(1685) Toro
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	19 Feb 2026	17.9	1.887 AU	1.522 AU	15h17m	-29°39'	95.1°	31.5°

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) : 274.20774
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 127.27531
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 82.68163
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 221.85555
            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
2026-02-19 00:00 UT   15 17 38.4   -29 39 47     1.522    1.887   95.1   31.5   286   17.9 
2026-02-19 12:15 UT   15 18 03.9   -29 43 30     1.517    1.888   95.5   31.4   286   17.9 
2026-02-20 00:00 UT   15 18 28.0   -29 47 03     1.512    1.889   95.8   31.4   286   17.9 
2026-02-21 00:00 UT   15 19 15.8   -29 54 13     1.502    1.891   96.6   31.3   286   17.9 
2026-02-22 00:00 UT   15 20 01.8   -30 01 17     1.492    1.893   97.4   31.2   287   17.9 
2026-02-23 00:00 UT   15 20 45.8   -30 08 16     1.482    1.896   98.2   31.1   287   17.8 
2026-02-24 00:00 UT   15 21 27.9   -30 15 10     1.471    1.898   99.0   31.0   287   17.8 
2026-02-25 00:00 UT   15 22 08.0   -30 21 59     1.461    1.900   99.9   30.9   287   17.8 
2026-02-26 00:00 UT   15 22 46.1   -30 28 41     1.451    1.902  100.7   30.8   287   17.8 
2026-02-27 00:00 UT   15 23 22.1   -30 35 18     1.441    1.904  101.5   30.6   287   17.8 
2026-02-28 00:00 UT   15 23 56.0   -30 41 49     1.430    1.906  102.3   30.5   287   17.8 
2026-03-01 00:00 UT   15 24 27.8   -30 48 15     1.420    1.908  103.2   30.4   288   17.7 
2026-03-02 00:00 UT   15 24 57.4   -30 54 34     1.410    1.910  104.0   30.2   288   17.7 
2026-03-03 00:00 UT   15 25 24.7   -31 00 47     1.400    1.912  104.9   30.1   288   17.7 
2026-03-04 00:00 UT   15 25 49.8   -31 06 54     1.390    1.914  105.7   29.9   288   17.7 
2026-03-05 00:00 UT   15 26 12.6   -31 12 55     1.380    1.915  106.6   29.7   288   17.7 
2026-03-06 00:00 UT   15 26 33.0   -31 18 49     1.369    1.917  107.5   29.6   289   17.7 
2026-03-07 00:00 UT   15 26 50.9   -31 24 37     1.359    1.919  108.4   29.4   289   17.6 
2026-03-08 00:00 UT   15 27 06.4   -31 30 17     1.349    1.921  109.3   29.2   289   17.6 
2026-03-09 00:00 UT   15 27 19.4   -31 35 50     1.339    1.922  110.2   29.0   289   17.6 
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   15 27 29.8   -31 41 16     1.329    1.924  111.1   28.8   289   17.6 
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   15 27 37.6   -31 46 34     1.319    1.926  112.0   28.6   290   17.6 
2026-03-12 00:00 UT   15 27 42.7   -31 51 44     1.309    1.927  112.9   28.3   290   17.5 
2026-03-13 00:00 UT   15 27 45.1   -31 56 46     1.300    1.929  113.8   28.1   290   17.5 
2026-03-14 00:00 UT   15 27 44.8   -32 01 40     1.290    1.930  114.8   27.9   291   17.5 
2026-03-15 00:00 UT   15 27 41.6   -32 06 24     1.280    1.932  115.7   27.6   291   17.5 
2026-03-16 00:00 UT   15 27 35.6   -32 10 60     1.270    1.933  116.7   27.4   291   17.4 
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   15 27 26.7   -32 15 26     1.261    1.935  117.7   27.1   292   17.4 
2026-03-18 00:00 UT   15 27 14.9   -32 19 42     1.251    1.936  118.6   26.8   292   17.4 
2026-03-19 00:00 UT   15 27 00.0   -32 23 47     1.242    1.938  119.6   26.5   292   17.4 
2026-03-20 00:00 UT   15 26 42.2   -32 27 42     1.232    1.939  120.6   26.2   293   17.4 
2026-03-21 00:00 UT   15 26 21.3   -32 31 26     1.223    1.940  121.6   25.9   293   17.3 

    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.