2019 UO
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	5 Mar 2026	27.3	4.280 AU	4.726 AU	19h10m	-22°40'	57.7°	11.3°

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 UO are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6379996
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.6527835
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.70263
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 277.59194
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 184.98981
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 130.21689
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 282.55718
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -0.49519
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.32            
        

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
2026-03-05 00:00 UT   19 10 59.1   -22 40 10     4.726    4.280   57.7   11.3   263   27.3 
2026-03-05 22:15 UT   19 11 39.8   -22 38 42     4.715    4.281   58.5   11.4   263   27.3 
2026-03-06 00:00 UT   19 11 43.0   -22 38 36     4.714    4.281   58.5   11.4   263   27.3 
2026-03-07 00:00 UT   19 12 26.3   -22 37 02     4.701    4.282   59.4   11.5   263   27.3 
2026-03-08 00:00 UT   19 13 09.0   -22 35 28     4.689    4.283   60.2   11.6   263   27.3 
2026-03-09 00:00 UT   19 13 51.1   -22 33 54     4.676    4.284   61.1   11.7   263   27.3 
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   19 14 32.7   -22 32 21     4.663    4.285   61.9   11.8   263   27.3 
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   19 15 13.6   -22 30 48     4.650    4.286   62.7   11.9   263   27.2 
2026-03-12 00:00 UT   19 15 53.9   -22 29 15     4.636    4.288   63.6   12.0   262   27.2 
2026-03-13 00:00 UT   19 16 33.6   -22 27 43     4.623    4.289   64.4   12.1   262   27.2 
2026-03-14 00:00 UT   19 17 12.6   -22 26 11     4.610    4.290   65.3   12.1   262   27.2 
2026-03-15 00:00 UT   19 17 51.0   -22 24 40     4.596    4.291   66.1   12.2   262   27.2 
2026-03-16 00:00 UT   19 18 28.7   -22 23 09     4.582    4.292   67.0   12.3   262   27.2 
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   19 19 05.8   -22 21 38     4.569    4.293   67.8   12.4   262   27.2 
2026-03-18 00:00 UT   19 19 42.2   -22 20 09     4.555    4.294   68.7   12.5   262   27.2 
2026-03-19 00:00 UT   19 20 17.9   -22 18 40     4.541    4.295   69.5   12.5   262   27.2 
2026-03-20 00:00 UT   19 20 52.9   -22 17 11     4.527    4.296   70.4   12.6   262   27.2 
2026-03-21 00:00 UT   19 21 27.2   -22 15 44     4.513    4.297   71.2   12.7   262   27.2 
2026-03-22 00:00 UT   19 22 00.8   -22 14 17     4.498    4.298   72.1   12.7   262   27.2 
2026-03-23 00:00 UT   19 22 33.7   -22 12 51     4.484    4.299   73.0   12.8   262   27.2 
2026-03-24 00:00 UT   19 23 05.9   -22 11 26     4.470    4.300   73.8   12.9   262   27.2 
2026-03-25 00:00 UT   19 23 37.3   -22 10 02     4.455    4.301   74.7   12.9   262   27.2 
2026-03-26 00:00 UT   19 24 07.9   -22 08 39     4.440    4.302   75.6   13.0   262   27.2 
2026-03-27 00:00 UT   19 24 37.8   -22 07 17     4.426    4.303   76.4   13.0   262   27.2 
2026-03-28 00:00 UT   19 25 07.0   -22 05 56     4.411    4.304   77.3   13.1   262   27.2 
2026-03-29 00:00 UT   19 25 35.4   -22 04 36     4.396    4.304   78.2   13.1   262   27.2 
2026-03-30 00:00 UT   19 26 03.0   -22 03 17     4.382    4.305   79.1   13.2   262   27.2 
2026-03-31 00:00 UT   19 26 29.8   -22 01 60     4.367    4.306   80.0   13.2   262   27.2 
2026-04-01 00:00 UT   19 26 55.8   -22 00 43     4.352    4.307   80.8   13.2   262   27.2 
2026-04-02 00:00 UT   19 27 21.1   -21 59 28     4.337    4.308   81.7   13.3   261   27.2 
2026-04-03 00:00 UT   19 27 45.5   -21 58 14     4.322    4.309   82.6   13.3   261   27.2 
2026-04-04 00:00 UT   19 28 09.1   -21 57 01     4.307    4.310   83.5   13.3   261   27.1 

    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.