.705   70.5   20.1   284   32.0 
2026-01-24 00:00 UT   15 17 40.3   -20 23 52     2.856    2.705   71.2   20.2   284   31.9 
2026-01-25 00:00 UT   15 18 40.6   -20 29 33     2.843    2.706   72.0   20.2   284   31.9 
2026-01-26 00:00 UT   15 19 40.2   -20 35 11     2.829    2.707   72.8   20.3   284   31.9 
2026-01-27 00:00 UT   15 20 39.1   -20 40 45     2.816    2.707   73.6   20.4   284   31.9 
2026-01-28 00:00 UT   15 21 37.1   -20 46 17     2.803    2.708   74.3   20.5   284   31.9 
2026-01-29 00:00 UT   15 22 34.4   -20 51 46     2.789    2.709   75.1   20.6   284   31.9 
2026-01-30 00:00 UT   15 23 30.8   -20 57 11     2.775    2.709   75.9   20.6   284   31.9 
2026-01-31 00:00 UT   15 24 26.5   -21 02 34     2.762    2.710   76.7   20.7   284   31.9 
2026-02-01 00:00 UT   15 25 21.3   -21 07 53     2.748    2.710   77.5   20.8   284   31.9 
2026-02-02 00:00 UT   15 26 15.2   -21 13 10     2.734    2.711   78.2   20.8   284   31.9 
2026-02-03 00:00 UT   15 27 08.2   -21 18 24     2.720    2.711   79.0   20.9   284   31.9 
2026-02-04 00:00 UT   15 28 00.4   -21 23 35     2.706    2.712   79.8   21.0   284   31.9 
2026-02-05 00:00 UT   15 28 51.7   -21 28 43     2.692    2.712   80.6   21.0   284   31.8 
2026-02-06 00:00 UT   15 29 42.0   -21 33 48     2.678    2.713   81.4   21.1   284   31.8 
2026-02-07 00:00 UT   15 30 31.3   -21 38 50     2.664    2.713   82.2   21.1   284   31.8 

    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.