2022 SF1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	8 Nov 2026	30.1	1.612 AU	1.948 AU	11h23m	+05°28'	55.7°	30.5°

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 2022 SF1 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2924802
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.4863559
            i (Inclination)                 : 4.65798
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 341.30118
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 35.21962
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 8.15057
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 16.43154
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 2.68434
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.81            
        

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
2026-11-08 00:00 UT   11 23 57.2   +05 28 34     1.948    1.612   55.7   30.5   294   30.1 
2026-11-08 12:12 UT   11 24 57.2   +05 21 30     1.946    1.614   55.9   30.5   294   30.1 
2026-11-09 00:00 UT   11 25 55.0   +05 14 41     1.943    1.616   56.1   30.6   294   30.1 
2026-11-10 00:00 UT   11 27 52.1   +05 00 51     1.938    1.620   56.6   30.7   294   30.1 
2026-11-11 00:00 UT   11 29 48.5   +04 47 04     1.933    1.623   57.1   30.8   294   30.1 
2026-11-12 00:00 UT   11 31 44.1   +04 33 19     1.927    1.627   57.5   30.9   294   30.1 
2026-11-13 00:00 UT   11 33 39.1   +04 19 38     1.922    1.630   58.0   31.0   294   30.1 
2026-11-14 00:00 UT   11 35 33.3   +04 05 59     1.916    1.634   58.5   31.1   294   30.1 
2026-11-15 00:00 UT   11 37 26.7   +03 52 24     1.911    1.637   59.0   31.2   294   30.1 
2026-11-16 00:00 UT   11 39 19.5   +03 38 52     1.905    1.641   59.5   31.3   294   30.1 
2026-11-17 00:00 UT   11 41 11.5   +03 25 23     1.899    1.644   60.0   31.4   294   30.1 
2026-11-18 00:00 UT   11 43 02.8   +03 11 57     1.893    1.648   60.4   31.5   294   30.1 
2026-11-19 00:00 UT   11 44 53.4   +02 58 35     1.887    1.651   60.9   31.5   294   30.1 
2026-11-20 00:00 UT   11 46 43.2   +02 45 16     1.881    1.655   61.4   31.6   294   30.1 
2026-11-21 00:00 UT   11 48 32.3   +02 32 01     1.875    1.658   61.9   31.7   294   30.1 
2026-11-22 00:00 UT   11 50 20.7   +02 18 50     1.869    1.662   62.5   31.8   294   30.1 
2026-11-23 00:00 UT   11 52 08.4   +02 05 42     1.862    1.665   63.0   31.9   294   30.1 
2026-11-24 00:00 UT   11 53 55.3   +01 52 37     1.856    1.668   63.5   32.0   294   30.1 

    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.