2024 OC
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	18 Oct 2025	27.9	2.811 AU	3.634 AU	11h45m	+04°13'	29.6°	10.1°

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 2024 OC are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5214284
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.8703422
            i (Inclination)                 : 4.46364
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 119.64262
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 234.06760
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 92.79845
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 173.62748
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -3.61299
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.56            
        

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
2025-10-18 00:00 UT   11 45 42.5   +04 13 33     3.634    2.811   29.6   10.1   298   27.9 
2025-10-18 09:14 UT   11 46 12.0   +04 10 40     3.632    2.811   29.8   10.1   298   27.9 
2025-10-19 00:00 UT   11 46 59.1   +04 06 02     3.628    2.812   30.2   10.3   298   27.9 
2025-10-20 00:00 UT   11 48 15.5   +03 58 33     3.621    2.813   30.9   10.5   298   27.9 
2025-10-21 00:00 UT   11 49 31.6   +03 51 05     3.614    2.814   31.5   10.7   298   27.9 
2025-10-22 00:00 UT   11 50 47.5   +03 43 39     3.607    2.815   32.2   10.9   297   27.9 
2025-10-23 00:00 UT   11 52 03.2   +03 36 15     3.600    2.816   32.8   11.0   297   27.9 
2025-10-24 00:00 UT   11 53 18.6   +03 28 54     3.593    2.817   33.5   11.2   297   27.9 
2025-10-25 00:00 UT   11 54 33.7   +03 21 34     3.586    2.818   34.1   11.4   297   27.9 
2025-10-26 00:00 UT   11 55 48.6   +03 14 16     3.578    2.819   34.8   11.6   297   27.9 
2025-10-27 00:00 UT   11 57 03.3   +03 06 60     3.570    2.820   35.5   11.8   297   27.9 
2025-10-28 00:00 UT   11 58 17.6   +02 59 46     3.562    2.821   36.1   12.0   297   27.9 
2025-10-29 00:00 UT   11 59 31.7   +02 52 35     3.554    2.822   36.8   12.2   297   27.9 
2025-10-30 00:00 UT   12 00 45.5   +02 45 26     3.546    2.823   37.5   12.4   297   27.9 
2025-10-31 00:00 UT   12 01 59.1   +02 38 19     3.538    2.824   38.1   12.5   297   27.9 
2025-11-01 00:00 UT   12 03 12.3   +02 31 15     3.529    2.825   38.8   12.7   297   27.9 
2025-11-02 00:00 UT   12 04 25.3   +02 24 13     3.521    2.826   39.5   12.9   297   27.9 
2025-11-03 00:00 UT   12 05 38.0   +02 17 13     3.512    2.827   40.2   13.1   297   27.9 
2025-11-04 00:00 UT   12 06 50.4   +02 10 16     3.503    2.828   40.8   13.3   297   27.9 
2025-11-05 00:00 UT   12 08 02.5   +02 03 22     3.494    2.829   41.5   13.4   296   27.9 
2025-11-06 00:00 UT   12 09 14.3   +01 56 30     3.484    2.829   42.2   13.6   296   27.9 
2025-11-07 00:00 UT   12 10 25.7   +01 49 41     3.475    2.830   42.9   13.8   296   27.9 
2025-11-08 00:00 UT   12 11 36.9   +01 42 55     3.465    2.831   43.6   14.0   296   27.9 
2025-11-09 00:00 UT   12 12 47.8   +01 36 11     3.456    2.832   44.2   14.1   296   27.9 
2025-11-10 00:00 UT   12 13 58.3   +01 29 30     3.446    2.832   44.9   14.3   296   27.9 
2025-11-11 00:00 UT   12 15 08.6   +01 22 52     3.436    2.833   45.6   14.5   296   27.9 
2025-11-12 00:00 UT   12 16 18.5   +01 16 17     3.425    2.834   46.3   14.6   296   27.9 

    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.