2019 UB7
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	20 Feb 2026	27.9	1.663 AU	1.931 AU	18h06m	-24°59'	59.5°	30.8°

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 UB7 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6561296
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.0449896
            i (Inclination)                 : 2.05728
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 302.97320
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 180.57301
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 6.74658
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 303.54584
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -0.02057
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.92            
        

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
2026-02-20 00:00 UT   18 06 49.4   -24 59 51     1.931    1.663   59.5   30.8   268   27.9 
2026-02-20 20:35 UT   18 08 22.2   -24 59 47     1.930    1.671   60.0   30.8   268   27.9 
2026-02-21 00:00 UT   18 08 37.5   -24 59 46     1.929    1.672   60.1   30.8   268   27.9 
2026-02-22 00:00 UT   18 10 24.0   -24 59 37     1.928    1.681   60.7   30.9   268   28.0 
2026-02-23 00:00 UT   18 12 09.1   -24 59 25     1.926    1.691   61.3   30.9   268   28.0 
2026-02-24 00:00 UT   18 13 52.6   -24 59 08     1.925    1.700   61.9   30.9   268   28.0 
2026-02-25 00:00 UT   18 15 34.7   -24 58 49     1.923    1.709   62.5   30.9   268   28.0 
2026-02-26 00:00 UT   18 17 15.2   -24 58 25     1.921    1.718   63.1   30.9   267   28.0 
2026-02-27 00:00 UT   18 18 54.2   -24 57 59     1.919    1.727   63.8   30.9   267   28.0 
2026-02-28 00:00 UT   18 20 31.7   -24 57 30     1.917    1.736   64.4   31.0   267   28.0 
2026-03-01 00:00 UT   18 22 07.6   -24 56 57     1.914    1.745   65.0   31.0   267   28.0 
2026-03-02 00:00 UT   18 23 42.0   -24 56 23     1.912    1.754   65.7   31.0   267   28.0 
2026-03-03 00:00 UT   18 25 14.9   -24 55 45     1.909    1.763   66.3   31.0   267   28.0 
2026-03-04 00:00 UT   18 26 46.2   -24 55 06     1.907    1.772   67.0   31.0   267   28.1 
2026-03-05 00:00 UT   18 28 16.0   -24 54 24     1.904    1.781   67.7   31.0   267   28.1 
2026-03-06 00:00 UT   18 29 44.2   -24 53 41     1.901    1.790   68.3   31.0   266   28.1 
2026-03-07 00:00 UT   18 31 10.8   -24 52 55     1.898    1.799   69.0   31.0   266   28.1 
2026-03-08 00:00 UT   18 32 35.9   -24 52 08     1.894    1.808   69.7   31.0   266   28.1 
2026-03-09 00:00 UT   18 33 59.4   -24 51 20     1.891    1.816   70.4   31.0   266   28.1 
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   18 35 21.3   -24 50 30     1.887    1.825   71.0   31.0   266   28.1 
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   18 36 41.5   -24 49 40     1.884    1.834   71.7   31.0   266   28.1 
2026-03-12 00:00 UT   18 38 00.2   -24 48 48     1.880    1.842   72.4   30.9   266   28.1 
2026-03-13 00:00 UT   18 39 17.2   -24 47 55     1.876    1.851   73.1   30.9   266   28.1 
2026-03-14 00:00 UT   18 40 32.6   -24 47 02     1.872    1.860   73.9   30.9   266   28.1 
2026-03-15 00:00 UT   18 41 46.3   -24 46 09     1.868    1.868   74.6   30.9   265   28.1 
2026-03-16 00:00 UT   18 42 58.3   -24 45 15     1.864    1.877   75.3   30.8   265   28.1 
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   18 44 08.6   -24 44 22     1.860    1.885   76.0   30.8   265   28.1 

    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.