2019 VM1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	5 Mar 2026	30.6	1.886 AU	1.984 AU	18h19m	-25°29'	69.7°	29.6°

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 VM1 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.3070380
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.4619049
            i (Inclination)                 : 8.46710
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 49.60973
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 1.37289
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 146.82826
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 50.96766
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 0.20213
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.77            
        

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
2026-03-05 00:00 UT   18 19 13.3   -25 29 07     1.984    1.886   69.7   29.6   267   30.6 
2026-03-05 05:50 UT   18 19 43.0   -25 29 41     1.981    1.886   69.9   29.6   267   30.6 
2026-03-06 00:00 UT   18 21 15.3   -25 31 27     1.972    1.885   70.3   29.7   267   30.5 
2026-03-07 00:00 UT   18 23 17.0   -25 33 43     1.960    1.884   70.8   29.8   267   30.5 
2026-03-08 00:00 UT   18 25 18.5   -25 35 57     1.948    1.883   71.4   30.0   267   30.5 
2026-03-09 00:00 UT   18 27 19.6   -25 38 07     1.936    1.882   71.9   30.1   267   30.5 
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   18 29 20.4   -25 40 14     1.924    1.880   72.5   30.2   266   30.5 
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   18 31 20.9   -25 42 19     1.912    1.879   73.0   30.4   266   30.5 
2026-03-12 00:00 UT   18 33 21.0   -25 44 20     1.899    1.878   73.6   30.5   266   30.5 
2026-03-13 00:00 UT   18 35 20.9   -25 46 19     1.887    1.876   74.1   30.6   266   30.5 
2026-03-14 00:00 UT   18 37 20.3   -25 48 15     1.875    1.875   74.7   30.7   266   30.5 
2026-03-15 00:00 UT   18 39 19.4   -25 50 09     1.862    1.874   75.2   30.9   265   30.4 
2026-03-16 00:00 UT   18 41 18.2   -25 52 00     1.850    1.872   75.8   31.0   265   30.4 
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   18 43 16.5   -25 53 50     1.837    1.871   76.3   31.1   265   30.4 
2026-03-18 00:00 UT   18 45 14.5   -25 55 37     1.825    1.870   76.9   31.2   265   30.4 
2026-03-19 00:00 UT   18 47 12.1   -25 57 22     1.812    1.868   77.4   31.3   265   30.4 
2026-03-20 00:00 UT   18 49 09.3   -25 59 05     1.800    1.867   78.0   31.4   264   30.4 
2026-03-21 00:00 UT   18 51 06.0   -26 00 46     1.787    1.865   78.6   31.6   264   30.4 
2026-03-22 00:00 UT   18 53 02.3   -26 02 26     1.774    1.864   79.1   31.7   264   30.3 
2026-03-23 00:00 UT   18 54 58.2   -26 04 05     1.762    1.862   79.7   31.8   264   30.3 

    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.