(7335) 1989 JA
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	13 Jan 2026	21.4	2.631 AU	1.681 AU	07h48m	+40°09'	161.2°	6.9°

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 1989 JA are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4845102
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.7726203
            i (Inclination)                 : 15.16492
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 61.26024
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 232.34216
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 156.19125
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 112.61594
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -11.95248
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.36            
        

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
2026-01-13 00:00 UT   07 48 45.9   +40 09 34     1.681    2.631  161.2    6.9   189   21.4 
2026-01-13 04:23 UT   07 48 27.2   +40 10 43     1.681    2.631  161.2    6.9   188   21.4 
2026-01-14 00:00 UT   07 47 03.3   +40 15 44     1.681    2.631  161.1    7.0   184   21.4 
2026-01-15 00:00 UT   07 45 20.4   +40 21 37     1.682    2.631  160.9    7.0   180   21.5 
2026-01-16 00:00 UT   07 43 37.3   +40 27 12     1.683    2.631  160.5    7.2   176   21.5 
2026-01-17 00:00 UT   07 41 54.2   +40 32 29     1.685    2.631  160.1    7.3   172   21.5 
2026-01-18 00:00 UT   07 40 11.1   +40 37 28     1.687    2.631  159.7    7.5   168   21.5 
2026-01-19 00:00 UT   07 38 28.3   +40 42 08     1.689    2.631  159.1    7.7   164   21.5 
2026-01-20 00:00 UT   07 36 45.8   +40 46 30     1.691    2.631  158.5    7.9   160   21.5 
2026-01-21 00:00 UT   07 35 03.8   +40 50 33     1.694    2.631  157.8    8.1   157   21.5 
2026-01-22 00:00 UT   07 33 22.4   +40 54 17     1.697    2.631  157.1    8.4   154   21.5 
2026-01-23 00:00 UT   07 31 41.7   +40 57 43     1.700    2.631  156.3    8.6   151   21.5 
2026-01-24 00:00 UT   07 30 01.9   +41 00 50     1.703    2.631  155.5    8.9   148   21.6 
2026-01-25 00:00 UT   07 28 23.0   +41 03 39     1.707    2.631  154.6    9.2   145   21.6 
2026-01-26 00:00 UT   07 26 45.3   +41 06 09     1.711    2.631  153.7    9.5   143   21.6 
2026-01-27 00:00 UT   07 25 08.7   +41 08 21     1.716    2.630  152.8    9.8   141   21.6 
2026-01-28 00:00 UT   07 23 33.5   +41 10 15     1.720    2.630  151.9   10.2   138   21.6 
2026-01-29 00:00 UT   07 21 59.7   +41 11 52     1.725    2.630  150.9   10.5   136   21.7 
2026-01-30 00:00 UT   07 20 27.4   +41 13 11     1.731    2.630  149.9   10.8   135   21.7 
2026-01-31 00:00 UT   07 18 56.7   +41 14 13     1.736    2.629  148.9   11.2   133   21.7 
2026-02-01 00:00 UT   07 17 27.7   +41 14 58     1.742    2.629  147.9   11.5   131   21.7 
2026-02-02 00:00 UT   07 16 00.5   +41 15 28     1.748    2.629  146.9   11.8   129   21.7 
2026-02-03 00:00 UT   07 14 35.1   +41 15 41     1.754    2.628  145.8   12.2   128   21.7 
2026-02-04 00:00 UT   07 13 11.7   +41 15 39     1.761    2.628  144.8   12.5   126   21.8 
2026-02-05 00:00 UT   07 11 50.3   +41 15 21     1.767    2.628  143.7   12.8   125   21.8 
2026-02-06 00:00 UT   07 10 30.9   +41 14 49     1.774    2.627  142.7   13.2   124   21.8 
2026-02-07 00:00 UT   07 09 13.7   +41 14 03     1.781    2.627  141.6   13.5   122   21.8 
2026-02-08 00:00 UT   07 07 58.7   +41 13 03     1.789    2.626  140.6   13.8   121   21.9 
2026-02-09 00:00 UT   07 06 45.9   +41 11 50     1.797    2.626  139.5   14.1   120   21.9 
2026-02-10 00:00 UT   07 05 35.4   +41 10 24     1.804    2.626  138.4   14.4   119   21.9 
2026-02-11 00:00 UT   07 04 27.3   +41 08 46     1.812    2.625  137.4   14.8   118   21.9 

    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.