2022 JC1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	15 Sep 2026	28.1	2.174 AU	1.206 AU	23h30m	-24°38'	158.6°	9.7°

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 2022 JC1 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5770783
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.4474227
            i (Inclination)                 : 11.46473
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 56.86229
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 174.44449
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 21.16763
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 51.41695
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 1.10258
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.83            
        

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
2026-09-15 00:00 UT   23 30 45.3   -24 38 46     1.206    2.174  158.6    9.7   359   28.1 
2026-09-15 15:30 UT   23 29 50.7   -24 39 25     1.212    2.178  158.3    9.8     2   28.1 
2026-09-16 00:00 UT   23 29 20.9   -24 39 43     1.215    2.181  158.2    9.9     3   28.1 
2026-09-17 00:00 UT   23 27 57.9   -24 40 19     1.224    2.188  157.7   10.0     6   28.1 
2026-09-18 00:00 UT   23 26 36.2   -24 40 36     1.234    2.195  157.2   10.2     9   28.2 
2026-09-19 00:00 UT   23 25 15.9   -24 40 32     1.243    2.202  156.6   10.5    12   28.2 
2026-09-20 00:00 UT   23 23 57.2   -24 40 09     1.253    2.209  155.9   10.7    15   28.2 
2026-09-21 00:00 UT   23 22 40.1   -24 39 26     1.263    2.216  155.3   10.9    17   28.3 
2026-09-22 00:00 UT   23 21 24.7   -24 38 24     1.274    2.223  154.6   11.2    20   28.3 
2026-09-23 00:00 UT   23 20 11.0   -24 37 04     1.284    2.229  153.8   11.5    22   28.3 
2026-09-24 00:00 UT   23 18 59.1   -24 35 26     1.295    2.236  153.1   11.7    24   28.4 
2026-09-25 00:00 UT   23 17 49.0   -24 33 30     1.306    2.243  152.3   12.0    27   28.4 
2026-09-26 00:00 UT   23 16 40.8   -24 31 16     1.318    2.250  151.4   12.3    28   28.5 
2026-09-27 00:00 UT   23 15 34.5   -24 28 46     1.329    2.257  150.6   12.6    30   28.5 
2026-09-28 00:00 UT   23 14 30.1   -24 25 59     1.341    2.264  149.7   12.9    32   28.5 
2026-09-29 00:00 UT   23 13 27.7   -24 22 56     1.353    2.270  148.9   13.2    34   28.6 
2026-09-30 00:00 UT   23 12 27.3   -24 19 37     1.365    2.277  148.0   13.5    35   28.6 
2026-10-01 00:00 UT   23 11 29.0   -24 16 03     1.377    2.284  147.1   13.8    37   28.6 
2026-10-02 00:00 UT   23 10 32.6   -24 12 15     1.390    2.291  146.2   14.1    38   28.7 
2026-10-03 00:00 UT   23 09 38.4   -24 08 12     1.403    2.297  145.3   14.4    39   28.7 
2026-10-04 00:00 UT   23 08 46.2   -24 03 55     1.416    2.304  144.4   14.7    41   28.7 
2026-10-05 00:00 UT   23 07 56.1   -23 59 24     1.429    2.311  143.4   14.9    42   28.8 
2026-10-06 00:00 UT   23 07 08.1   -23 54 40     1.443    2.318  142.5   15.2    43   28.8 
2026-10-07 00:00 UT   23 06 22.2   -23 49 44     1.456    2.324  141.6   15.5    44   28.9 
2026-10-08 00:00 UT   23 05 38.4   -23 44 35     1.470    2.331  140.6   15.8    45   28.9 
2026-10-09 00:00 UT   23 04 56.7   -23 39 14     1.484    2.338  139.7   16.0    46   28.9 
2026-10-10 00:00 UT   23 04 17.2   -23 33 42     1.499    2.344  138.8   16.3    47   29.0 
2026-10-11 00:00 UT   23 03 39.8   -23 27 58     1.513    2.351  137.8   16.6    48   29.0 
2026-10-12 00:00 UT   23 03 04.5   -23 22 04     1.528    2.357  136.9   16.8    49   29.0 
2026-10-13 00:00 UT   23 02 31.3   -23 15 59     1.542    2.364  136.0   17.1    49   29.1 
2026-10-14 00:00 UT   23 02 00.1   -23 09 44     1.557    2.370  135.0   17.3    50   29.1 
2026-10-15 00:00 UT   23 01 31.1   -23 03 19     1.572    2.377  134.1   17.5    51   29.1 

    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.