2023 JP2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	4 Nov 2025	28.4	2.559 AU	3.379 AU	12h42m	-06°31'	29.1°	10.9°

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 2023 JP2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6857435
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.0458479
            i (Inclination)                 : 3.51975
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 222.84811
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 105.83705
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 290.85109
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 148.71358
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 3.38599
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.93            
        

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
2025-11-04 00:00 UT   12 42 50.6   -06 31 08     3.379    2.559   29.1   10.9   290   28.4 
2025-11-04 13:04 UT   12 43 38.1   -06 36 02     3.372    2.555   29.5   11.0   290   28.4 
2025-11-05 00:00 UT   12 44 17.9   -06 40 09     3.366    2.553   29.7   11.1   290   28.4 
2025-11-06 00:00 UT   12 45 45.3   -06 49 10     3.352    2.546   30.3   11.3   290   28.4 
2025-11-07 00:00 UT   12 47 13.0   -06 58 12     3.339    2.540   30.9   11.6   290   28.4 
2025-11-08 00:00 UT   12 48 40.9   -07 07 15     3.325    2.534   31.6   11.8   290   28.4 
2025-11-09 00:00 UT   12 50 09.0   -07 16 18     3.311    2.528   32.2   12.0   290   28.4 
2025-11-10 00:00 UT   12 51 37.3   -07 25 21     3.297    2.521   32.8   12.3   290   28.4 
2025-11-11 00:00 UT   12 53 05.8   -07 34 25     3.282    2.515   33.4   12.5   290   28.4 
2025-11-12 00:00 UT   12 54 34.6   -07 43 28     3.268    2.509   34.0   12.7   290   28.4 
2025-11-13 00:00 UT   12 56 03.6   -07 52 33     3.253    2.502   34.6   13.0   290   28.4 
2025-11-14 00:00 UT   12 57 32.9   -08 01 37     3.239    2.496   35.2   13.2   290   28.4 
2025-11-15 00:00 UT   12 59 02.3   -08 10 42     3.224    2.490   35.8   13.4   290   28.4 
2025-11-16 00:00 UT   13 00 32.0   -08 19 46     3.209    2.483   36.4   13.7   290   28.4 
2025-11-17 00:00 UT   13 02 01.9   -08 28 51     3.194    2.477   37.0   13.9   290   28.4 
2025-11-18 00:00 UT   13 03 32.1   -08 37 56     3.179    2.470   37.6   14.1   290   28.4 
2025-11-19 00:00 UT   13 05 02.4   -08 47 01     3.163    2.464   38.2   14.4   290   28.4 
2025-11-20 00:00 UT   13 06 33.1   -08 56 06     3.148    2.457   38.8   14.6   290   28.3 
2025-11-21 00:00 UT   13 08 03.9   -09 05 11     3.132    2.451   39.4   14.8   290   28.3 
2025-11-22 00:00 UT   13 09 35.0   -09 14 16     3.116    2.444   40.0   15.1   290   28.3 
2025-11-23 00:00 UT   13 11 06.3   -09 23 21     3.100    2.437   40.7   15.3   290   28.3 
2025-11-24 00:00 UT   13 12 37.9   -09 32 26     3.084    2.431   41.3   15.5   290   28.3 
2025-11-25 00:00 UT   13 14 09.6   -09 41 30     3.068    2.424   41.9   15.8   290   28.3 

    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.