2019 UP8
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	15 Feb 2026	31.7	2.730 AU	2.000 AU	12h54m	-11°30'	128.8°	16.4°

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
2026-02-15 00:00 UT   12 54 08.9   -11 30 52     2.000    2.730  128.8   16.4   297   31.7 
2026-02-15 12:14 UT   12 53 57.0   -11 29 50     1.993    2.729  129.4   16.2   297   31.7 
2026-02-16 00:00 UT   12 53 45.1   -11 28 46     1.987    2.729  129.9   16.1   297   31.6 
2026-02-17 00:00 UT   12 53 19.7   -11 26 28     1.975    2.728  131.0   15.9   297   31.6 
2026-02-18 00:00 UT   12 52 52.5   -11 23 57     1.963    2.727  132.2   15.6   298   31.6 
2026-02-19 00:00 UT   12 52 23.7   -11 21 13     1.951    2.726  133.3   15.3   298   31.6 
2026-02-20 00:00 UT   12 51 53.2   -11 18 17     1.940    2.725  134.4   15.0   298   31.5 
2026-02-21 00:00 UT   12 51 21.0   -11 15 08     1.928    2.724  135.6   14.7   298   31.5 
2026-02-22 00:00 UT   12 50 47.1   -11 11 47     1.917    2.723  136.7   14.4   299   31.5 
2026-02-23 00:00 UT   12 50 11.6   -11 08 12     1.906    2.721  137.9   14.1   299   31.5 
2026-02-24 00:00 UT   12 49 34.4   -11 04 25     1.895    2.720  139.0   13.8   299   31.5 
2026-02-25 00:00 UT   12 48 55.6   -11 00 25     1.884    2.719  140.2   13.5   299   31.4 
2026-02-26 00:00 UT   12 48 15.2   -10 56 11     1.874    2.718  141.4   13.1   300   31.4 
2026-02-27 00:00 UT   12 47 33.2   -10 51 45     1.863    2.717  142.5   12.8   300   31.4 
2026-02-28 00:00 UT   12 46 49.7   -10 47 06     1.853    2.716  143.7   12.5   300   31.4 
2026-03-01 00:00 UT   12 46 04.6   -10 42 15     1.843    2.715  144.9   12.1   301   31.3 
2026-03-02 00:00 UT   12 45 17.9   -10 37 10     1.834    2.713  146.1   11.7   301   31.3 
2026-03-03 00:00 UT   12 44 29.8   -10 31 52     1.825    2.712  147.3   11.4   301   31.3 
2026-03-04 00:00 UT   12 43 40.2   -10 26 22     1.815    2.711  148.5   11.0   302   31.2 
2026-03-05 00:00 UT   12 42 49.2   -10 20 39     1.807    2.710  149.7   10.6   302   31.2 
2026-03-06 00:00 UT   12 41 56.7   -10 14 43     1.798    2.708  151.0   10.2   303   31.2 
2026-03-07 00:00 UT   12 41 02.9   -10 08 35     1.790    2.707  152.2    9.8   303   31.2 
2026-03-08 00:00 UT   12 40 07.7   -10 02 14     1.781    2.706  153.4    9.5   304   31.1 
2026-03-09 00:00 UT   12 39 11.3   -09 55 41     1.774    2.704  154.6    9.0   304   31.1 
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   12 38 13.5   -09 48 56     1.766    2.703  155.9    8.6   305   31.1 
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   12 37 14.6   -09 41 59     1.759    2.702  157.1    8.2   306   31.1 
2026-03-12 00:00 UT   12 36 14.5   -09 34 50     1.752    2.700  158.4    7.8   307   31.0 
2026-03-13 00:00 UT   12 35 13.3   -09 27 29     1.745    2.699  159.6    7.4   307   31.0 
2026-03-14 00:00 UT   12 34 11.0   -09 19 58     1.739    2.697  160.8    7.0   308   31.0 
2026-03-15 00:00 UT   12 33 07.7   -09 12 15     1.732    2.696  162.1    6.5   310   30.9 
2026-03-16 00:00 UT   12 32 03.4   -09 04 22     1.726    2.694  163.3    6.1   311   30.9 
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   12 30 58.3   -08 56 18     1.721    2.693  164.5    5.7   312   30.9 

    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.