2019 SJ8
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	9 Mar 2026	26.0	1.709 AU	0.772 AU	12h51m	-11°55'	151.0°	16.4°

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 2019 SJ8 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.3698517
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.5622109
            i (Inclination)                 : 8.25266
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 199.08870
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 216.38259
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 29.73288
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 235.18692
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -4.88427
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.95            
        

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
2026-03-09 00:00 UT   12 51 45.7   -11 55 59     0.772    1.709  151.0   16.4   304   26.0 
2026-03-09 06:45 UT   12 51 23.4   -11 51 56     0.772    1.710  151.3   16.2   304   26.0 
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   12 50 26.0   -11 41 28     0.771    1.714  152.3   15.6   304   26.0 
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   12 49 04.5   -11 26 37     0.770    1.718  153.7   14.8   305   25.9 
2026-03-12 00:00 UT   12 47 41.5   -11 11 26     0.770    1.723  155.1   14.0   305   25.9 
2026-03-13 00:00 UT   12 46 16.9   -10 55 57     0.769    1.727  156.5   13.3   306   25.9 
2026-03-14 00:00 UT   12 44 51.1   -10 40 11     0.769    1.731  157.9   12.5   307   25.9 
2026-03-15 00:00 UT   12 43 24.0   -10 24 09     0.770    1.736  159.3   11.7   307   25.8 
2026-03-16 00:00 UT   12 41 55.9   -10 07 52     0.770    1.740  160.8   10.9   308   25.8 
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   12 40 26.8   -09 51 21     0.771    1.745  162.2   10.1   309   25.8 
2026-03-18 00:00 UT   12 38 57.1   -09 34 38     0.771    1.749  163.6    9.3   310   25.8 
2026-03-19 00:00 UT   12 37 26.7   -09 17 44     0.773    1.753  165.0    8.5   312   25.7 
2026-03-20 00:00 UT   12 35 56.0   -09 00 41     0.774    1.757  166.4    7.7   313   25.7 
2026-03-21 00:00 UT   12 34 24.9   -08 43 30     0.776    1.762  167.8    6.9   315   25.7 
2026-03-22 00:00 UT   12 32 53.8   -08 26 12     0.777    1.766  169.2    6.1   318   25.7 
2026-03-23 00:00 UT   12 31 22.7   -08 08 49     0.779    1.770  170.5    5.3   321   25.6 
2026-03-24 00:00 UT   12 29 51.9   -07 51 23     0.782    1.774  171.8    4.6   325   25.6 
2026-03-25 00:00 UT   12 28 21.4   -07 33 55     0.784    1.778  173.1    3.9   330   25.6 
2026-03-26 00:00 UT   12 26 51.4   -07 16 27     0.787    1.783  174.3    3.2   338   25.6 
2026-03-27 00:00 UT   12 25 22.1   -06 59 00     0.790    1.787  175.3    2.6   349   25.5 

    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.