2010 VK139
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	19 Apr 2026	25.4	0.663 AU	0.694 AU	04h23m	-01°48'	41.1°	95.5°

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 2010 VK139 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2821703
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 0.7798915
            i (Inclination)                 : 26.95950
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 233.33875
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 8.32726
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 102.54761
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 240.77179
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 3.76468
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 0.69            
        

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
2026-04-19 00:00 UT   04 23 21.2   -01 48 04     0.694    0.663   41.1   95.5   109   25.4 
2026-04-19 14:26 UT   04 24 06.9   -01 38 49     0.687    0.660   40.7   96.4   109   25.4 
2026-04-20 00:00 UT   04 24 35.8   -01 32 26     0.683    0.658   40.5   97.1   109   25.5 
2026-04-21 00:00 UT   04 25 43.6   -01 15 26     0.671    0.652   39.9   98.8   110   25.5 
2026-04-22 00:00 UT   04 26 43.8   +00 56 58     0.660    0.647   39.3  100.6   110   25.5 
2026-04-23 00:00 UT   04 27 36.1   +00 36 53     0.648    0.642   38.6  102.4   111   25.6 
2026-04-24 00:00 UT   04 28 19.8   +00 15 05     0.636    0.636   37.8  104.4   111   25.6 
2026-04-25 00:00 UT   04 28 54.2   +00 08 35     0.625    0.631   37.0  106.4   112   25.7 
2026-04-26 00:00 UT   04 29 18.7   +00 34 15     0.613    0.626   36.2  108.5   112   25.7 
2026-04-27 00:00 UT   04 29 32.7   +01 02 05     0.602    0.622   35.3  110.7   113   25.8 
2026-04-28 00:00 UT   04 29 35.3   +01 32 13     0.590    0.617   34.3  113.0   113   25.9 
2026-04-29 00:00 UT   04 29 26.0   +02 04 50     0.579    0.612   33.3  115.4   113   26.0 
2026-04-30 00:00 UT   04 29 03.9   +02 40 03     0.567    0.608   32.2  117.9   114   26.1 
2026-05-01 00:00 UT   04 28 28.4   +03 18 03     0.556    0.603   31.1  120.5   114   26.2 
2026-05-02 00:00 UT   04 27 38.7   +03 58 59     0.546    0.599   29.8  123.2   114   26.4 
2026-05-03 00:00 UT   04 26 34.1   +04 42 57     0.535    0.595   28.5  126.1   114   26.6 
2026-05-04 00:00 UT   04 25 13.9   +05 30 05     0.525    0.591   27.1  129.0   114   26.8 
2026-05-05 00:00 UT   04 23 37.6   +06 20 29     0.515    0.588   25.6  132.1   114   27.0 

    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.