(5693) 1993 EA
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	26 Nov 2025	21.0	1.859 AU	2.141 AU	12h18m	+02°03'	60.1°	27.4°

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)      : 258.97796
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 118.41460
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 175.91245
            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
2025-11-26 00:00 UT   12 18 59.5   +02 03 09     2.141    1.859   60.1   27.4   296   21.0 
2025-11-26 21:35 UT   12 20 17.9   +01 56 33     2.134    1.862   60.7   27.5   296   21.0 
2025-11-27 00:00 UT   12 20 26.7   +01 55 49     2.133    1.863   60.8   27.5   296   21.0 
2025-11-28 00:00 UT   12 21 53.2   +01 48 35     2.125    1.866   61.4   27.7   295   21.0 
2025-11-29 00:00 UT   12 23 19.0   +01 41 27     2.117    1.870   62.0   27.8   295   21.0 
2025-11-30 00:00 UT   12 24 44.1   +01 34 25     2.109    1.874   62.7   27.9   295   21.0 
2025-12-01 00:00 UT   12 26 08.6   +01 27 29     2.100    1.877   63.3   28.0   295   21.0 
2025-12-02 00:00 UT   12 27 32.3   +01 20 39     2.091    1.881   64.0   28.1   295   21.0 
2025-12-03 00:00 UT   12 28 55.4   +01 13 56     2.083    1.884   64.6   28.2   295   21.0 
2025-12-04 00:00 UT   12 30 17.7   +01 07 18     2.074    1.887   65.3   28.3   295   21.0 
2025-12-05 00:00 UT   12 31 39.3   +01 00 47     2.065    1.891   65.9   28.4   295   21.0 
2025-12-06 00:00 UT   12 33 00.2   +00 54 23     2.056    1.894   66.6   28.5   295   21.0 
2025-12-07 00:00 UT   12 34 20.4   +00 48 05     2.046    1.897   67.3   28.6   295   21.0 
2025-12-08 00:00 UT   12 35 39.9   +00 41 54     2.037    1.900   67.9   28.7   295   21.0 
2025-12-09 00:00 UT   12 36 58.5   +00 35 50     2.028    1.904   68.6   28.8   295   21.0 
2025-12-10 00:00 UT   12 38 16.5   +00 29 52     2.018    1.907   69.3   28.9   295   21.0 
2025-12-11 00:00 UT   12 39 33.6   +00 24 02     2.008    1.910   70.0   29.0   295   21.0 
2025-12-12 00:00 UT   12 40 50.0   +00 18 19     1.998    1.913   70.6   29.1   295   21.0 
2025-12-13 00:00 UT   12 42 05.5   +00 12 43     1.989    1.916   71.3   29.1   295   21.0 
2025-12-14 00:00 UT   12 43 20.2   +00 07 15     1.979    1.919   72.0   29.2   294   21.0 
2025-12-15 00:00 UT   12 44 34.1   +00 01 54     1.968    1.922   72.7   29.3   294   20.9 
2025-12-16 00:00 UT   12 45 47.2   +00 03 20     1.958    1.924   73.4   29.4   294   20.9 
2025-12-17 00:00 UT   12 46 59.4   +00 08 25     1.948    1.927   74.1   29.4   294   20.9 
2025-12-18 00:00 UT   12 48 10.7   +00 13 22     1.937    1.930   74.8   29.5   294   20.9 
2025-12-19 00:00 UT   12 49 21.1   +00 18 11     1.927    1.933   75.5   29.5   294   20.9 
2025-12-20 00:00 UT   12 50 30.6   +00 22 53     1.916    1.935   76.3   29.6   294   20.9 

    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.