(35) Leukothea
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	8 Jun 2025	14.6	3.059 AU	4.000 AU	06h24m	+29°01'	19.1°	6.2°
Opposition	28 Feb 2026	11.8	2.506 AU	1.516 AU	10h49m	+10°46'	177.0°	1.2°

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 Leukothea are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2177678
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 3.0086781
            i (Inclination)                 : 7.86054
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 352.99227
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 215.14200
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 271.58404
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 27.88008
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -4.51506
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 5.22            
        

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
2025-06-08 00:00 UT   06 24 35.2   +29 01 25     4.000    3.059   19.1    6.2    76   14.6 
2025-06-08 07:44 UT   06 25 07.2   +29 00 51     4.001    3.059   18.9    6.2    76   14.6 
2025-06-09 00:00 UT   06 26 14.5   +28 59 40     4.002    3.057   18.5    6.1    75   14.6 
2025-06-10 00:00 UT   06 27 53.9   +28 57 52     4.005    3.055   18.0    5.9    75   14.6 
2025-06-11 00:00 UT   06 29 33.5   +28 56 01     4.007    3.053   17.4    5.7    75   14.6 
2025-06-12 00:00 UT   06 31 13.3   +28 54 06     4.008    3.051   16.9    5.5    74   14.6 
2025-06-13 00:00 UT   06 32 53.2   +28 52 08     4.010    3.049   16.3    5.4    74   14.6 
2025-06-14 00:00 UT   06 34 33.2   +28 50 06     4.012    3.047   15.8    5.2    73   14.5 
2025-06-15 00:00 UT   06 36 13.4   +28 48 01     4.013    3.044   15.2    5.0    72   14.5 
2025-06-16 00:00 UT   06 37 53.8   +28 45 53     4.014    3.042   14.7    4.8    72   14.5 
2025-06-17 00:00 UT   06 39 34.2   +28 43 41     4.015    3.040   14.1    4.7    71   14.5 
2025-06-18 00:00 UT   06 41 14.8   +28 41 26     4.016    3.038   13.6    4.5    70   14.5 
2025-06-19 00:00 UT   06 42 55.5   +28 39 08     4.017    3.036   13.0    4.3    69   14.5 
2025-06-20 00:00 UT   06 44 36.4   +28 36 45     4.018    3.034   12.5    4.2    68   14.5 
2025-06-21 00:00 UT   06 46 17.4   +28 34 20     4.018    3.032   12.0    4.0    67   14.5 
2025-06-22 00:00 UT   06 47 58.4   +28 31 50     4.019    3.030   11.5    3.8    66   14.5 
2025-06-23 00:00 UT   06 49 39.6   +28 29 18     4.019    3.027   11.0    3.7    65   14.5 
2025-06-24 00:00 UT   06 51 20.9   +28 26 41     4.019    3.025   10.5    3.5    64   14.4 
2025-06-25 00:00 UT   06 53 02.2   +28 24 02     4.019    3.023   10.0    3.3    62   14.4 
2025-06-26 00:00 UT   06 54 43.7   +28 21 18     4.019    3.021    9.5    3.2    60   14.4 
2025-06-27 00:00 UT   06 56 25.2   +28 18 31     4.019    3.019    9.0    3.0    58   14.4 
2025-06-28 00:00 UT   06 58 06.8   +28 15 41     4.018    3.017    8.6    2.9    56   14.4 
2025-06-29 00:00 UT   06 59 48.5   +28 12 47     4.017    3.014    8.1    2.7    54   14.4 
2025-06-30 00:00 UT   07 01 30.2   +28 09 49     4.017    3.012    7.7    2.6    51   14.4 

    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.