A853 GA
ephemeris date magn radius delta ra dec elong phase
Today9 Feb 202511.42.776 AU1.837 AU10h56m+07°52'157.8°7.7°
Opposition26 Feb 202510.92.780 AU1.790 AU10h43m+09°08'178.5°0.5°
A853 GA - 2025-02-09
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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 A853 GA are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1201388
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 3.1484532
            i (Inclination)                 : 0.75028
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 36.15117
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 107.58769
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 207.03497
            Epoch                           : 2022 Aug 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : -36.25972
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 0.71521
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 5.59            
        

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. A more printer-friendly version of the same chart can be found below.




Ephemerides:
Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2025-02-09 00:00 UT   10 56 10.4   +07 52 38     1.837    2.776  157.8    7.7   290   11.4 
2025-02-09 14:07 UT   10 55 48.5   +07 54 54     1.834    2.776  158.5    7.5   290   11.4 
2025-02-10 00:00 UT   10 55 33.0   +07 56 30     1.832    2.776  159.0    7.3   290   11.4 
2025-02-11 00:00 UT   10 54 54.7   +08 00 27     1.827    2.776  160.2    6.9   290   11.3 
2025-02-12 00:00 UT   10 54 15.5   +08 04 28     1.823    2.776  161.4    6.5   289   11.3 
2025-02-13 00:00 UT   10 53 35.5   +08 08 34     1.819    2.776  162.6    6.1   289   11.3 
2025-02-14 00:00 UT   10 52 54.6   +08 12 44     1.815    2.777  163.8    5.7   289   11.3 
2025-02-15 00:00 UT   10 52 13.0   +08 16 58     1.811    2.777  165.0    5.3   289   11.2 
2025-02-16 00:00 UT   10 51 30.6   +08 21 15     1.808    2.777  166.1    4.9   288   11.2 
2025-02-17 00:00 UT   10 50 47.5   +08 25 36     1.805    2.777  167.3    4.5   288   11.2 
2025-02-18 00:00 UT   10 50 03.9   +08 29 59     1.802    2.778  168.5    4.1   287   11.2 
2025-02-19 00:00 UT   10 49 19.6   +08 34 24     1.800    2.778  169.7    3.6   287   11.1 
2025-02-20 00:00 UT   10 48 34.8   +08 38 52     1.797    2.778  170.9    3.2   286   11.1 
2025-02-21 00:00 UT   10 47 49.6   +08 43 22     1.796    2.778  172.1    2.8   285   11.1 
2025-02-22 00:00 UT   10 47 03.9   +08 47 53     1.794    2.779  173.3    2.4   284   11.0 
2025-02-23 00:00 UT   10 46 17.9   +08 52 25     1.793    2.779  174.5    1.9   282   11.0 
2025-02-24 00:00 UT   10 45 31.6   +08 56 58     1.791    2.779  175.7    1.5   279   11.0 
2025-02-25 00:00 UT   10 44 45.0   +09 01 31     1.791    2.780  176.9    1.1   274   10.9 
2025-02-26 00:00 UT   10 43 58.3   +09 06 04     1.790    2.780  178.0    0.7   262   10.9 
2025-02-27 00:00 UT   10 43 11.4   +09 10 37     1.790    2.780  178.9    0.4   230   10.9 
2025-02-28 00:00 UT   10 42 24.5   +09 15 09     1.790    2.781  178.8    0.4   167   10.9 
2025-03-01 00:00 UT   10 41 37.6   +09 19 40     1.790    2.781  177.9    0.8   139   10.9 
2025-03-02 00:00 UT   10 40 50.7   +09 24 09     1.791    2.781  176.7    1.2   129   10.9 
2025-03-03 00:00 UT   10 40 04.0   +09 28 37     1.792    2.781  175.6    1.6   125   11.0 
2025-03-04 00:00 UT   10 39 17.5   +09 33 02     1.793    2.782  174.4    2.0   122   11.0 
2025-03-05 00:00 UT   10 38 31.2   +09 37 25     1.795    2.782  173.2    2.4   120   11.0 
2025-03-06 00:00 UT   10 37 45.2   +09 41 45     1.797    2.782  172.0    2.8   119   11.1 
2025-03-07 00:00 UT   10 36 59.6   +09 46 02     1.799    2.783  170.8    3.3   118   11.1 
2025-03-08 00:00 UT   10 36 14.4   +09 50 15     1.801    2.783  169.6    3.7   117   11.1 
2025-03-09 00:00 UT   10 35 29.6   +09 54 24     1.804    2.783  168.4    4.1   116   11.2 
2025-03-10 00:00 UT   10 34 45.4   +09 58 29     1.807    2.784  167.2    4.5   116   11.2 
2025-03-11 00:00 UT   10 34 01.8   +10 02 30     1.810    2.784  166.0    4.9   116   11.2 


    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.