2006 DP62
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	22 Jan 2026	26.4	1.765 AU	2.550 AU	18h08m	-26°01'	29.8°	16.1°

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 2006 DP62 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6698585
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.5126795
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.42808
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 299.41805
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 98.25403
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 259.87702
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 217.70874
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 5.37169
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.86            
        

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
2026-01-22 00:00 UT   18 08 26.1   -26 01 06     2.550    1.765   29.8   16.1   265   26.4 
2026-01-22 13:12 UT   18 09 51.7   -26 00 25     2.543    1.761   30.0   16.2   265   26.4 
2026-01-23 00:00 UT   18 11 01.9   -25 59 50     2.537    1.758   30.2   16.4   264   26.4 
2026-01-24 00:00 UT   18 13 38.4   -25 58 23     2.523    1.750   30.7   16.7   264   26.4 
2026-01-25 00:00 UT   18 16 15.9   -25 56 46     2.509    1.742   31.1   17.0   264   26.4 
2026-01-26 00:00 UT   18 18 54.2   -25 54 57     2.495    1.734   31.5   17.3   264   26.3 
2026-01-27 00:00 UT   18 21 33.4   -25 52 58     2.481    1.726   31.9   17.6   264   26.3 
2026-01-28 00:00 UT   18 24 13.5   -25 50 48     2.467    1.718   32.3   17.9   264   26.3 
2026-01-29 00:00 UT   18 26 54.5   -25 48 27     2.453    1.710   32.7   18.2   263   26.3 
2026-01-30 00:00 UT   18 29 36.4   -25 45 54     2.439    1.702   33.1   18.5   263   26.3 
2026-01-31 00:00 UT   18 32 19.3   -25 43 09     2.425    1.693   33.5   18.8   263   26.3 
2026-02-01 00:00 UT   18 35 03.1   -25 40 12     2.410    1.685   33.9   19.1   263   26.3 
2026-02-02 00:00 UT   18 37 47.9   -25 37 03     2.396    1.677   34.3   19.4   263   26.2 
2026-02-03 00:00 UT   18 40 33.7   -25 33 42     2.381    1.668   34.7   19.7   262   26.2 
2026-02-04 00:00 UT   18 43 20.5   -25 30 07     2.367    1.660   35.1   20.0   262   26.2 

    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.