2024 ED6
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	1 Dec 2025	26.7	2.247 AU	1.263 AU	04h10m	+24°19'	175.2°	2.1°

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 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
2025-12-01 00:00 UT   04 10 08.2   +24 19 12     1.263    2.247  175.2    2.1   121   26.7 
2025-12-01 14:37 UT   04 09 08.3   +24 16 49     1.262    2.245  174.5    2.4   115   26.7 
2025-12-02 00:00 UT   04 08 29.9   +24 15 17     1.261    2.244  174.1    2.6   112   26.7 
2025-12-03 00:00 UT   04 06 51.6   +24 11 15     1.259    2.240  172.9    3.1   106   26.8 
2025-12-04 00:00 UT   04 05 13.6   +24 07 07     1.257    2.237  171.6    3.7   102   26.8 
2025-12-05 00:00 UT   04 03 35.9   +24 02 53     1.256    2.233  170.3    4.3    98   26.8 
2025-12-06 00:00 UT   04 01 58.7   +23 58 34     1.255    2.230  169.0    4.8    96   26.8 
2025-12-07 00:00 UT   04 00 22.1   +23 54 09     1.254    2.226  167.6    5.4    94   26.9 
2025-12-08 00:00 UT   03 58 46.2   +23 49 40     1.253    2.223  166.3    6.0    92   26.9 
2025-12-09 00:00 UT   03 57 11.1   +23 45 07     1.253    2.219  164.9    6.6    90   26.9 
2025-12-10 00:00 UT   03 55 37.0   +23 40 30     1.253    2.216  163.6    7.2    89   26.9 
2025-12-11 00:00 UT   03 54 04.0   +23 35 50     1.254    2.212  162.2    7.8    88   27.0 
2025-12-12 00:00 UT   03 52 32.1   +23 31 07     1.254    2.208  160.9    8.4    87   27.0 
2025-12-13 00:00 UT   03 51 01.6   +23 26 21     1.255    2.205  159.5    9.0    86   27.0 
2025-12-14 00:00 UT   03 49 32.4   +23 21 34     1.257    2.201  158.2    9.6    86   27.0 
2025-12-15 00:00 UT   03 48 04.8   +23 16 46     1.258    2.197  156.8   10.1    85   27.1 
2025-12-16 00:00 UT   03 46 38.7   +23 11 56     1.260    2.194  155.5   10.7    84   27.1 
2025-12-17 00:00 UT   03 45 14.4   +23 07 07     1.262    2.190  154.2   11.3    84   27.1 
2025-12-18 00:00 UT   03 43 51.9   +23 02 18     1.264    2.186  152.8   11.9    83   27.1 
2025-12-19 00:00 UT   03 42 31.3   +22 57 30     1.267    2.183  151.5   12.4    83   27.1 
2025-12-20 00:00 UT   03 41 12.7   +22 52 44     1.270    2.179  150.2   13.0    82   27.2 
2025-12-21 00:00 UT   03 39 56.2   +22 47 59     1.273    2.175  148.9   13.5    82   27.2 
2025-12-22 00:00 UT   03 38 41.7   +22 43 17     1.276    2.171  147.6   14.1    82   27.2 
2025-12-23 00:00 UT   03 37 29.5   +22 38 37     1.279    2.167  146.3   14.6    81   27.2 
2025-12-24 00:00 UT   03 36 19.6   +22 34 02     1.283    2.163  145.0   15.1    81   27.2 
2025-12-25 00:00 UT   03 35 12.0   +22 29 30     1.287    2.159  143.7   15.7    81   27.3 
2025-12-26 00:00 UT   03 34 06.7   +22 25 02     1.291    2.156  142.4   16.2    80   27.3 

    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.