2015 WX1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	13 May 2026	28.8	3.725 AU	2.725 AU	14h49m	-11°48'	170.5°	2.6°

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 2015 WX1 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6027601
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.5030379
            i (Inclination)                 : 3.58751
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 105.72105
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 281.61443
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 193.09046
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 27.35766
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -3.51396
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.96            
        

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
2026-05-13 00:00 UT   14 49 01.5   -11 48 21     2.725    3.725  170.5    2.6   134   28.8 
2026-05-13 02:06 UT   14 48 56.6   -11 48 01     2.725    3.725  170.4    2.6   133   28.8 
2026-05-14 00:00 UT   14 48 06.2   -11 44 33     2.725    3.723  169.4    2.9   131   28.8 
2026-05-15 00:00 UT   14 47 11.1   -11 40 47     2.725    3.720  168.3    3.2   128   28.8 
2026-05-16 00:00 UT   14 46 16.3   -11 37 03     2.725    3.717  167.2    3.5   126   28.8 
2026-05-17 00:00 UT   14 45 21.7   -11 33 21     2.725    3.715  166.1    3.8   125   28.8 
2026-05-18 00:00 UT   14 44 27.6   -11 29 42     2.726    3.712  164.9    4.1   123   28.8 
2026-05-19 00:00 UT   14 43 33.8   -11 26 05     2.727    3.709  163.8    4.4   122   28.9 
2026-05-20 00:00 UT   14 42 40.4   -11 22 32     2.729    3.707  162.6    4.7   121   28.9 
2026-05-21 00:00 UT   14 41 47.5   -11 19 01     2.731    3.704  161.5    5.0   120   28.9 
2026-05-22 00:00 UT   14 40 55.1   -11 15 33     2.733    3.701  160.3    5.3   120   28.9 
2026-05-23 00:00 UT   14 40 03.2   -11 12 09     2.735    3.699  159.2    5.6   119   28.9 
2026-05-24 00:00 UT   14 39 11.9   -11 08 48     2.738    3.696  158.0    5.9   118   28.9 
2026-05-25 00:00 UT   14 38 21.2   -11 05 31     2.741    3.693  156.9    6.2   118   29.0 
2026-05-26 00:00 UT   14 37 31.2   -11 02 17     2.744    3.691  155.7    6.5   117   29.0 
2026-05-27 00:00 UT   14 36 41.8   -10 59 08     2.747    3.688  154.6    6.8   117   29.0 
2026-05-28 00:00 UT   14 35 53.1   -10 56 03     2.751    3.685  153.4    7.1   116   29.0 
2026-05-29 00:00 UT   14 35 05.2   -10 53 02     2.755    3.682  152.3    7.4   116   29.0 
2026-05-30 00:00 UT   14 34 18.0   -10 50 05     2.759    3.680  151.1    7.6   116   29.0 
2026-05-31 00:00 UT   14 33 31.6   -10 47 13     2.764    3.677  150.0    7.9   115   29.0 
2026-06-01 00:00 UT   14 32 46.0   -10 44 25     2.769    3.674  148.9    8.2   115   29.1 
2026-06-02 00:00 UT   14 32 01.3   -10 41 42     2.774    3.671  147.7    8.5   115   29.1 
2026-06-03 00:00 UT   14 31 17.4   -10 39 04     2.779    3.668  146.6    8.8   114   29.1 
2026-06-04 00:00 UT   14 30 34.4   -10 36 31     2.784    3.665  145.5    9.0   114   29.1 
2026-06-05 00:00 UT   14 29 52.3   -10 34 03     2.790    3.663  144.3    9.3   114   29.1 
2026-06-06 00:00 UT   14 29 11.1   -10 31 40     2.796    3.660  143.2    9.6   114   29.1 
2026-06-07 00:00 UT   14 28 30.9   -10 29 23     2.803    3.657  142.1    9.8   114   29.1 
2026-06-08 00:00 UT   14 27 51.7   -10 27 10     2.809    3.654  141.0   10.1   113   29.2 
2026-06-09 00:00 UT   14 27 13.4   -10 25 04     2.816    3.651  139.9   10.3   113   29.2 
2026-06-10 00:00 UT   14 26 36.2   -10 23 03     2.823    3.648  138.8   10.6   113   29.2 
2026-06-11 00:00 UT   14 26 00.0   -10 21 07     2.830    3.645  137.7   10.8   113   29.2 
2026-06-12 00:00 UT   14 25 24.9   -10 19 17     2.837    3.642  136.6   11.0   113   29.2 

    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.