2019 XB
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	16 May 2026	25.0	0.625 AU	1.036 AU	06h00m	+19°56'	35.5°	70.1°

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 XB are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4028115
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 0.7278590
            i (Inclination)                 : 6.13035
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 269.62638
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 344.44744
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 32.79685
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 254.15849
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -1.64077
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 0.62            
        

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
2026-05-16 00:00 UT   06 00 46.3   +19 56 37     1.036    0.625   35.5   70.1    95   25.0 
2026-05-16 02:47 UT   06 01 07.0   +19 56 21     1.034    0.624   35.5   70.2    95   25.0 
2026-05-17 00:00 UT   06 03 43.0   +19 54 20     1.022    0.616   35.3   71.4    95   25.0 
2026-05-18 00:00 UT   06 06 36.0   +19 51 59     1.009    0.607   35.0   72.7    96   25.0 
2026-05-19 00:00 UT   06 09 24.9   +19 49 37     0.995    0.598   34.7   74.2    96   25.0 
2026-05-20 00:00 UT   06 12 09.4   +19 47 15     0.980    0.590   34.4   75.7    97   25.0 
2026-05-21 00:00 UT   06 14 48.7   +19 44 55     0.966    0.581   34.1   77.3    97   25.0 
2026-05-22 00:00 UT   06 17 22.4   +19 42 40     0.951    0.572   33.7   79.1    97   25.0 
2026-05-23 00:00 UT   06 19 49.6   +19 40 33     0.935    0.563   33.3   80.9    98   25.0 
2026-05-24 00:00 UT   06 22 09.7   +19 38 38     0.920    0.555   32.9   82.8    98   25.0 
2026-05-25 00:00 UT   06 24 21.9   +19 36 56     0.904    0.546   32.5   84.8    98   25.0 
2026-05-26 00:00 UT   06 26 25.2   +19 35 33     0.888    0.538   32.0   86.9    99   25.0 
2026-05-27 00:00 UT   06 28 18.7   +19 34 33     0.871    0.529   31.5   89.2    99   25.0 
2026-05-28 00:00 UT   06 30 01.2   +19 34 00     0.855    0.521   30.9   91.6    99   25.0 
2026-05-29 00:00 UT   06 31 31.6   +19 33 60     0.838    0.513   30.3   94.1    99   25.1 
2026-05-30 00:00 UT   06 32 48.6   +19 34 36     0.821    0.506   29.7   96.8   100   25.1 
2026-05-31 00:00 UT   06 33 50.9   +19 35 57     0.804    0.498   29.0   99.6   100   25.1 
2026-06-01 00:00 UT   06 34 36.9   +19 38 06     0.787    0.491   28.2  102.6   100   25.2 
2026-06-02 00:00 UT   06 35 05.0   +19 41 11     0.770    0.484   27.3  105.7   100   25.3 
2026-06-03 00:00 UT   06 35 13.8   +19 45 17     0.753    0.477   26.4  109.0   100   25.4 
2026-06-04 00:00 UT   06 35 01.5   +19 50 29     0.736    0.471   25.4  112.5   101   25.6 
2026-06-05 00:00 UT   06 34 26.5   +19 56 55     0.720    0.465   24.3  116.2   101   25.7 
2026-06-06 00:00 UT   06 33 27.1   +20 04 37     0.703    0.460   23.1  120.0   101   25.9 
2026-06-07 00:00 UT   06 32 01.9   +20 13 40     0.688    0.455   21.8  124.0   101   26.2 
2026-06-08 00:00 UT   06 30 09.5   +20 24 06     0.673    0.450   20.4  128.3   101   26.5 
2026-06-09 00:00 UT   06 27 48.8   +20 35 55     0.658    0.446   18.9  132.7   101   26.9 
2026-06-10 00:00 UT   06 24 59.2   +20 49 05     0.644    0.443   17.2  137.2   101   27.3 
2026-06-11 00:00 UT   06 21 40.6   +21 03 31     0.632    0.440   15.5  142.0   100   27.9 
2026-06-12 00:00 UT   06 17 53.3   +21 19 06     0.620    0.438   13.6  146.9   100   28.6 
2026-06-13 00:00 UT   06 13 38.5   +21 35 40     0.610    0.436   11.7  151.9   100   29.5 
2026-06-14 00:00 UT   06 08 58.0   +21 52 59     0.601    0.435    9.6  157.1   100   30.7 
2026-06-15 00:00 UT   06 03 54.5   +22 10 50     0.593    0.435    7.4  162.4   100   32.5 

    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.