2022 AA5
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	15 Oct 2025	26.1	1.893 AU	1.032 AU	04h07m	+20°14'	137.7°	20.8°

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 2022 AA5 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4232503
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.6242008
            i (Inclination)                 : 0.55583
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 180.28279
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 357.11010
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 191.68606
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 177.39303
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -0.02802
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.07            
        

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. A more printer-friendly version of the same chart can be found below.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2025-10-15 00:00 UT   04 07 52.5   +20 14 18     1.032    1.893  137.7   20.8   260   26.1 
2025-10-15 11:49 UT   04 07 41.9   +20 13 31     1.027    1.891  138.2   20.6   260   26.1 
2025-10-16 00:00 UT   04 07 30.2   +20 12 40     1.021    1.889  138.8   20.4   260   26.0 
2025-10-17 00:00 UT   04 07 05.0   +20 10 53     1.009    1.884  139.9   19.9   260   26.0 
2025-10-18 00:00 UT   04 06 36.7   +20 08 58     0.997    1.879  141.0   19.5   260   25.9 
2025-10-19 00:00 UT   04 06 05.5   +20 06 53     0.986    1.875  142.1   19.1   260   25.9 
2025-10-20 00:00 UT   04 05 31.2   +20 04 40     0.975    1.870  143.2   18.6   260   25.9 
2025-10-21 00:00 UT   04 04 53.9   +20 02 17     0.964    1.866  144.4   18.1   260   25.8 
2025-10-22 00:00 UT   04 04 13.5   +19 59 45     0.953    1.861  145.5   17.6   260   25.8 
2025-10-23 00:00 UT   04 03 30.0   +19 57 03     0.942    1.856  146.7   17.1   260   25.7 
2025-10-24 00:00 UT   04 02 43.4   +19 54 12     0.932    1.851  147.9   16.6   260   25.7 
2025-10-25 00:00 UT   04 01 53.6   +19 51 11     0.921    1.847  149.1   16.1   260   25.6 
2025-10-26 00:00 UT   04 01 00.8   +19 47 60     0.911    1.842  150.3   15.5   260   25.6 
2025-10-27 00:00 UT   04 00 04.8   +19 44 38     0.901    1.837  151.5   15.0   260   25.5 
2025-10-28 00:00 UT   03 59 05.6   +19 41 07     0.892    1.832  152.8   14.4   260   25.5 
2025-10-29 00:00 UT   03 58 03.4   +19 37 24     0.882    1.827  154.0   13.8   260   25.4 
2025-10-30 00:00 UT   03 56 58.0   +19 33 31     0.873    1.823  155.3   13.2   260   25.4 
2025-10-31 00:00 UT   03 55 49.6   +19 29 28     0.863    1.818  156.5   12.6   260   25.3 
2025-11-01 00:00 UT   03 54 38.1   +19 25 13     0.855    1.813  157.8   11.9   260   25.3 
2025-11-02 00:00 UT   03 53 23.7   +19 20 48     0.846    1.808  159.1   11.3   260   25.2 
2025-11-03 00:00 UT   03 52 06.2   +19 16 11     0.837    1.803  160.4   10.6   260   25.2 
2025-11-04 00:00 UT   03 50 45.9   +19 11 23     0.829    1.798  161.8    9.9   260   25.1 
2025-11-05 00:00 UT   03 49 22.6   +19 06 24     0.821    1.793  163.1    9.2   261   25.1 
2025-11-06 00:00 UT   03 47 56.6   +19 01 13     0.813    1.788  164.5    8.5   261   25.0 
2025-11-07 00:00 UT   03 46 27.8   +18 55 52     0.805    1.783  165.8    7.8   261   24.9 
2025-11-08 00:00 UT   03 44 56.3   +18 50 19     0.798    1.778  167.2    7.1   261   24.9 
2025-11-09 00:00 UT   03 43 22.3   +18 44 34     0.791    1.773  168.6    6.4   262   24.8 
2025-11-10 00:00 UT   03 41 45.7   +18 38 39     0.784    1.768  170.0    5.6   262   24.8 
2025-11-11 00:00 UT   03 40 06.7   +18 32 33     0.777    1.762  171.4    4.8   263   24.7 
2025-11-12 00:00 UT   03 38 25.5   +18 26 15     0.771    1.757  172.8    4.1   265   24.6 
2025-11-13 00:00 UT   03 36 42.0   +18 19 47     0.765    1.752  174.2    3.3   266   24.6 
2025-11-14 00:00 UT   03 34 56.6   +18 13 09     0.759    1.747  175.6    2.5   270   24.5 

    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.