(7335) 1989 JA
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	27 Sep 2026	22.0	1.945 AU	2.894 AU	11h45m	+12°18'	15.3°	7.8°

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)                : 0.4846564
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.7723384
            i (Inclination)                 : 15.15631
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 61.20660
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 232.43344
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 239.63201
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 112.65549
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -11.96064
            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
2026-09-27 00:00 UT   11 45 18.8   +12 18 39     2.894    1.945   15.3    7.8   333   22.0 
2026-09-27 15:25 UT   11 46 36.6   +12 09 42     2.889    1.942   15.5    8.0   332   22.0 
2026-09-28 00:00 UT   11 47 20.1   +12 04 42     2.886    1.940   15.7    8.0   332   22.0 
2026-09-29 00:00 UT   11 49 21.7   +11 50 42     2.878    1.934   16.0    8.2   331   22.0 
2026-09-30 00:00 UT   11 51 23.6   +11 36 38     2.869    1.928   16.3    8.4   330   22.0 
2026-10-01 00:00 UT   11 53 25.9   +11 22 30     2.861    1.923   16.6    8.6   329   22.0 
2026-10-02 00:00 UT   11 55 28.6   +11 08 18     2.852    1.917   17.0    8.8   328   22.0 
2026-10-03 00:00 UT   11 57 31.6   +10 54 03     2.844    1.911   17.3    9.0   327   22.0 
2026-10-04 00:00 UT   11 59 34.9   +10 39 44     2.835    1.906   17.6    9.2   326   22.0 
2026-10-05 00:00 UT   12 01 38.7   +10 25 21     2.826    1.900   18.0    9.4   326   22.0 
2026-10-06 00:00 UT   12 03 42.8   +10 10 54     2.817    1.894   18.3    9.6   325   22.0 
2026-10-07 00:00 UT   12 05 47.3   +09 56 24     2.808    1.888   18.7    9.8   324   22.0 
2026-10-08 00:00 UT   12 07 52.1   +09 41 50     2.799    1.882   19.0   10.0   323   22.0 
2026-10-09 00:00 UT   12 09 57.4   +09 27 12     2.790    1.877   19.4   10.2   323   21.9 
2026-10-10 00:00 UT   12 12 03.1   +09 12 30     2.781    1.871   19.7   10.4   322   21.9 
2026-10-11 00:00 UT   12 14 09.1   +08 57 45     2.771    1.865   20.1   10.6   321   21.9 
2026-10-12 00:00 UT   12 16 15.6   +08 42 56     2.762    1.859   20.4   10.8   321   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.