(89) Julia
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	2 Jul 2025	9.7	2.209 AU	1.370 AU	21h52m	-15°38'	135.0°	19.0°
Opposition	10 Aug 2025	8.5	2.153 AU	1.141 AU	21h20m	-11°39'	176.1°	1.8°

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 Julia are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1838954
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.5512714
            i (Inclination)                 : 16.12261
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 311.52003
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 45.17067
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 310.02214
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 355.54140
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 11.35826
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.08            
        

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
2025-07-02 00:00 UT   21 52 28.6   -15 38 36     1.370    2.209  135.0   19.0   253    9.7 
2025-07-02 02:42 UT   21 52 27.0   -15 37 51     1.369    2.209  135.1   18.9   253    9.7 
2025-07-03 00:00 UT   21 52 13.3   -15 31 54     1.360    2.207  136.0   18.7   253    9.7 
2025-07-04 00:00 UT   21 51 55.9   -15 25 13     1.351    2.206  137.0   18.3   253    9.7 
2025-07-05 00:00 UT   21 51 36.6   -15 18 35     1.341    2.204  138.0   18.0   253    9.7 
2025-07-06 00:00 UT   21 51 15.3   -15 11 59     1.332    2.203  139.0   17.6   253    9.6 
2025-07-07 00:00 UT   21 50 51.9   -15 05 26     1.323    2.201  140.0   17.3   253    9.6 
2025-07-08 00:00 UT   21 50 26.6   -14 58 54     1.314    2.200  141.0   16.9   253    9.6 
2025-07-09 00:00 UT   21 49 59.3   -14 52 25     1.306    2.198  142.0   16.5   253    9.5 
2025-07-10 00:00 UT   21 49 30.0   -14 45 58     1.297    2.197  143.1   16.1   252    9.5 
2025-07-11 00:00 UT   21 48 58.7   -14 39 33     1.289    2.195  144.1   15.7   252    9.5 
2025-07-12 00:00 UT   21 48 25.5   -14 33 10     1.281    2.194  145.2   15.3   252    9.5 
2025-07-13 00:00 UT   21 47 50.4   -14 26 49     1.273    2.192  146.2   14.9   252    9.4 
2025-07-14 00:00 UT   21 47 13.3   -14 20 31     1.266    2.191  147.3   14.5   252    9.4 
2025-07-15 00:00 UT   21 46 34.3   -14 14 14     1.258    2.189  148.4   14.1   252    9.4 
2025-07-16 00:00 UT   21 45 53.5   -14 07 60     1.251    2.188  149.4   13.7   252    9.3 
2025-07-17 00:00 UT   21 45 10.7   -14 01 48     1.244    2.186  150.5   13.2   252    9.3 
2025-07-18 00:00 UT   21 44 26.1   -13 55 37     1.237    2.185  151.6   12.8   251    9.3 
2025-07-19 00:00 UT   21 43 39.8   -13 49 29     1.230    2.183  152.7   12.3   251    9.3 
2025-07-20 00:00 UT   21 42 51.6   -13 43 23     1.224    2.182  153.8   11.9   251    9.2 
2025-07-21 00:00 UT   21 42 01.7   -13 37 19     1.217    2.181  154.9   11.4   251    9.2 
2025-07-22 00:00 UT   21 41 10.2   -13 31 17     1.211    2.179  156.0   10.9   250    9.2 
2025-07-23 00:00 UT   21 40 17.0   -13 25 17     1.206    2.178  157.2   10.4   250    9.1 
2025-07-24 00:00 UT   21 39 22.2   -13 19 19     1.200    2.176  158.3    9.9   249    9.1 
2025-07-25 00:00 UT   21 38 25.9   -13 13 22     1.195    2.175  159.4    9.4   249    9.1 
2025-07-26 00:00 UT   21 37 28.2   -13 07 27     1.189    2.174  160.6    8.9   248    9.0 
2025-07-27 00:00 UT   21 36 29.0   -13 01 35     1.185    2.172  161.7    8.4   248    9.0 
2025-07-28 00:00 UT   21 35 28.5   -12 55 43     1.180    2.171  162.8    7.9   247    9.0 
2025-07-29 00:00 UT   21 34 26.8   -12 49 53     1.175    2.170  164.0    7.4   246    8.9 
2025-07-30 00:00 UT   21 33 23.9   -12 44 05     1.171    2.168  165.1    6.9   245    8.9 
2025-07-31 00:00 UT   21 32 19.9   -12 38 19     1.167    2.167  166.3    6.4   244    8.9 
2025-08-01 00:00 UT   21 31 14.9   -12 32 33     1.164    2.166  167.4    5.9   242    8.8 

    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.