2024 OC
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	23 Mar 2026	26.0	2.757 AU	1.772 AU	12h49m	+01°42'	169.2°	3.9°

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 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
2026-03-23 00:00 UT   12 49 13.9   +01 42 60     1.772    2.757  169.2    3.9   257   26.0 
2026-03-23 18:11 UT   12 48 22.7   +01 49 19     1.769    2.756  170.0    3.6   253   25.9 
2026-03-24 00:00 UT   12 48 06.2   +01 51 20     1.768    2.756  170.2    3.5   252   25.9 
2026-03-25 00:00 UT   12 46 57.9   +01 59 41     1.764    2.754  171.2    3.2   246   25.9 
2026-03-26 00:00 UT   12 45 49.0   +02 08 01     1.761    2.752  172.0    2.9   239   25.9 
2026-03-27 00:00 UT   12 44 39.5   +02 16 21     1.758    2.750  172.7    2.7   231   25.9 
2026-03-28 00:00 UT   12 43 29.6   +02 24 39     1.755    2.748  173.2    2.5   221   25.8 
2026-03-29 00:00 UT   12 42 19.3   +02 32 56     1.752    2.746  173.4    2.4   210   25.8 
2026-03-30 00:00 UT   12 41 08.7   +02 41 10     1.750    2.744  173.4    2.4   198   25.8 
2026-03-31 00:00 UT   12 39 57.8   +02 49 22     1.748    2.742  173.2    2.5   187   25.8 
2026-04-01 00:00 UT   12 38 46.7   +02 57 31     1.746    2.740  172.7    2.6   177   25.8 
2026-04-02 00:00 UT   12 37 35.5   +03 05 35     1.745    2.738  172.1    2.9   169   25.9 
2026-04-03 00:00 UT   12 36 24.2   +03 13 36     1.744    2.736  171.2    3.2   162   25.9 
2026-04-04 00:00 UT   12 35 13.0   +03 21 32     1.743    2.734  170.3    3.5   156   25.9 
2026-04-05 00:00 UT   12 34 01.8   +03 29 23     1.743    2.732  169.3    3.9   151   25.9 
2026-04-06 00:00 UT   12 32 50.8   +03 37 09     1.743    2.730  168.3    4.3   147   25.9 
2026-04-07 00:00 UT   12 31 40.0   +03 44 49     1.743    2.728  167.2    4.7   144   25.9 
2026-04-08 00:00 UT   12 30 29.5   +03 52 22     1.743    2.725  166.0    5.1   141   26.0 
2026-04-09 00:00 UT   12 29 19.4   +03 59 48     1.744    2.723  164.9    5.5   139   26.0 
2026-04-10 00:00 UT   12 28 09.6   +04 07 07     1.745    2.721  163.7    5.9   137   26.0 
2026-04-11 00:00 UT   12 27 00.4   +04 14 19     1.746    2.719  162.5    6.4   135   26.0 
2026-04-12 00:00 UT   12 25 51.7   +04 21 22     1.748    2.717  161.3    6.8   133   26.1 
2026-04-13 00:00 UT   12 24 43.7   +04 28 17     1.750    2.714  160.1    7.2   132   26.1 
2026-04-14 00:00 UT   12 23 36.4   +04 35 03     1.752    2.712  158.9    7.7   131   26.1 
2026-04-15 00:00 UT   12 22 29.8   +04 41 40     1.755    2.710  157.7    8.1   130   26.1 
2026-04-16 00:00 UT   12 21 24.0   +04 48 07     1.758    2.707  156.5    8.5   129   26.1 
2026-04-17 00:00 UT   12 20 19.1   +04 54 25     1.761    2.705  155.2    8.9   128   26.2 
2026-04-18 00:00 UT   12 19 15.1   +05 00 32     1.764    2.703  154.0    9.4   127   26.2 
2026-04-19 00:00 UT   12 18 12.2   +05 06 29     1.768    2.700  152.8    9.8   126   26.2 

    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.