2019 TO3
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	26 Dec 2025	29.3	2.270 AU	3.232 AU	17h48m	-16°11'	9.9°	4.3°

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 TO3 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4277738
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.7382614
            i (Inclination)                 : 11.78852
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 203.57413
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 212.33813
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 226.47578
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 235.36279
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -6.27399
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.29            
        

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
2025-12-26 00:00 UT   17 48 57.3   -16 11 03     3.232    2.270    9.9    4.3   318   29.3 
2025-12-26 22:33 UT   17 50 47.7   -16 10 34     3.228    2.267   10.3    4.4   316   29.3 
2025-12-27 00:00 UT   17 50 54.8   -16 10 32     3.228    2.267   10.3    4.4   315   29.3 
2025-12-28 00:00 UT   17 52 52.5   -16 09 55     3.223    2.264   10.7    4.6   313   29.3 
2025-12-29 00:00 UT   17 54 50.4   -16 09 11     3.218    2.261   11.1    4.8   311   29.3 
2025-12-30 00:00 UT   17 56 48.4   -16 08 21     3.213    2.258   11.5    5.0   309   29.3 
2025-12-31 00:00 UT   17 58 46.7   -16 07 24     3.207    2.254   12.0    5.2   307   29.3 
2026-01-01 00:00 UT   18 00 45.0   -16 06 21     3.202    2.251   12.4    5.4   306   29.3 
2026-01-02 00:00 UT   18 02 43.6   -16 05 11     3.196    2.248   12.8    5.6   304   29.3 
2026-01-03 00:00 UT   18 04 42.3   -16 03 55     3.191    2.245   13.3    5.8   303   29.3 
2026-01-04 00:00 UT   18 06 41.1   -16 02 32     3.185    2.242   13.8    6.0   301   29.3 
2026-01-05 00:00 UT   18 08 40.1   -16 01 02     3.179    2.239   14.2    6.2   300   29.3 
2026-01-06 00:00 UT   18 10 39.3   -15 59 26     3.173    2.235   14.7    6.4   299   29.3 
2026-01-07 00:00 UT   18 12 38.6   -15 57 43     3.166    2.232   15.2    6.6   298   29.3 
2026-01-08 00:00 UT   18 14 38.1   -15 55 54     3.160    2.229   15.6    6.8   296   29.3 
2026-01-09 00:00 UT   18 16 37.8   -15 53 57     3.154    2.226   16.1    7.0   295   29.3 
2026-01-10 00:00 UT   18 18 37.5   -15 51 54     3.147    2.222   16.6    7.3   294   29.3 
2026-01-11 00:00 UT   18 20 37.5   -15 49 44     3.140    2.219   17.1    7.5   293   29.3 
2026-01-12 00:00 UT   18 22 37.5   -15 47 27     3.133    2.216   17.6    7.7   292   29.3 

    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.