2024 OC
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	17 Dec 2025	27.8	2.845 AU	2.989 AU	12h52m	-01°54'	72.1°	19.2°

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 OC are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5215382
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.8700958
            i (Inclination)                 : 4.46387
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 119.64410
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 234.05071
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 169.89658
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 173.61205
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -3.61241
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.56            
        

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
2025-12-17 00:00 UT   12 52 34.8   -01 54 03     2.989    2.845   72.1   19.2   294   27.8 
2025-12-17 09:45 UT   12 52 56.2   -01 55 42     2.983    2.845   72.4   19.3   294   27.8 
2025-12-18 00:00 UT   12 53 27.3   -01 58 05     2.975    2.845   72.9   19.3   294   27.8 
2025-12-19 00:00 UT   12 54 19.1   -02 02 02     2.960    2.845   73.7   19.4   294   27.8 
2025-12-20 00:00 UT   12 55 10.2   -02 05 52     2.946    2.845   74.5   19.5   294   27.8 
2025-12-21 00:00 UT   12 56 00.6   -02 09 37     2.931    2.845   75.3   19.5   294   27.8 
2025-12-22 00:00 UT   12 56 50.3   -02 13 16     2.916    2.845   76.1   19.6   294   27.7 
2025-12-23 00:00 UT   12 57 39.2   -02 16 48     2.902    2.845   76.9   19.7   294   27.7 
2025-12-24 00:00 UT   12 58 27.4   -02 20 15     2.887    2.845   77.7   19.7   293   27.7 
2025-12-25 00:00 UT   12 59 14.8   -02 23 35     2.872    2.845   78.5   19.8   293   27.7 
2025-12-26 00:00 UT   13 00 01.5   -02 26 49     2.857    2.845   79.4   19.9   293   27.7 
2025-12-27 00:00 UT   13 00 47.3   -02 29 57     2.842    2.845   80.2   19.9   293   27.7 
2025-12-28 00:00 UT   13 01 32.4   -02 32 58     2.827    2.844   81.0   20.0   293   27.7 
2025-12-29 00:00 UT   13 02 16.6   -02 35 53     2.812    2.844   81.8   20.0   293   27.7 
2025-12-30 00:00 UT   13 03 00.0   -02 38 41     2.797    2.844   82.7   20.1   293   27.7 
2025-12-31 00:00 UT   13 03 42.6   -02 41 23     2.782    2.844   83.5   20.1   293   27.7 
2026-01-01 00:00 UT   13 04 24.3   -02 43 58     2.767    2.843   84.3   20.1   293   27.6 
2026-01-02 00:00 UT   13 05 05.1   -02 46 25     2.752    2.843   85.2   20.2   293   27.6 
2026-01-03 00:00 UT   13 05 45.0   -02 48 46     2.736    2.843   86.0   20.2   293   27.6 
2026-01-04 00:00 UT   13 06 24.0   -02 51 00     2.721    2.842   86.9   20.2   293   27.6 
2026-01-05 00:00 UT   13 07 02.1   -02 53 07     2.706    2.842   87.7   20.2   293   27.6 
2026-01-06 00:00 UT   13 07 39.2   -02 55 07     2.690    2.842   88.6   20.2   293   27.6 
2026-01-07 00:00 UT   13 08 15.4   -02 56 59     2.675    2.841   89.5   20.2   292   27.6 
2026-01-08 00:00 UT   13 08 50.6   -02 58 44     2.660    2.841   90.3   20.3   292   27.6 
2026-01-09 00:00 UT   13 09 24.9   -03 00 21     2.644    2.840   91.2   20.3   292   27.5 
2026-01-10 00:00 UT   13 09 58.1   -03 01 51     2.629    2.840   92.1   20.2   292   27.5 
2026-01-11 00:00 UT   13 10 30.2   -03 03 13     2.613    2.840   93.0   20.2   292   27.5 
2026-01-12 00:00 UT   13 11 01.3   -03 04 27     2.598    2.839   93.9   20.2   292   27.5 
2026-01-13 00:00 UT   13 11 31.4   -03 05 33     2.583    2.839   94.8   20.2   292   27.5 
2026-01-14 00:00 UT   13 12 00.3   -03 06 31     2.567    2.838   95.6   20.2   292   27.5 
2026-01-15 00:00 UT   13 12 28.1   -03 07 21     2.552    2.838   96.6   20.1   292   27.5 
2026-01-16 00:00 UT   13 12 54.8   -03 08 03     2.536    2.837   97.5   20.1   292   27.4 

    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.