2024 OC
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	2 Aug 2026	27.2	2.335 AU	2.684 AU	12h37m	+00°09'	59.3°	21.9°

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
2026-08-02 00:00 UT   12 37 45.3   +00 09 13     2.684    2.335   59.3   21.9   111   27.2 
2026-08-02 10:34 UT   12 38 15.8   +00 05 27     2.687    2.333   59.0   21.9   111   27.2 
2026-08-03 00:00 UT   12 38 54.7   +00 00 38     2.691    2.331   58.7   21.8   111   27.2 
2026-08-04 00:00 UT   12 40 04.8   +00 08 01     2.698    2.326   58.1   21.7   111   27.2 
2026-08-05 00:00 UT   12 41 15.6   +00 16 43     2.704    2.321   57.4   21.6   111   27.2 
2026-08-06 00:00 UT   12 42 27.2   +00 25 28     2.711    2.317   56.8   21.5   111   27.2 
2026-08-07 00:00 UT   12 43 39.4   +00 34 17     2.717    2.312   56.2   21.4   110   27.2 
2026-08-08 00:00 UT   12 44 52.4   +00 43 10     2.724    2.307   55.6   21.3   110   27.2 
2026-08-09 00:00 UT   12 46 06.1   +00 52 05     2.730    2.302   54.9   21.1   110   27.2 
2026-08-10 00:00 UT   12 47 20.4   -01 01 04     2.736    2.297   54.3   21.0   110   27.2 
2026-08-11 00:00 UT   12 48 35.5   -01 10 06     2.742    2.293   53.7   20.9   110   27.2 
2026-08-12 00:00 UT   12 49 51.2   -01 19 11     2.748    2.288   53.1   20.7   110   27.2 
2026-08-13 00:00 UT   12 51 07.6   -01 28 19     2.754    2.283   52.5   20.6   110   27.2 
2026-08-14 00:00 UT   12 52 24.8   -01 37 30     2.759    2.278   51.9   20.5   110   27.2 
2026-08-15 00:00 UT   12 53 42.5   -01 46 43     2.765    2.273   51.3   20.3   110   27.2 
2026-08-16 00:00 UT   12 55 01.0   -01 56 00     2.770    2.268   50.7   20.2   110   27.2 
2026-08-17 00:00 UT   12 56 20.1   -02 05 20     2.775    2.263   50.1   20.1   110   27.2 
2026-08-18 00:00 UT   12 57 39.9   -02 14 42     2.780    2.258   49.5   19.9   110   27.1 
2026-08-19 00:00 UT   12 59 00.3   -02 24 06     2.785    2.253   48.9   19.8   110   27.1 
2026-08-20 00:00 UT   13 00 21.4   -02 33 34     2.790    2.248   48.3   19.6   109   27.1 
2026-08-21 00:00 UT   13 01 43.1   -02 43 04     2.795    2.243   47.8   19.5   109   27.1 
2026-08-22 00:00 UT   13 03 05.5   -02 52 36     2.800    2.238   47.2   19.4   109   27.1 
2026-08-23 00:00 UT   13 04 28.6   -03 02 11     2.804    2.233   46.6   19.2   109   27.1 
2026-08-24 00:00 UT   13 05 52.2   -03 11 48     2.808    2.228   46.0   19.1   109   27.1 
2026-08-25 00:00 UT   13 07 16.5   -03 21 27     2.813    2.223   45.4   18.9   109   27.1 

    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.