(5693) 1993 EA
ephemeris date magn radius delta ra dec elong phase
Today14 Mar 202619.02.002 AU1.035 AU12h48m+05°22'161.3°9.2°
(5693) 1993 EA - 2026-03-14
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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 1993 EA are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5851004
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.2705678
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.05886
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 96.97653
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 258.97795
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 118.41460
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 175.91244
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -4.96531
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.43            
        

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
2026-03-14 00:00 UT   12 48 47.2   +05 22 50     1.035    2.002  161.3    9.2   263   19.0 
2026-03-14 06:13 UT   12 48 20.8   +05 26 25     1.034    2.002  161.6    9.0   262   19.0 
2026-03-15 00:00 UT   12 47 04.6   +05 36 42     1.030    2.001  162.5    8.6   260   18.9 
2026-03-16 00:00 UT   12 45 19.8   +05 50 38     1.026    2.000  163.7    8.0   257   18.9 
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   12 43 33.1   +06 04 36     1.022    1.999  164.8    7.5   253   18.9 
2026-03-18 00:00 UT   12 41 44.6   +06 18 36     1.018    1.998  165.9    7.0   249   18.8 
2026-03-19 00:00 UT   12 39 54.4   +06 32 36     1.014    1.997  166.9    6.5   244   18.8 
2026-03-20 00:00 UT   12 38 02.5   +06 46 35     1.011    1.995  167.8    6.0   239   18.8 
2026-03-21 00:00 UT   12 36 09.2   +07 00 31     1.008    1.994  168.6    5.7   232   18.8 
2026-03-22 00:00 UT   12 34 14.7   +07 14 24     1.005    1.993  169.2    5.4   225   18.7 
2026-03-23 00:00 UT   12 32 18.9   +07 28 12     1.003    1.991  169.7    5.2   217   18.7 
2026-03-24 00:00 UT   12 30 22.1   +07 41 53     1.001    1.990  169.9    5.0   209   18.7 
2026-03-25 00:00 UT   12 28 24.5   +07 55 28     0.999    1.988  169.9    5.0   200   18.7 
2026-03-26 00:00 UT   12 26 26.2   +08 08 54     0.998    1.987  169.7    5.2   191   18.7 
2026-03-27 00:00 UT   12 24 27.3   +08 22 10     0.997    1.985  169.2    5.4   183   18.7 
2026-03-28 00:00 UT   12 22 28.0   +08 35 15     0.996    1.984  168.6    5.7   176   18.7 
2026-03-29 00:00 UT   12 20 28.5   +08 48 09     0.995    1.982  167.8    6.1   170   18.7 
2026-03-30 00:00 UT   12 18 29.0   +09 00 50     0.995    1.981  166.9    6.5   164   18.7 


    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.