(488) Kreusa
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	11 Feb 2026	14.0	3.161 AU	3.711 AU	18h10m	-22°40'	49.5°	13.7°
Opposition	3 Jul 2026	12.6	3.367 AU	2.353 AU	18h52m	-28°10'	174.7°	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 Kreusa are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1584435
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 3.1673537
            i (Inclination)                 : 11.47607
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 82.98171
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 77.28084
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 65.80699
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 160.01177
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 11.19077
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 5.64            
        

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
2026-02-11 00:00 UT   18 10 30.8   -22 40 34     3.711    3.161   49.5   13.7   270   14.0 
2026-02-11 03:01 UT   18 10 41.0   -22 40 44     3.710    3.161   49.6   13.7   270   14.0 
2026-02-12 00:00 UT   18 11 51.8   -22 41 50     3.702    3.162   50.2   13.9   269   14.0 
2026-02-13 00:00 UT   18 13 12.3   -22 43 04     3.692    3.164   50.9   14.0   269   14.0 
2026-02-14 00:00 UT   18 14 32.4   -22 44 16     3.683    3.165   51.6   14.1   269   14.0 
2026-02-15 00:00 UT   18 15 51.9   -22 45 26     3.673    3.167   52.3   14.3   269   14.0 
2026-02-16 00:00 UT   18 17 11.0   -22 46 34     3.663    3.168   53.0   14.4   269   14.0 
2026-02-17 00:00 UT   18 18 29.6   -22 47 40     3.653    3.170   53.7   14.6   269   14.0 
2026-02-18 00:00 UT   18 19 47.6   -22 48 45     3.643    3.171   54.4   14.7   268   14.0 
2026-02-19 00:00 UT   18 21 05.1   -22 49 48     3.633    3.173   55.1   14.8   268   14.0 
2026-02-20 00:00 UT   18 22 22.1   -22 50 50     3.622    3.174   55.8   14.9   268   14.0 
2026-02-21 00:00 UT   18 23 38.5   -22 51 50     3.612    3.176   56.6   15.1   268   14.0 
2026-02-22 00:00 UT   18 24 54.4   -22 52 48     3.601    3.177   57.3   15.2   268   14.0 
2026-02-23 00:00 UT   18 26 09.7   -22 53 46     3.591    3.179   58.0   15.3   268   14.0 
2026-02-24 00:00 UT   18 27 24.5   -22 54 42     3.580    3.180   58.7   15.4   268   14.0 
2026-02-25 00:00 UT   18 28 38.6   -22 55 37     3.569    3.182   59.4   15.5   267   14.0 
2026-02-26 00:00 UT   18 29 52.2   -22 56 30     3.558    3.183   60.2   15.6   267   14.0 
2026-02-27 00:00 UT   18 31 05.1   -22 57 23     3.547    3.185   60.9   15.8   267   14.0 
2026-02-28 00:00 UT   18 32 17.5   -22 58 15     3.536    3.187   61.6   15.9   267   14.0 
2026-03-01 00:00 UT   18 33 29.2   -22 59 06     3.525    3.188   62.3   16.0   267   14.0 
2026-03-02 00:00 UT   18 34 40.4   -22 59 56     3.513    3.190   63.1   16.1   267   14.0 
2026-03-03 00:00 UT   18 35 50.9   -23 00 45     3.502    3.191   63.8   16.2   267   14.0 
2026-03-04 00:00 UT   18 37 00.7   -23 01 33     3.491    3.193   64.5   16.3   266   14.0 
2026-03-05 00:00 UT   18 38 09.9   -23 02 21     3.479    3.194   65.3   16.4   266   14.0 
2026-03-06 00:00 UT   18 39 18.5   -23 03 09     3.468    3.196   66.0   16.5   266   14.0 
2026-03-07 00:00 UT   18 40 26.4   -23 03 55     3.456    3.197   66.8   16.6   266   14.0 
2026-03-08 00:00 UT   18 41 33.6   -23 04 42     3.444    3.199   67.5   16.7   266   14.0 
2026-03-09 00:00 UT   18 42 40.1   -23 05 28     3.432    3.200   68.3   16.7   266   14.0 
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   18 43 45.9   -23 06 14     3.420    3.202   69.0   16.8   266   14.0 
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   18 44 51.0   -23 07 00     3.408    3.203   69.8   16.9   266   14.0 
2026-03-12 00:00 UT   18 45 55.4   -23 07 46     3.396    3.205   70.5   17.0   265   14.0 
2026-03-13 00:00 UT   18 46 59.0   -23 08 32     3.384    3.206   71.3   17.1   265   14.0 

    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.