(522684) 2016 JP
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	23 Jun 2026	21.2	1.358 AU	0.418 AU	16h42m	+12°44'	138.5°	29.7°

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 2016 JP are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.3842196
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 0.9953320
            i (Inclination)                 : 11.31563
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 202.51238
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 255.49021
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 140.48794
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 277.72743
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -10.95018
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 0.99            
        

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
2026-06-23 00:00 UT   16 42 00.2   +12 44 11     0.418    1.358  138.5   29.7   151   21.2 
2026-06-23 02:07 UT   16 41 47.8   +12 43 33     0.418    1.358  138.4   29.8   150   21.2 
2026-06-24 00:00 UT   16 39 42.3   +12 36 44     0.422    1.359  137.8   30.1   149   21.2 
2026-06-25 00:00 UT   16 37 29.5   +12 28 36     0.427    1.361  137.1   30.6   147   21.3 
2026-06-26 00:00 UT   16 35 21.8   +12 19 50     0.432    1.362  136.4   31.0   145   21.3 
2026-06-27 00:00 UT   16 33 19.3   +12 10 28     0.437    1.364  135.7   31.4   143   21.4 
2026-06-28 00:00 UT   16 31 21.8   +12 00 32     0.442    1.365  134.9   31.8   142   21.4 
2026-06-29 00:00 UT   16 29 29.5   +11 50 04     0.447    1.366  134.1   32.3   140   21.4 
2026-06-30 00:00 UT   16 27 42.3   +11 39 06     0.452    1.367  133.4   32.7   138   21.5 
2026-07-01 00:00 UT   16 26 00.2   +11 27 40     0.457    1.368  132.6   33.2   137   21.5 
2026-07-02 00:00 UT   16 24 23.1   +11 15 47     0.463    1.369  131.8   33.6   136   21.6 
2026-07-03 00:00 UT   16 22 51.0   +11 03 30     0.468    1.370  131.0   34.0   134   21.6 
2026-07-04 00:00 UT   16 21 23.9   +10 50 49     0.474    1.371  130.2   34.5   133   21.6 
2026-07-05 00:00 UT   16 20 01.6   +10 37 47     0.479    1.372  129.4   34.9   132   21.7 
2026-07-06 00:00 UT   16 18 44.1   +10 24 26     0.485    1.373  128.6   35.4   131   21.7 
2026-07-07 00:00 UT   16 17 31.4   +10 10 45     0.491    1.374  127.8   35.8   129   21.7 
2026-07-08 00:00 UT   16 16 23.3   +09 56 47     0.497    1.374  127.0   36.2   128   21.8 
2026-07-09 00:00 UT   16 15 19.9   +09 42 34     0.503    1.375  126.2   36.6   127   21.8 
2026-07-10 00:00 UT   16 14 21.0   +09 28 05     0.509    1.375  125.4   37.0   126   21.9 
2026-07-11 00:00 UT   16 13 26.6   +09 13 23     0.515    1.376  124.6   37.4   125   21.9 
2026-07-12 00:00 UT   16 12 36.6   +08 58 28     0.521    1.376  123.8   37.8   124   21.9 
2026-07-13 00:00 UT   16 11 51.0   +08 43 22     0.527    1.377  123.1   38.2   123   22.0 

    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.