2022 MA3
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	27 Jul 2026	27.8	2.874 AU	3.877 AU	07h52m	+21°07'	7.7°	2.7°

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 MA3 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5165480
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.0803506
            i (Inclination)                 : 10.30734
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 294.62819
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 23.35662
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 36.17465
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 317.64742
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 4.06779
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.00            
        

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
2026-07-27 00:00 UT   07 52 05.2   +21 07 32     3.877    2.874    7.7    2.7   282   27.8 
2026-07-27 06:46 UT   07 52 30.1   +21 06 05     3.877    2.875    7.8    2.8   282   27.8 
2026-07-28 00:00 UT   07 53 33.4   +21 02 24     3.878    2.877    8.3    2.9   282   27.8 
2026-07-29 00:00 UT   07 55 01.2   +20 57 15     3.879    2.880    8.9    3.1   282   27.8 
2026-07-30 00:00 UT   07 56 28.8   +20 52 03     3.879    2.883    9.5    3.3   282   27.8 
2026-07-31 00:00 UT   07 57 56.1   +20 46 49     3.880    2.886   10.1    3.5   282   27.8 
2026-08-01 00:00 UT   07 59 23.1   +20 41 33     3.880    2.889   10.7    3.7   282   27.8 
2026-08-02 00:00 UT   08 00 49.8   +20 36 15     3.880    2.892   11.3    3.9   282   27.8 
2026-08-03 00:00 UT   08 02 16.3   +20 30 55     3.880    2.894   11.9    4.1   282   27.9 
2026-08-04 00:00 UT   08 03 42.4   +20 25 32     3.880    2.897   12.5    4.3   282   27.9 
2026-08-05 00:00 UT   08 05 08.2   +20 20 08     3.879    2.900   13.1    4.6   282   27.9 
2026-08-06 00:00 UT   08 06 33.7   +20 14 41     3.878    2.903   13.7    4.8   282   27.9 
2026-08-07 00:00 UT   08 07 59.0   +20 09 12     3.878    2.906   14.3    5.0   282   27.9 
2026-08-08 00:00 UT   08 09 23.9   +20 03 42     3.877    2.909   14.9    5.2   282   27.9 
2026-08-09 00:00 UT   08 10 48.5   +19 58 09     3.875    2.912   15.6    5.4   282   27.9 
2026-08-10 00:00 UT   08 12 12.8   +19 52 35     3.874    2.914   16.2    5.6   282   27.9 
2026-08-11 00:00 UT   08 13 36.8   +19 46 59     3.873    2.917   16.8    5.8   282   28.0 
2026-08-12 00:00 UT   08 15 00.4   +19 41 21     3.871    2.920   17.4    6.0   282   28.0 
2026-08-13 00:00 UT   08 16 23.8   +19 35 41     3.869    2.923   18.0    6.2   282   28.0 
2026-08-14 00:00 UT   08 17 46.8   +19 29 59     3.867    2.925   18.7    6.4   283   28.0 
2026-08-15 00:00 UT   08 19 09.4   +19 24 16     3.865    2.928   19.3    6.6   283   28.0 
2026-08-16 00:00 UT   08 20 31.7   +19 18 31     3.862    2.931   19.9    6.8   283   28.0 
2026-08-17 00:00 UT   08 21 53.7   +19 12 44     3.860    2.933   20.5    7.0   283   28.0 
2026-08-18 00:00 UT   08 23 15.3   +19 06 56     3.857    2.936   21.2    7.1   283   28.0 
2026-08-19 00:00 UT   08 24 36.6   +19 01 06     3.854    2.939   21.8    7.3   283   28.0 
2026-08-20 00:00 UT   08 25 57.5   +18 55 15     3.851    2.941   22.4    7.5   283   28.0 

    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.