2019 SL7
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	21 Jun 2026	31.3	3.803 AU	2.814 AU	19h00m	-19°02'	164.6°	4.1°

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 SL7 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6977019
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.4827434
            i (Inclination)                 : 2.73690
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 198.53548
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 244.17242
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 192.77875
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 262.68225
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -2.46333
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.91            
        

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
2026-06-21 00:00 UT   19 00 21.2   -19 02 02     2.814    3.803  164.6    4.1   251   31.3 
2026-06-21 10:49 UT   18 59 55.5   -19 02 28     2.811    3.802  165.1    3.9   250   31.3 
2026-06-22 00:00 UT   18 59 24.0   -19 03 01     2.807    3.800  165.7    3.8   250   31.3 
2026-06-23 00:00 UT   18 58 26.2   -19 04 01     2.800    3.797  166.9    3.5   248   31.3 
2026-06-24 00:00 UT   18 57 27.8   -19 05 01     2.794    3.794  168.0    3.2   247   31.3 
2026-06-25 00:00 UT   18 56 28.9   -19 06 03     2.787    3.790  169.1    2.9   245   31.2 
2026-06-26 00:00 UT   18 55 29.4   -19 07 05     2.782    3.787  170.2    2.6   243   31.2 
2026-06-27 00:00 UT   18 54 29.5   -19 08 08     2.776    3.784  171.3    2.3   240   31.2 
2026-06-28 00:00 UT   18 53 29.2   -19 09 12     2.771    3.781  172.4    2.0   236   31.2 
2026-06-29 00:00 UT   18 52 28.4   -19 10 16     2.766    3.777  173.4    1.8   231   31.1 
2026-06-30 00:00 UT   18 51 27.3   -19 11 21     2.761    3.774  174.3    1.5   224   31.1 
2026-07-01 00:00 UT   18 50 25.8   -19 12 26     2.757    3.771  175.2    1.3   215   31.1 
2026-07-02 00:00 UT   18 49 24.1   -19 13 31     2.753    3.767  175.8    1.1   202   31.1 
2026-07-03 00:00 UT   18 48 22.2   -19 14 37     2.749    3.764  176.2    1.0   186   31.0 
2026-07-04 00:00 UT   18 47 20.1   -19 15 42     2.745    3.760  176.2    1.0   168   31.0 
2026-07-05 00:00 UT   18 46 17.8   -19 16 48     2.742    3.757  175.9    1.1   151   31.0 
2026-07-06 00:00 UT   18 45 15.4   -19 17 55     2.740    3.754  175.3    1.3   137   31.1 
2026-07-07 00:00 UT   18 44 13.0   -19 19 01     2.737    3.750  174.5    1.5   128   31.1 
2026-07-08 00:00 UT   18 43 10.5   -19 20 07     2.735    3.747  173.5    1.8   121   31.1 
2026-07-09 00:00 UT   18 42 08.1   -19 21 14     2.733    3.743  172.5    2.0   115   31.1 
2026-07-10 00:00 UT   18 41 05.8   -19 22 20     2.731    3.740  171.4    2.3   112   31.1 
2026-07-11 00:00 UT   18 40 03.5   -19 23 26     2.730    3.736  170.4    2.6   108   31.1 
2026-07-12 00:00 UT   18 39 01.5   -19 24 32     2.729    3.733  169.2    2.9   106   31.2 
2026-07-13 00:00 UT   18 37 59.6   -19 25 38     2.729    3.729  168.1    3.2   104   31.2 
2026-07-14 00:00 UT   18 36 58.1   -19 26 44     2.728    3.726  167.0    3.5   103   31.2 
2026-07-15 00:00 UT   18 35 56.8   -19 27 50     2.728    3.722  165.8    3.8   101   31.2 
2026-07-16 00:00 UT   18 34 55.9   -19 28 55     2.729    3.719  164.7    4.1   100   31.2 
2026-07-17 00:00 UT   18 33 55.4   -19 30 00     2.729    3.715  163.5    4.5    99   31.2 
2026-07-18 00:00 UT   18 32 55.4   -19 31 05     2.730    3.712  162.3    4.8    98   31.3 
2026-07-19 00:00 UT   18 31 55.8   -19 32 09     2.732    3.708  161.2    5.1    98   31.3 
2026-07-20 00:00 UT   18 30 56.8   -19 33 13     2.733    3.704  160.0    5.4    97   31.3 
2026-07-21 00:00 UT   18 29 58.3   -19 34 17     2.735    3.701  158.9    5.7    97   31.3 

    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.