2019 UB7
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	7 Mar 2026	28.1	1.799 AU	1.898 AU	18h31m	-24°52'	69.0°	31.0°

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
2026-03-07 00:00 UT   18 31 10.8   -24 52 55     1.898    1.799   69.0   31.0   266   28.1 
2026-03-07 02:24 UT   18 31 19.4   -24 52 51     1.897    1.800   69.1   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 
2026-03-18 00:00 UT   18 45 17.2   -24 43 28     1.855    1.894   76.8   30.8   265   28.1 
2026-03-19 00:00 UT   18 46 24.1   -24 42 34     1.851    1.902   77.5   30.7   265   28.1 
2026-03-20 00:00 UT   18 47 29.2   -24 41 41     1.846    1.911   78.3   30.7   265   28.1 
2026-03-21 00:00 UT   18 48 32.6   -24 40 48     1.841    1.919   79.0   30.6   265   28.1 
2026-03-22 00:00 UT   18 49 34.3   -24 39 56     1.836    1.927   79.8   30.6   265   28.1 
2026-03-23 00:00 UT   18 50 34.1   -24 39 05     1.832    1.936   80.5   30.5   265   28.1 
2026-03-24 00:00 UT   18 51 32.2   -24 38 15     1.827    1.944   81.3   30.5   265   28.1 
2026-03-25 00:00 UT   18 52 28.4   -24 37 26     1.821    1.952   82.1   30.4   265   28.1 
2026-03-26 00:00 UT   18 53 22.9   -24 36 38     1.816    1.961   82.9   30.3   265   28.1 
2026-03-27 00:00 UT   18 54 15.5   -24 35 51     1.811    1.969   83.7   30.2   264   28.1 
2026-03-28 00:00 UT   18 55 06.2   -24 35 06     1.806    1.977   84.5   30.2   264   28.1 
2026-03-29 00:00 UT   18 55 55.1   -24 34 22     1.800    1.985   85.3   30.1   264   28.1 
2026-03-30 00:00 UT   18 56 42.2   -24 33 40     1.795    1.993   86.1   30.0   264   28.1 
2026-03-31 00:00 UT   18 57 27.3   -24 33 00     1.789    2.001   86.9   29.9   264   28.1 
2026-04-01 00:00 UT   18 58 10.6   -24 32 22     1.784    2.009   87.7   29.8   264   28.1 
2026-04-02 00:00 UT   18 58 51.9   -24 31 46     1.778    2.017   88.5   29.7   264   28.1 
2026-04-03 00:00 UT   18 59 31.3   -24 31 12     1.772    2.025   89.4   29.6   264   28.1 
2026-04-04 00:00 UT   19 00 08.7   -24 30 40     1.767    2.033   90.2   29.5   264   28.1 
2026-04-05 00:00 UT   19 00 44.2   -24 30 11     1.761    2.041   91.1   29.3   264   28.1 
2026-04-06 00:00 UT   19 01 17.7   -24 29 44     1.755    2.049   91.9   29.2   264   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.