2024 ED6
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	1 Nov 2025	27.7	2.339 AU	1.462 AU	04h50m	+25°16'	144.0°	14.5°

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 2024 ED6 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4354491
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.7566459
            i (Inclination)                 : 1.89317
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 353.79124
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 220.20434
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 245.03905
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 33.98016
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -1.22194
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.33            
        

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
2025-11-01 00:00 UT   04 50 51.1   +25 16 49     1.462    2.339  144.0   14.5   259   27.7 
2025-11-01 14:55 UT   04 50 18.1   +25 16 43     1.456    2.337  144.7   14.2   259   27.7 
2025-11-02 00:00 UT   04 49 57.6   +25 16 38     1.452    2.336  145.2   14.0   259   27.6 
2025-11-03 00:00 UT   04 49 01.7   +25 16 22     1.442    2.334  146.4   13.6   259   27.6 
2025-11-04 00:00 UT   04 48 03.5   +25 15 60     1.432    2.331  147.6   13.2   258   27.6 
2025-11-05 00:00 UT   04 47 02.9   +25 15 32     1.422    2.328  148.8   12.7   258   27.5 
2025-11-06 00:00 UT   04 46 00.1   +25 14 57     1.413    2.325  150.0   12.3   258   27.5 
2025-11-07 00:00 UT   04 44 54.9   +25 14 16     1.404    2.322  151.3   11.8   257   27.5 
2025-11-08 00:00 UT   04 43 47.5   +25 13 28     1.395    2.319  152.5   11.4   257   27.4 
2025-11-09 00:00 UT   04 42 37.9   +25 12 33     1.386    2.316  153.8   10.9   256   27.4 
2025-11-10 00:00 UT   04 41 26.1   +25 11 31     1.378    2.314  155.1   10.4   256   27.4 
2025-11-11 00:00 UT   04 40 12.2   +25 10 22     1.369    2.311  156.3    9.9   255   27.3 
2025-11-12 00:00 UT   04 38 56.2   +25 09 06     1.361    2.308  157.6    9.4   255   27.3 
2025-11-13 00:00 UT   04 37 38.2   +25 07 41     1.354    2.305  158.9    8.9   254   27.3 
2025-11-14 00:00 UT   04 36 18.2   +25 06 09     1.346    2.302  160.2    8.4   253   27.2 
2025-11-15 00:00 UT   04 34 56.3   +25 04 29     1.339    2.299  161.5    7.9   253   27.2 
2025-11-16 00:00 UT   04 33 32.7   +25 02 40     1.332    2.296  162.8    7.3   252   27.2 
2025-11-17 00:00 UT   04 32 07.3   +25 00 44     1.325    2.292  164.1    6.8   251   27.1 
2025-11-18 00:00 UT   04 30 40.3   +24 58 39     1.319    2.289  165.4    6.3   249   27.1 
2025-11-19 00:00 UT   04 29 11.7   +24 56 26     1.313    2.286  166.7    5.7   248   27.0 
2025-11-20 00:00 UT   04 27 41.7   +24 54 05     1.307    2.283  168.0    5.2   246   27.0 
2025-11-21 00:00 UT   04 26 10.4   +24 51 35     1.302    2.280  169.3    4.6   244   27.0 
2025-11-22 00:00 UT   04 24 37.8   +24 48 57     1.296    2.277  170.6    4.1   241   26.9 
2025-11-23 00:00 UT   04 23 04.1   +24 46 10     1.292    2.273  171.9    3.5   238   26.9 
2025-11-24 00:00 UT   04 21 29.3   +24 43 16     1.287    2.270  173.1    3.0   233   26.8 
2025-11-25 00:00 UT   04 19 53.7   +24 40 13     1.283    2.267  174.3    2.5   227   26.8 
2025-11-26 00:00 UT   04 18 17.3   +24 37 02     1.279    2.264  175.4    2.0   217   26.7 
2025-11-27 00:00 UT   04 16 40.3   +24 33 43     1.275    2.260  176.2    1.6   202   26.7 
2025-11-28 00:00 UT   04 15 02.8   +24 30 16     1.271    2.257  176.7    1.4   180   26.7 

    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.