2024 NS1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	11 Dec 2025	28.1	1.510 AU	2.151 AU	14h43m	-07°52'	38.5°	23.9°

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 NS1 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2928350
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.4504769
            i (Inclination)                 : 11.68172
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 128.63727
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 183.34157
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 267.22565
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 131.90978
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -0.67622
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.75            
        

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
2025-12-11 00:00 UT   14 43 46.0   -07 52 31     2.151    1.510   38.5   23.9   297   28.1 
2025-12-11 10:35 UT   14 45 01.4   -07 57 23     2.147    1.509   38.6   24.0   297   28.1 
2025-12-12 00:00 UT   14 46 37.3   -08 03 32     2.142    1.506   38.8   24.2   297   28.1 
2025-12-13 00:00 UT   14 49 29.4   -08 14 29     2.133    1.502   39.0   24.4   297   28.1 
2025-12-14 00:00 UT   14 52 22.4   -08 25 20     2.124    1.498   39.3   24.6   297   28.1 
2025-12-15 00:00 UT   14 55 16.2   -08 36 06     2.115    1.494   39.6   24.8   296   28.1 
2025-12-16 00:00 UT   14 58 10.9   -08 46 47     2.106    1.490   39.9   25.0   296   28.1 
2025-12-17 00:00 UT   15 01 06.4   -08 57 23     2.096    1.486   40.1   25.3   296   28.1 
2025-12-18 00:00 UT   15 04 02.8   -09 07 52     2.087    1.482   40.4   25.5   296   28.1 
2025-12-19 00:00 UT   15 07 00.1   -09 18 16     2.078    1.478   40.7   25.7   295   28.1 
2025-12-20 00:00 UT   15 09 58.2   -09 28 34     2.069    1.474   40.9   25.9   295   28.1 
2025-12-21 00:00 UT   15 12 57.2   -09 38 45     2.060    1.470   41.2   26.1   295   28.0 
2025-12-22 00:00 UT   15 15 57.2   -09 48 50     2.051    1.466   41.4   26.4   294   28.0 

    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.