(270) Anahita
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	31 Aug 2025	14.1	2.476 AU	3.381 AU	09h09m	+14°56'	22.2°	8.9°
Opposition	10 Mar 2026	12.0	2.514 AU	1.523 AU	11h19m	+00°08'	176.0°	1.6°

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 Anahita are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1502829
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.1991322
            i (Inclination)                 : 2.36776
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 254.29337
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 80.84530
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 106.51243
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 335.13098
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 2.33758
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.26            
        

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
2025-08-31 00:00 UT   09 09 24.2   +14 56 13     3.381    2.476   22.2    8.9   284   14.1 
2025-08-31 06:03 UT   09 09 50.1   +14 54 12     3.380    2.476   22.4    8.9   284   14.1 
2025-09-01 00:00 UT   09 11 06.7   +14 48 12     3.376    2.477   22.8    9.1   284   14.1 
2025-09-02 00:00 UT   09 12 48.9   +14 40 08     3.372    2.478   23.3    9.3   284   14.1 
2025-09-03 00:00 UT   09 14 30.8   +14 32 02     3.367    2.478   23.8    9.5   284   14.1 
2025-09-04 00:00 UT   09 16 12.4   +14 23 53     3.363    2.479   24.4    9.7   284   14.1 
2025-09-05 00:00 UT   09 17 53.7   +14 15 42     3.358    2.480   24.9    9.9   285   14.1 
2025-09-06 00:00 UT   09 19 34.7   +14 07 29     3.353    2.481   25.5   10.1   285   14.1 
2025-09-07 00:00 UT   09 21 15.5   +13 59 14     3.348    2.482   26.0   10.3   285   14.1 
2025-09-08 00:00 UT   09 22 55.9   +13 50 56     3.343    2.482   26.5   10.4   285   14.1 
2025-09-09 00:00 UT   09 24 36.0   +13 42 36     3.337    2.483   27.1   10.6   285   14.1 
2025-09-10 00:00 UT   09 26 15.8   +13 34 14     3.332    2.484   27.6   10.8   285   14.1 
2025-09-11 00:00 UT   09 27 55.3   +13 25 50     3.327    2.485   28.2   11.0   286   14.2 
2025-09-12 00:00 UT   09 29 34.5   +13 17 24     3.321    2.486   28.7   11.2   286   14.2 
2025-09-13 00:00 UT   09 31 13.4   +13 08 55     3.315    2.486   29.3   11.4   286   14.2 
2025-09-14 00:00 UT   09 32 52.0   +13 00 25     3.309    2.487   29.8   11.6   286   14.2 
2025-09-15 00:00 UT   09 34 30.3   +12 51 54     3.303    2.488   30.4   11.8   286   14.2 
2025-09-16 00:00 UT   09 36 08.3   +12 43 20     3.297    2.489   30.9   12.0   286   14.2 
2025-09-17 00:00 UT   09 37 45.9   +12 34 44     3.291    2.489   31.5   12.2   286   14.2 
2025-09-18 00:00 UT   09 39 23.3   +12 26 07     3.285    2.490   32.0   12.4   287   14.2 
2025-09-19 00:00 UT   09 41 00.3   +12 17 29     3.278    2.491   32.6   12.5   287   14.2 

    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.