2014 VA
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	8 Nov 2025	30.0	2.645 AU	3.330 AU	12h18m	-03°57'	39.7°	13.9°

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 2014 VA are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4464644
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.8438233
            i (Inclination)                 : 2.32008
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 250.51315
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 109.65102
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 165.93849
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 180.17906
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 2.18489
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.50            
        

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
2025-11-08 00:00 UT   12 18 20.9   -03 57 09     3.330    2.645   39.7   13.9   291   30.0 
2025-11-08 09:10 UT   12 18 50.7   -04 00 28     3.327    2.645   40.0   13.9   291   30.0 
2025-11-09 00:00 UT   12 19 38.8   -04 05 49     3.321    2.646   40.4   14.0   291   30.0 
2025-11-10 00:00 UT   12 20 56.5   -04 14 27     3.313    2.647   41.0   14.2   291   30.0 
2025-11-11 00:00 UT   12 22 13.9   -04 23 04     3.304    2.648   41.7   14.4   291   30.0 
2025-11-12 00:00 UT   12 23 31.0   -04 31 38     3.295    2.648   42.3   14.6   291   30.0 
2025-11-13 00:00 UT   12 24 47.8   -04 40 11     3.286    2.649   43.0   14.8   291   30.0 
2025-11-14 00:00 UT   12 26 04.3   -04 48 41     3.276    2.650   43.7   14.9   291   30.0 
2025-11-15 00:00 UT   12 27 20.5   -04 57 09     3.267    2.651   44.3   15.1   291   30.0 
2025-11-16 00:00 UT   12 28 36.4   -05 05 35     3.258    2.652   45.0   15.3   291   30.0 
2025-11-17 00:00 UT   12 29 51.9   -05 13 59     3.248    2.652   45.6   15.5   291   30.0 
2025-11-18 00:00 UT   12 31 07.2   -05 22 20     3.238    2.653   46.3   15.6   291   30.0 
2025-11-19 00:00 UT   12 32 22.1   -05 30 39     3.228    2.654   47.0   15.8   291   30.0 
2025-11-20 00:00 UT   12 33 36.7   -05 38 56     3.218    2.654   47.6   16.0   291   30.0 
2025-11-21 00:00 UT   12 34 50.9   -05 47 10     3.208    2.655   48.3   16.1   291   30.0 
2025-11-22 00:00 UT   12 36 04.8   -05 55 21     3.197    2.656   49.0   16.3   292   30.0 
2025-11-23 00:00 UT   12 37 18.3   -06 03 30     3.187    2.656   49.7   16.5   292   30.0 
2025-11-24 00:00 UT   12 38 31.4   -06 11 37     3.176    2.657   50.3   16.6   292   30.0 
2025-11-25 00:00 UT   12 39 44.2   -06 19 40     3.165    2.658   51.0   16.8   292   30.0 
2025-11-26 00:00 UT   12 40 56.6   -06 27 41     3.155    2.658   51.7   16.9   292   30.0 
2025-11-27 00:00 UT   12 42 08.5   -06 35 40     3.144    2.659   52.4   17.1   292   30.0 
2025-11-28 00:00 UT   12 43 20.1   -06 43 35     3.132    2.659   53.1   17.3   292   30.0 
2025-11-29 00:00 UT   12 44 31.3   -06 51 27     3.121    2.660   53.8   17.4   292   30.0 
2025-11-30 00:00 UT   12 45 42.1   -06 59 17     3.110    2.660   54.5   17.6   292   30.0 
2025-12-01 00:00 UT   12 46 52.5   -07 07 03     3.098    2.661   55.2   17.7   292   30.0 
2025-12-02 00:00 UT   12 48 02.4   -07 14 47     3.087    2.661   55.8   17.9   292   30.0 
2025-12-03 00:00 UT   12 49 11.9   -07 22 28     3.075    2.662   56.5   18.0   292   30.0 

    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.