2019 UP8
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	5 Apr 2026	30.7	2.660 AU	1.673 AU	12h09m	-06°00'	168.6°	4.2°

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 UP8 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4905548
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.8463968
            i (Inclination)                 : 7.84310
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 209.89517
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 142.90993
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 165.28796
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 173.06382
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 4.72052
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.51            
        

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
2026-04-05 00:00 UT   12 09 04.0   -06 00 18     1.673    2.660  168.6    4.2    90   30.7 
2026-04-05 17:52 UT   12 08 13.2   -05 52 58     1.673    2.659  167.8    4.6    92   30.7 
2026-04-06 00:00 UT   12 07 55.8   -05 50 26     1.673    2.659  167.5    4.7    92   30.7 
2026-04-07 00:00 UT   12 06 48.2   -05 40 35     1.674    2.657  166.2    5.1    95   30.8 
2026-04-08 00:00 UT   12 05 41.3   -05 30 44     1.675    2.655  165.0    5.6    96   30.8 
2026-04-09 00:00 UT   12 04 35.0   -05 20 54     1.676    2.653  163.8    6.1    98   30.8 
2026-04-10 00:00 UT   12 03 29.6   -05 11 07     1.678    2.651  162.5    6.5    99   30.8 
2026-04-11 00:00 UT   12 02 25.0   -05 01 21     1.680    2.649  161.3    7.0   100   30.9 
2026-04-12 00:00 UT   12 01 21.3   -04 51 39     1.682    2.647  160.1    7.4   101   30.9 
2026-04-13 00:00 UT   12 00 18.6   -04 42 01     1.685    2.645  158.8    7.9   102   30.9 
2026-04-14 00:00 UT   11 59 16.9   -04 32 26     1.688    2.643  157.6    8.3   103   30.9 
2026-04-15 00:00 UT   11 58 16.3   -04 22 56     1.691    2.641  156.3    8.8   104   30.9 
2026-04-16 00:00 UT   11 57 16.8   -04 13 31     1.694    2.639  155.1    9.2   105   31.0 
2026-04-17 00:00 UT   11 56 18.5   -04 04 12     1.698    2.636  153.8    9.7   105   31.0 
2026-04-18 00:00 UT   11 55 21.5   -03 54 59     1.702    2.634  152.6   10.1   106   31.0 
2026-04-19 00:00 UT   11 54 25.7   -03 45 53     1.706    2.632  151.4   10.5   106   31.0 
2026-04-20 00:00 UT   11 53 31.3   -03 36 54     1.711    2.630  150.1   11.0   107   31.1 
2026-04-21 00:00 UT   11 52 38.3   -03 28 02     1.715    2.628  148.9   11.4   107   31.1 
2026-04-22 00:00 UT   11 51 46.7   -03 19 18     1.720    2.625  147.7   11.8   107   31.1 
2026-04-23 00:00 UT   11 50 56.6   -03 10 42     1.726    2.623  146.5   12.2   108   31.1 
2026-04-24 00:00 UT   11 50 07.9   -03 02 15     1.731    2.621  145.3   12.6   108   31.1 
2026-04-25 00:00 UT   11 49 20.8   -02 53 57     1.737    2.619  144.1   13.0   108   31.2 
2026-04-26 00:00 UT   11 48 35.2   -02 45 49     1.743    2.616  142.9   13.4   109   31.2 
2026-04-27 00:00 UT   11 47 51.2   -02 37 50     1.749    2.614  141.7   13.8   109   31.2 
2026-04-28 00:00 UT   11 47 08.7   -02 30 00     1.755    2.612  140.5   14.2   109   31.2 
2026-04-29 00:00 UT   11 46 27.9   -02 22 21     1.762    2.609  139.4   14.6   109   31.2 
2026-04-30 00:00 UT   11 45 48.7   -02 14 52     1.768    2.607  138.2   14.9   110   31.2 
2026-05-01 00:00 UT   11 45 11.2   -02 07 33     1.775    2.605  137.1   15.3   110   31.3 
2026-05-02 00:00 UT   11 44 35.3   -02 00 25     1.782    2.602  135.9   15.6   110   31.3 
2026-05-03 00:00 UT   11 44 01.0   -01 53 28     1.790    2.600  134.8   16.0   110   31.3 
2026-05-04 00:00 UT   11 43 28.5   -01 46 42     1.797    2.597  133.6   16.3   110   31.3 
2026-05-05 00:00 UT   11 42 57.6   -01 40 08     1.805    2.595  132.5   16.6   110   31.3 

    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.