(1685) Toro
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	12 Jan 2026	18.2	1.775 AU	1.870 AU	14h29m	-24°01'	69.0°	31.2°

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 Toro are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4360487
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.3678387
            i (Inclination)                 : 9.38184
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 274.20775
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 127.27531
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 82.68163
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 221.85556
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 7.45314
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.60            
        

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
2026-01-12 00:00 UT   14 29 06.0   -24 01 41     1.870    1.775   69.0   31.2   285   18.2 
2026-01-12 07:53 UT   14 29 37.7   -24 05 09     1.868    1.776   69.2   31.2   285   18.2 
2026-01-13 00:00 UT   14 30 42.1   -24 12 11     1.863    1.778   69.6   31.2   285   18.2 
2026-01-14 00:00 UT   14 32 17.3   -24 22 35     1.855    1.782   70.2   31.3   285   18.2 
2026-01-15 00:00 UT   14 33 51.7   -24 32 54     1.847    1.785   70.9   31.4   285   18.2 
2026-01-16 00:00 UT   14 35 25.3   -24 43 08     1.839    1.789   71.5   31.4   285   18.2 
2026-01-17 00:00 UT   14 36 58.1   -24 53 16     1.831    1.792   72.1   31.5   285   18.2 
2026-01-18 00:00 UT   14 38 30.0   -25 03 18     1.822    1.796   72.7   31.5   285   18.2 
2026-01-19 00:00 UT   14 40 00.9   -25 13 16     1.814    1.799   73.4   31.6   285   18.2 
2026-01-20 00:00 UT   14 41 31.0   -25 23 08     1.806    1.802   74.0   31.7   285   18.2 
2026-01-21 00:00 UT   14 43 00.1   -25 32 55     1.797    1.806   74.6   31.7   285   18.2 
2026-01-22 00:00 UT   14 44 28.3   -25 42 36     1.789    1.809   75.3   31.7   285   18.2 
2026-01-23 00:00 UT   14 45 55.5   -25 52 13     1.780    1.812   75.9   31.8   285   18.2 
2026-01-24 00:00 UT   14 47 21.8   -26 01 44     1.771    1.815   76.6   31.8   285   18.2 
2026-01-25 00:00 UT   14 48 47.0   -26 11 10     1.762    1.819   77.2   31.9   285   18.2 
2026-01-26 00:00 UT   14 50 11.2   -26 20 30     1.753    1.822   77.9   31.9   285   18.2 
2026-01-27 00:00 UT   14 51 34.3   -26 29 46     1.744    1.825   78.5   31.9   285   18.1 
2026-01-28 00:00 UT   14 52 56.4   -26 38 56     1.735    1.828   79.2   32.0   285   18.1 
2026-01-29 00:00 UT   14 54 17.3   -26 48 02     1.726    1.831   79.9   32.0   285   18.1 
2026-01-30 00:00 UT   14 55 37.2   -26 57 02     1.717    1.834   80.5   32.0   285   18.1 
2026-01-31 00:00 UT   14 56 55.9   -27 05 57     1.708    1.837   81.2   32.0   285   18.1 
2026-02-01 00:00 UT   14 58 13.5   -27 14 48     1.699    1.840   81.9   32.0   285   18.1 
2026-02-02 00:00 UT   14 59 29.9   -27 23 33     1.689    1.843   82.6   32.0   285   18.1 
2026-02-03 00:00 UT   15 00 45.1   -27 32 13     1.680    1.846   83.3   32.0   285   18.1 
2026-02-04 00:00 UT   15 01 59.1   -27 40 49     1.670    1.848   84.0   32.0   285   18.1 

    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.