(488453) 1994 XD
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	17 Mar 2026	24.3	3.413 AU	2.447 AU	12h51m	+01°01'	163.5°	4.8°

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 1994 XD are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.7335855
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.3440380
            i (Inclination)                 : 4.33030
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 96.01846
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 249.54046
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 232.65171
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 165.50522
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -4.05667
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.59            
        

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
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   12 51 38.6   +01 01 31     2.447    3.413  163.5    4.8   272   24.3 
2026-03-17 12:11 UT   12 51 10.1   +01 04 59     2.443    3.410  164.0    4.6   271   24.2 
2026-03-18 00:00 UT   12 50 42.4   +01 08 21     2.438    3.408  164.6    4.4   270   24.2 
2026-03-19 00:00 UT   12 49 45.3   +01 15 14     2.430    3.404  165.7    4.1   268   24.2 
2026-03-20 00:00 UT   12 48 47.5   +01 22 09     2.422    3.399  166.9    3.8   266   24.2 
2026-03-21 00:00 UT   12 47 48.9   +01 29 07     2.414    3.395  168.0    3.5   263   24.1 
2026-03-22 00:00 UT   12 46 49.6   +01 36 06     2.407    3.390  169.0    3.2   260   24.1 
2026-03-23 00:00 UT   12 45 49.6   +01 43 07     2.400    3.386  170.1    2.9   255   24.1 
2026-03-24 00:00 UT   12 44 49.0   +01 50 09     2.393    3.381  171.0    2.6   250   24.1 
2026-03-25 00:00 UT   12 43 47.8   +01 57 12     2.387    3.377  171.9    2.4   244   24.0 
2026-03-26 00:00 UT   12 42 46.1   +02 04 15     2.380    3.372  172.7    2.2   237   24.0 
2026-03-27 00:00 UT   12 41 43.9   +02 11 18     2.375    3.367  173.3    2.0   227   24.0 
2026-03-28 00:00 UT   12 40 41.2   +02 18 22     2.369    3.363  173.7    1.9   217   24.0 
2026-03-29 00:00 UT   12 39 38.2   +02 25 24     2.364    3.358  173.8    1.8   205   24.0 
2026-03-30 00:00 UT   12 38 34.8   +02 32 26     2.359    3.353  173.8    1.9   193   24.0 
2026-03-31 00:00 UT   12 37 31.1   +02 39 27     2.355    3.349  173.4    2.0   182   24.0 
2026-04-01 00:00 UT   12 36 27.2   +02 46 26     2.351    3.344  172.8    2.1   173   24.0 
2026-04-02 00:00 UT   12 35 23.0   +02 53 23     2.347    3.339  172.1    2.4   165   24.0 
2026-04-03 00:00 UT   12 34 18.7   +03 00 18     2.343    3.335  171.3    2.6   158   24.0 
2026-04-04 00:00 UT   12 33 14.3   +03 07 10     2.340    3.330  170.3    2.9   153   24.0 
2026-04-05 00:00 UT   12 32 09.9   +03 13 59     2.337    3.325  169.3    3.2   148   24.0 
2026-04-06 00:00 UT   12 31 05.4   +03 20 45     2.335    3.320  168.2    3.5   145   24.0 
2026-04-07 00:00 UT   12 30 01.0   +03 27 28     2.332    3.316  167.1    3.8   142   24.0 
2026-04-08 00:00 UT   12 28 56.7   +03 34 06     2.331    3.311  166.0    4.2   139   24.1 
2026-04-09 00:00 UT   12 27 52.5   +03 40 40     2.329    3.306  164.9    4.5   137   24.1 
2026-04-10 00:00 UT   12 26 48.6   +03 47 10     2.328    3.301  163.7    4.9   135   24.1 
2026-04-11 00:00 UT   12 25 44.9   +03 53 35     2.327    3.296  162.5    5.2   133   24.1 
2026-04-12 00:00 UT   12 24 41.5   +03 59 54     2.326    3.291  161.3    5.6   132   24.1 
2026-04-13 00:00 UT   12 23 38.4   +04 06 08     2.326    3.286  160.1    5.9   131   24.1 
2026-04-14 00:00 UT   12 22 35.8   +04 12 16     2.326    3.281  158.9    6.3   130   24.1 
2026-04-15 00:00 UT   12 21 33.6   +04 18 18     2.326    3.277  157.7    6.7   129   24.2 
2026-04-16 00:00 UT   12 20 31.9   +04 24 14     2.327    3.272  156.5    7.0   128   24.2 

    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.