2013 VP11
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	11 Mar 2026	30.7	3.569 AU	2.581 AU	11h50m	+05°13'	173.1°	1.9°

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 2013 VP11 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6623360
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.2689339
            i (Inclination)                 : 3.08488
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 59.38068
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 280.96609
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 197.45991
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : -19.63770
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -3.02850
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.42            
        

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
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   11 50 48.3   +05 13 06     2.581    3.569  173.1    1.9   260   30.7 
2026-03-11 11:15 UT   11 50 21.4   +05 16 02     2.579    3.568  173.5    1.8   257   30.6 
2026-03-12 00:00 UT   11 49 50.8   +05 19 22     2.577    3.566  174.1    1.7   253   30.6 
2026-03-13 00:00 UT   11 48 52.9   +05 25 38     2.573    3.564  175.0    1.4   243   30.6 
2026-03-14 00:00 UT   11 47 54.7   +05 31 54     2.569    3.561  175.7    1.2   231   30.6 
2026-03-15 00:00 UT   11 46 56.3   +05 38 10     2.566    3.559  176.1    1.1   214   30.6 
2026-03-16 00:00 UT   11 45 57.6   +05 44 25     2.563    3.556  176.1    1.1   195   30.6 
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   11 44 58.8   +05 50 38     2.561    3.554  175.7    1.2   178   30.6 
2026-03-18 00:00 UT   11 43 59.8   +05 56 50     2.559    3.551  175.1    1.4   165   30.6 
2026-03-19 00:00 UT   11 43 00.8   +06 03 01     2.557    3.549  174.2    1.6   155   30.6 
2026-03-20 00:00 UT   11 42 01.7   +06 09 09     2.556    3.546  173.2    1.9   148   30.6 
2026-03-21 00:00 UT   11 41 02.7   +06 15 15     2.555    3.544  172.1    2.2   143   30.6 
2026-03-22 00:00 UT   11 40 03.7   +06 21 18     2.554    3.541  171.0    2.5   139   30.7 
2026-03-23 00:00 UT   11 39 04.8   +06 27 18     2.553    3.539  169.9    2.8   136   30.7 
2026-03-24 00:00 UT   11 38 06.1   +06 33 15     2.553    3.536  168.7    3.2   133   30.7 
2026-03-25 00:00 UT   11 37 07.6   +06 39 08     2.553    3.533  167.5    3.5   131   30.7 
2026-03-26 00:00 UT   11 36 09.3   +06 44 57     2.554    3.531  166.3    3.8   129   30.7 
2026-03-27 00:00 UT   11 35 11.4   +06 50 42     2.555    3.528  165.1    4.2   128   30.7 
2026-03-28 00:00 UT   11 34 13.8   +06 56 23     2.556    3.525  163.9    4.5   127   30.8 
2026-03-29 00:00 UT   11 33 16.6   +07 01 58     2.557    3.523  162.7    4.8   126   30.8 
2026-03-30 00:00 UT   11 32 19.8   +07 07 29     2.559    3.520  161.5    5.2   125   30.8 
2026-03-31 00:00 UT   11 31 23.5   +07 12 55     2.561    3.517  160.3    5.5   124   30.8 
2026-04-01 00:00 UT   11 30 27.8   +07 18 15     2.563    3.515  159.1    5.8   123   30.8 
2026-04-02 00:00 UT   11 29 32.5   +07 23 30     2.566    3.512  157.9    6.2   123   30.9 
2026-04-03 00:00 UT   11 28 37.9   +07 28 39     2.569    3.509  156.7    6.5   122   30.9 
2026-04-04 00:00 UT   11 27 43.9   +07 33 42     2.572    3.506  155.5    6.8   121   30.9 
2026-04-05 00:00 UT   11 26 50.5   +07 38 39     2.576    3.504  154.3    7.1   121   30.9 
2026-04-06 00:00 UT   11 25 57.9   +07 43 30     2.579    3.501  153.1    7.4   121   30.9 
2026-04-07 00:00 UT   11 25 06.0   +07 48 14     2.583    3.498  151.9    7.8   120   30.9 
2026-04-08 00:00 UT   11 24 14.9   +07 52 51     2.588    3.495  150.7    8.1   120   30.9 
2026-04-09 00:00 UT   11 23 24.6   +07 57 21     2.592    3.492  149.5    8.4   119   31.0 
2026-04-10 00:00 UT   11 22 35.1   +08 01 45     2.597    3.489  148.3    8.7   119   31.0 

    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.