2026 DG7
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	22 Sep 2026	27.5	2.053 AU	1.060 AU	23h09m	-03°04'	168.5°	5.6°

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 2026 DG7 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6340364
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.1890864
            i (Inclination)                 : 2.75546
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 329.53638
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 258.45867
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 16.26792
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 47.98205
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -2.69970
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.24            
        

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
2026-09-22 00:00 UT   23 09 59.7   -03 04 07     1.060    2.053  168.5    5.6    78   27.5 
2026-09-22 16:11 UT   23 09 07.4   -03 09 11     1.067    2.058  167.6    6.0    77   27.6 
2026-09-23 00:00 UT   23 08 42.6   -03 11 36     1.070    2.061  167.2    6.2    77   27.6 
2026-09-24 00:00 UT   23 07 27.7   -03 18 53     1.081    2.069  165.9    6.8    76   27.6 
2026-09-25 00:00 UT   23 06 15.1   -03 25 58     1.092    2.076  164.6    7.4    75   27.7 
2026-09-26 00:00 UT   23 05 04.7   -03 32 51     1.104    2.084  163.3    8.0    74   27.8 
2026-09-27 00:00 UT   23 03 56.8   -03 39 31     1.115    2.092  162.0    8.5    74   27.8 
2026-09-28 00:00 UT   23 02 51.1   -03 45 58     1.127    2.099  160.8    9.1    74   27.9 
2026-09-29 00:00 UT   23 01 47.9   -03 52 13     1.139    2.107  159.5    9.6    73   27.9 
2026-09-30 00:00 UT   23 00 47.0   -03 58 14     1.152    2.115  158.2   10.1    73   28.0 
2026-10-01 00:00 UT   22 59 48.4   -04 04 03     1.164    2.122  157.0   10.6    73   28.0 
2026-10-02 00:00 UT   22 58 52.3   -04 09 38     1.177    2.130  155.8   11.1    72   28.1 
2026-10-03 00:00 UT   22 57 58.5   -04 15 01     1.190    2.137  154.6   11.6    72   28.1 
2026-10-04 00:00 UT   22 57 07.2   -04 20 10     1.203    2.145  153.3   12.1    72   28.2 
2026-10-05 00:00 UT   22 56 18.2   -04 25 06     1.217    2.153  152.1   12.5    72   28.2 
2026-10-06 00:00 UT   22 55 31.6   -04 29 49     1.231    2.160  151.0   13.0    71   28.3 
2026-10-07 00:00 UT   22 54 47.4   -04 34 18     1.244    2.167  149.8   13.4    71   28.3 
2026-10-08 00:00 UT   22 54 05.5   -04 38 35     1.259    2.175  148.6   13.8    71   28.4 
2026-10-09 00:00 UT   22 53 26.0   -04 42 38     1.273    2.182  147.4   14.3    71   28.4 
2026-10-10 00:00 UT   22 52 48.9   -04 46 28     1.287    2.190  146.3   14.7    71   28.5 
2026-10-11 00:00 UT   22 52 14.1   -04 50 05     1.302    2.197  145.1   15.1    71   28.5 
2026-10-12 00:00 UT   22 51 41.6   -04 53 30     1.317    2.204  144.0   15.4    71   28.6 
2026-10-13 00:00 UT   22 51 11.3   -04 56 41     1.332    2.212  142.9   15.8    71   28.6 
2026-10-14 00:00 UT   22 50 43.4   -04 59 39     1.348    2.219  141.8   16.2    70   28.6 
2026-10-15 00:00 UT   22 50 17.7   -05 02 25     1.363    2.226  140.7   16.5    70   28.7 
2026-10-16 00:00 UT   22 49 54.1   -05 04 58     1.379    2.233  139.6   16.8    70   28.7 
2026-10-17 00:00 UT   22 49 32.8   -05 07 19     1.395    2.241  138.5   17.1    70   28.8 
2026-10-18 00:00 UT   22 49 13.6   -05 09 27     1.411    2.248  137.4   17.5    70   28.8 
2026-10-19 00:00 UT   22 48 56.6   -05 11 24     1.427    2.255  136.3   17.8    70   28.9 
2026-10-20 00:00 UT   22 48 41.6   -05 13 08     1.443    2.262  135.3   18.0    70   28.9 
2026-10-21 00:00 UT   22 48 28.6   -05 14 41     1.460    2.269  134.2   18.3    70   28.9 
2026-10-22 00:00 UT   22 48 17.7   -05 16 03     1.476    2.276  133.2   18.6    70   29.0 

    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.