2022 JY
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	12 Nov 2026	25.8	1.741 AU	0.908 AU	06h26m	+23°40'	133.1°	24.5°

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 JY are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4232960
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.5590036
            i (Inclination)                 : 0.51505
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 49.36526
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 253.49467
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 3.72325
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 122.85930
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -0.49383
            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
2026-11-12 00:00 UT   06 26 56.2   +23 40 21     0.908    1.741  133.1   24.5   272   25.8 
2026-11-12 14:01 UT   06 26 17.5   +23 41 03     0.906    1.744  133.8   24.2   272   25.8 
2026-11-13 00:00 UT   06 25 49.2   +23 41 33     0.904    1.746  134.3   23.9   272   25.8 
2026-11-14 00:00 UT   06 24 38.7   +23 42 46     0.901    1.751  135.6   23.3   272   25.7 
2026-11-15 00:00 UT   06 23 24.8   +23 43 58     0.898    1.756  136.9   22.6   272   25.7 
2026-11-16 00:00 UT   06 22 07.6   +23 45 10     0.896    1.761  138.2   22.0   272   25.7 
2026-11-17 00:00 UT   06 20 47.1   +23 46 21     0.893    1.766  139.5   21.3   272   25.7 
2026-11-18 00:00 UT   06 19 23.5   +23 47 30     0.890    1.771  140.8   20.6   271   25.7 
2026-11-19 00:00 UT   06 17 56.7   +23 48 38     0.888    1.776  142.2   20.0   271   25.6 
2026-11-20 00:00 UT   06 16 26.8   +23 49 44     0.886    1.780  143.5   19.3   271   25.6 
2026-11-21 00:00 UT   06 14 54.0   +23 50 47     0.884    1.785  144.9   18.6   271   25.6 
2026-11-22 00:00 UT   06 13 18.4   +23 51 48     0.882    1.790  146.3   17.8   271   25.6 
2026-11-23 00:00 UT   06 11 40.0   +23 52 45     0.881    1.795  147.7   17.1   270   25.6 
2026-11-24 00:00 UT   06 09 59.0   +23 53 38     0.880    1.799  149.1   16.4   270   25.5 
2026-11-25 00:00 UT   06 08 15.5   +23 54 28     0.878    1.804  150.5   15.7   270   25.5 
2026-11-26 00:00 UT   06 06 29.5   +23 55 13     0.877    1.809  151.9   14.9   270   25.5 
2026-11-27 00:00 UT   06 04 41.4   +23 55 54     0.877    1.813  153.3   14.2   269   25.5 
2026-11-28 00:00 UT   06 02 51.1   +23 56 29     0.876    1.818  154.7   13.4   269   25.4 
2026-11-29 00:00 UT   06 00 58.8   +23 56 59     0.876    1.823  156.2   12.6   269   25.4 
2026-11-30 00:00 UT   05 59 04.6   +23 57 23     0.876    1.827  157.6   11.9   269   25.4 
2026-12-01 00:00 UT   05 57 08.9   +23 57 42     0.876    1.832  159.1   11.1   268   25.4 
2026-12-02 00:00 UT   05 55 11.6   +23 57 54     0.877    1.836  160.5   10.3   268   25.3 
2026-12-03 00:00 UT   05 53 12.9   +23 58 00     0.878    1.841  162.0    9.5   268   25.3 
2026-12-04 00:00 UT   05 51 13.2   +23 57 60     0.879    1.845  163.5    8.7   267   25.3 

    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.