2024 OC
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	20 Feb 2026	26.8	2.805 AU	2.037 AU	13h14m	-01°55'	132.9°	15.0°

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
2026-02-20 00:00 UT   13 14 14.0   -01 55 12     2.037    2.805  132.9   15.0   287   26.8 
2026-02-20 11:29 UT   13 14 01.9   -01 52 48     2.031    2.805  133.4   14.8   287   26.8 
2026-02-21 00:00 UT   13 13 48.3   -01 50 09     2.025    2.804  134.0   14.7   287   26.8 
2026-02-22 00:00 UT   13 13 21.0   -01 44 56     2.013    2.803  135.1   14.4   287   26.7 
2026-02-23 00:00 UT   13 12 52.1   -01 39 34     2.002    2.802  136.3   14.1   286   26.7 
2026-02-24 00:00 UT   13 12 21.5   -01 34 02     1.990    2.800  137.4   13.8   286   26.7 
2026-02-25 00:00 UT   13 11 49.2   -01 28 21     1.979    2.799  138.6   13.5   286   26.7 
2026-02-26 00:00 UT   13 11 15.3   -01 22 30     1.968    2.798  139.7   13.2   286   26.6 
2026-02-27 00:00 UT   13 10 39.8   -01 16 30     1.957    2.796  140.9   12.9   285   26.6 
2026-02-28 00:00 UT   13 10 02.7   -01 10 22     1.946    2.795  142.1   12.6   285   26.6 
2026-03-01 00:00 UT   13 09 23.9   -01 04 04     1.936    2.793  143.2   12.3   285   26.6 
2026-03-02 00:00 UT   13 08 43.6   +00 57 38     1.926    2.792  144.4   11.9   284   26.5 
2026-03-03 00:00 UT   13 08 01.7   +00 51 03     1.916    2.790  145.6   11.6   284   26.5 
2026-03-04 00:00 UT   13 07 18.2   +00 44 20     1.906    2.789  146.8   11.2   283   26.5 
2026-03-05 00:00 UT   13 06 33.2   +00 37 29     1.897    2.788  148.0   10.9   283   26.5 
2026-03-06 00:00 UT   13 05 46.7   +00 30 30     1.887    2.786  149.2   10.5   282   26.4 
2026-03-07 00:00 UT   13 04 58.6   +00 23 24     1.879    2.785  150.4   10.1   282   26.4 
2026-03-08 00:00 UT   13 04 09.1   +00 16 10     1.870    2.783  151.6    9.8   281   26.4 
2026-03-09 00:00 UT   13 03 18.1   +00 08 49     1.861    2.781  152.8    9.4   281   26.4 
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   13 02 25.8   +00 01 22     1.853    2.780  154.0    9.0   280   26.3 
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   13 01 32.0   +00 06 12     1.845    2.778  155.2    8.6   279   26.3 
2026-03-12 00:00 UT   13 00 36.9   +00 13 52     1.838    2.777  156.4    8.2   278   26.3 
2026-03-13 00:00 UT   12 59 40.4   +00 21 38     1.830    2.775  157.6    7.8   277   26.2 
2026-03-14 00:00 UT   12 58 42.7   +00 29 29     1.823    2.773  158.8    7.4   276   26.2 
2026-03-15 00:00 UT   12 57 43.8   +00 37 25     1.816    2.772  160.0    7.0   275   26.2 
2026-03-16 00:00 UT   12 56 43.6   +00 45 26     1.810    2.770  161.2    6.6   274   26.2 
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   12 55 42.3   +00 53 31     1.803    2.768  162.4    6.2   272   26.1 
2026-03-18 00:00 UT   12 54 40.0   +01 01 39     1.797    2.766  163.6    5.8   271   26.1 
2026-03-19 00:00 UT   12 53 36.6   +01 09 51     1.792    2.765  164.8    5.4   269   26.1 
2026-03-20 00:00 UT   12 52 32.2   +01 18 05     1.786    2.763  165.9    5.0   266   26.0 
2026-03-21 00:00 UT   12 51 26.9   +01 26 22     1.781    2.761  167.1    4.6   264   26.0 
2026-03-22 00:00 UT   12 50 20.8   +01 34 40     1.777    2.759  168.2    4.2   260   26.0 

    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.