2019 UP8
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	22 Mar 2026	30.7	2.685 AU	1.697 AU	12h25m	-08°13'	170.5°	3.5°

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
2026-03-22 00:00 UT   12 25 21.5   -08 13 38     1.697    2.685  170.5    3.5   325   30.7 
2026-03-22 16:55 UT   12 24 32.9   -08 07 20     1.695    2.684  171.3    3.2   328   30.7 
2026-03-23 00:00 UT   12 24 12.5   -08 04 41     1.694    2.683  171.6    3.1   330   30.7 
2026-03-24 00:00 UT   12 23 03.0   -07 55 36     1.690    2.682  172.6    2.7   336   30.7 
2026-03-25 00:00 UT   12 21 53.2   -07 46 24     1.687    2.680  173.6    2.4   344   30.6 
2026-03-26 00:00 UT   12 20 43.1   -07 37 07     1.684    2.678  174.3    2.1   354   30.6 
2026-03-27 00:00 UT   12 19 32.8   -07 27 43     1.682    2.677  174.9    1.9     7   30.6 
2026-03-28 00:00 UT   12 18 22.5   -07 18 14     1.679    2.675  175.1    1.8    22   30.6 
2026-03-29 00:00 UT   12 17 12.1   -07 08 41     1.677    2.673  175.0    1.9    37   30.6 
2026-03-30 00:00 UT   12 16 01.7   -06 59 03     1.676    2.671  174.6    2.0    51   30.6 
2026-03-31 00:00 UT   12 14 51.4   -06 49 21     1.674    2.670  173.9    2.3    62   30.6 
2026-04-01 00:00 UT   12 13 41.3   -06 39 37     1.673    2.668  173.0    2.6    71   30.6 
2026-04-02 00:00 UT   12 12 31.4   -06 29 50     1.673    2.666  172.0    3.0    77   30.7 
2026-04-03 00:00 UT   12 11 21.9   -06 20 00     1.672    2.664  170.9    3.4    83   30.7 
2026-04-04 00:00 UT   12 10 12.7   -06 10 10     1.672    2.662  169.8    3.8    87   30.7 
2026-04-05 00:00 UT   12 09 04.0   -06 00 18     1.673    2.660  168.6    4.2    90   30.7 
2026-04-06 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 

    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.