2019 VW3
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	4 Jun 2026	31.9	3.727 AU	2.716 AU	16h48m	-16°48'	174.4°	1.5°

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 VW3 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5841477
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.5101474
            i (Inclination)                 : 8.24625
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 223.61954
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 191.77326
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 184.29069
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 235.27442
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -1.67699
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.98            
        

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
2026-06-04 00:00 UT   16 48 35.8   -16 48 57     2.716    3.727  174.4    1.5   185   31.9 
2026-06-04 01:36 UT   16 48 32.0   -16 48 46     2.716    3.727  174.4    1.5   184   31.9 
2026-06-05 00:00 UT   16 47 38.2   -16 46 13     2.714    3.724  174.3    1.6   173   31.9 
2026-06-06 00:00 UT   16 46 40.6   -16 43 30     2.712    3.722  173.8    1.7   162   31.9 
2026-06-07 00:00 UT   16 45 42.9   -16 40 47     2.710    3.719  173.2    1.8   153   31.9 
2026-06-08 00:00 UT   16 44 45.3   -16 38 06     2.709    3.717  172.5    2.0   146   32.0 
2026-06-09 00:00 UT   16 43 47.8   -16 35 26     2.707    3.715  171.7    2.3   140   32.0 
2026-06-10 00:00 UT   16 42 50.3   -16 32 48     2.707    3.712  170.7    2.5   135   32.0 
2026-06-11 00:00 UT   16 41 53.0   -16 30 10     2.706    3.710  169.8    2.8   131   32.0 
2026-06-12 00:00 UT   16 40 56.0   -16 27 35     2.706    3.707  168.8    3.1   128   32.0 
2026-06-13 00:00 UT   16 39 59.2   -16 25 00     2.706    3.705  167.7    3.3   125   32.0 
2026-06-14 00:00 UT   16 39 02.6   -16 22 28     2.707    3.702  166.6    3.6   123   32.0 
2026-06-15 00:00 UT   16 38 06.5   -16 19 57     2.707    3.700  165.6    3.9   121   32.1 
2026-06-16 00:00 UT   16 37 10.7   -16 17 29     2.709    3.697  164.5    4.2   119   32.1 
2026-06-17 00:00 UT   16 36 15.3   -16 15 02     2.710    3.695  163.4    4.5   118   32.1 
2026-06-18 00:00 UT   16 35 20.4   -16 12 38     2.712    3.692  162.2    4.8   117   32.1 
2026-06-19 00:00 UT   16 34 26.0   -16 10 15     2.714    3.690  161.1    5.1   115   32.1 
2026-06-20 00:00 UT   16 33 32.1   -16 07 56     2.716    3.687  160.0    5.4   115   32.1 
2026-06-21 00:00 UT   16 32 38.8   -16 05 38     2.718    3.684  158.9    5.7   114   32.2 
2026-06-22 00:00 UT   16 31 46.2   -16 03 23     2.721    3.682  157.8    6.0   113   32.2 
2026-06-23 00:00 UT   16 30 54.2   -16 01 11     2.724    3.679  156.6    6.3   112   32.2 
2026-06-24 00:00 UT   16 30 02.9   -15 59 02     2.728    3.677  155.5    6.6   112   32.2 
2026-06-25 00:00 UT   16 29 12.3   -15 56 55     2.731    3.674  154.4    6.9   111   32.2 
2026-06-26 00:00 UT   16 28 22.5   -15 54 51     2.735    3.671  153.2    7.2   111   32.2 
2026-06-27 00:00 UT   16 27 33.4   -15 52 51     2.739    3.669  152.1    7.4   110   32.2 
2026-06-28 00:00 UT   16 26 45.2   -15 50 53     2.744    3.666  151.0    7.7   110   32.3 
2026-06-29 00:00 UT   16 25 57.8   -15 48 58     2.749    3.663  149.9    8.0   109   32.3 
2026-06-30 00:00 UT   16 25 11.2   -15 47 07     2.753    3.661  148.7    8.3   109   32.3 
2026-07-01 00:00 UT   16 24 25.6   -15 45 19     2.759    3.658  147.6    8.6   109   32.3 
2026-07-02 00:00 UT   16 23 40.9   -15 43 34     2.764    3.655  146.5    8.8   108   32.3 
2026-07-03 00:00 UT   16 22 57.1   -15 41 53     2.770    3.653  145.4    9.1   108   32.3 
2026-07-04 00:00 UT   16 22 14.3   -15 40 15     2.776    3.650  144.3    9.4   108   32.3 

    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.