(887) Alinda
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	8 Feb 2026	20.1	3.334 AU	3.835 AU	17h43m	-18°19'	52.9°	13.7°

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 Alinda are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5711700
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.4736288
            i (Inclination)                 : 9.40006
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 110.40588
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 350.53450
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 81.54059
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 101.06523
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -1.53913
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.89            
        

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
2026-02-08 00:00 UT   17 43 42.6   -18 19 43     3.835    3.334   52.9   13.7   275   20.1 
2026-02-08 05:24 UT   17 43 56.4   -18 19 46     3.833    3.335   53.1   13.7   275   20.1 
2026-02-09 00:00 UT   17 44 43.6   -18 19 52     3.826    3.338   53.7   13.8   275   20.1 
2026-02-10 00:00 UT   17 45 43.9   -18 19 59     3.817    3.341   54.4   13.9   275   20.1 
2026-02-11 00:00 UT   17 46 43.7   -18 20 03     3.808    3.345   55.2   14.0   275   20.1 
2026-02-12 00:00 UT   17 47 42.8   -18 20 05     3.799    3.349   56.0   14.1   275   20.1 
2026-02-13 00:00 UT   17 48 41.3   -18 20 04     3.790    3.352   56.8   14.3   274   20.1 
2026-02-14 00:00 UT   17 49 39.1   -18 20 02     3.781    3.356   57.5   14.4   274   20.1 
2026-02-15 00:00 UT   17 50 36.2   -18 19 57     3.771    3.359   58.3   14.5   274   20.1 
2026-02-16 00:00 UT   17 51 32.7   -18 19 50     3.762    3.363   59.1   14.6   274   20.1 
2026-02-17 00:00 UT   17 52 28.4   -18 19 41     3.752    3.367   59.9   14.7   274   20.2 
2026-02-18 00:00 UT   17 53 23.5   -18 19 31     3.742    3.370   60.7   14.8   274   20.2 
2026-02-19 00:00 UT   17 54 17.8   -18 19 18     3.732    3.374   61.5   14.9   273   20.2 
2026-02-20 00:00 UT   17 55 11.5   -18 19 04     3.722    3.377   62.3   15.0   273   20.2 
2026-02-21 00:00 UT   17 56 04.3   -18 18 47     3.712    3.381   63.0   15.1   273   20.2 
2026-02-22 00:00 UT   17 56 56.5   -18 18 29     3.702    3.384   63.8   15.2   273   20.2 
2026-02-23 00:00 UT   17 57 47.9   -18 18 09     3.691    3.388   64.6   15.3   273   20.1 
2026-02-24 00:00 UT   17 58 38.5   -18 17 48     3.681    3.391   65.4   15.4   272   20.1 
2026-02-25 00:00 UT   17 59 28.4   -18 17 25     3.670    3.395   66.3   15.5   272   20.1 
2026-02-26 00:00 UT   18 00 17.4   -18 17 01     3.659    3.398   67.1   15.6   272   20.1 
2026-02-27 00:00 UT   18 01 05.7   -18 16 35     3.648    3.401   67.9   15.6   272   20.1 
2026-02-28 00:00 UT   18 01 53.2   -18 16 07     3.637    3.405   68.7   15.7   272   20.1 
2026-03-01 00:00 UT   18 02 39.9   -18 15 38     3.626    3.408   69.5   15.8   272   20.1 
2026-03-02 00:00 UT   18 03 25.7   -18 15 08     3.615    3.412   70.3   15.9   272   20.1 
2026-03-03 00:00 UT   18 04 10.8   -18 14 37     3.604    3.415   71.1   15.9   271   20.1 
2026-03-04 00:00 UT   18 04 55.0   -18 14 04     3.593    3.418   72.0   16.0   271   20.1 
2026-03-05 00:00 UT   18 05 38.3   -18 13 30     3.581    3.422   72.8   16.1   271   20.1 
2026-03-06 00:00 UT   18 06 20.8   -18 12 56     3.570    3.425   73.6   16.1   271   20.1 
2026-03-07 00:00 UT   18 07 02.4   -18 12 20     3.559    3.428   74.4   16.2   271   20.1 
2026-03-08 00:00 UT   18 07 43.2   -18 11 43     3.547    3.432   75.3   16.2   271   20.1 
2026-03-09 00:00 UT   18 08 23.0   -18 11 05     3.535    3.435   76.1   16.3   270   20.1 
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   18 09 01.9   -18 10 26     3.523    3.438   77.0   16.3   270   20.1 

    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.