2024 FL
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	6 Dec 2025	28.9	2.175 AU	1.209 AU	03h56m	+13°45'	164.6°	6.9°

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 FL are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4131651
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.7557558
            i (Inclination)                 : 4.06276
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 183.63843
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 25.63547
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 247.66149
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 209.21771
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 1.75653
            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
2025-12-06 00:00 UT   03 56 05.7   +13 45 44     1.209    2.175  164.6    6.9    54   28.9 
2025-12-06 12:58 UT   03 55 17.7   +13 43 06     1.209    2.173  164.0    7.2    55   28.9 
2025-12-07 00:00 UT   03 54 37.0   +13 40 53     1.209    2.171  163.4    7.5    56   28.9 
2025-12-08 00:00 UT   03 53 09.0   +13 36 07     1.209    2.168  162.1    8.0    57   28.9 
2025-12-09 00:00 UT   03 51 42.0   +13 31 28     1.210    2.164  160.8    8.6    59   29.0 
2025-12-10 00:00 UT   03 50 16.0   +13 26 55     1.210    2.161  159.5    9.2    60   29.0 
2025-12-11 00:00 UT   03 48 51.1   +13 22 29     1.211    2.157  158.2    9.8    61   29.0 
2025-12-12 00:00 UT   03 47 27.4   +13 18 10     1.213    2.153  156.9   10.3    62   29.0 
2025-12-13 00:00 UT   03 46 05.2   +13 13 59     1.214    2.150  155.6   10.9    63   29.0 
2025-12-14 00:00 UT   03 44 44.3   +13 09 55     1.216    2.146  154.3   11.5    63   29.1 
2025-12-15 00:00 UT   03 43 25.0   +13 05 60     1.218    2.142  153.0   12.0    64   29.1 
2025-12-16 00:00 UT   03 42 07.3   +13 02 13     1.221    2.139  151.7   12.6    65   29.1 
2025-12-17 00:00 UT   03 40 51.3   +12 58 36     1.223    2.135  150.4   13.2    65   29.1 
2025-12-18 00:00 UT   03 39 37.0   +12 55 07     1.226    2.131  149.1   13.7    66   29.2 
2025-12-19 00:00 UT   03 38 24.7   +12 51 48     1.229    2.127  147.8   14.3    66   29.2 
2025-12-20 00:00 UT   03 37 14.3   +12 48 39     1.232    2.123  146.5   14.8    67   29.2 
2025-12-21 00:00 UT   03 36 05.9   +12 45 40     1.236    2.120  145.3   15.3    67   29.2 
2025-12-22 00:00 UT   03 34 59.6   +12 42 50     1.239    2.116  144.0   15.9    67   29.2 
2025-12-23 00:00 UT   03 33 55.4   +12 40 12     1.243    2.112  142.7   16.4    68   29.3 
2025-12-24 00:00 UT   03 32 53.4   +12 37 44     1.247    2.108  141.5   16.9    68   29.3 
2025-12-25 00:00 UT   03 31 53.6   +12 35 26     1.252    2.104  140.3   17.4    68   29.3 
2025-12-26 00:00 UT   03 30 56.2   +12 33 20     1.256    2.100  139.0   17.9    69   29.3 
2025-12-27 00:00 UT   03 30 01.0   +12 31 24     1.261    2.096  137.8   18.4    69   29.3 
2025-12-28 00:00 UT   03 29 08.3   +12 29 39     1.266    2.092  136.6   18.9    69   29.4 
2025-12-29 00:00 UT   03 28 17.9   +12 28 06     1.271    2.088  135.4   19.3    69   29.4 
2025-12-30 00:00 UT   03 27 29.9   +12 26 44     1.276    2.084  134.2   19.8    70   29.4 
2025-12-31 00:00 UT   03 26 44.3   +12 25 32     1.281    2.080  133.0   20.2    70   29.4 
2026-01-01 00:00 UT   03 26 01.2   +12 24 32     1.287    2.076  131.8   20.7    70   29.4 
2026-01-02 00:00 UT   03 25 20.6   +12 23 43     1.293    2.072  130.6   21.1    70   29.5 
2026-01-03 00:00 UT   03 24 42.5   +12 23 05     1.298    2.068  129.5   21.5    70   29.5 
2026-01-04 00:00 UT   03 24 06.8   +12 22 39     1.304    2.064  128.3   21.9    71   29.5 
2026-01-05 00:00 UT   03 23 33.6   +12 22 23     1.311    2.060  127.2   22.4    71   29.5 

    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.