(1981) Midas
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	17 Sep 2026	21.1	2.925 AU	3.143 AU	08h10m	+57°38'	68.3°	18.6°

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 Midas are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6504315
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.7762319
            i (Inclination)                 : 39.82206
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 356.78899
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 267.84526
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 148.63266
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 83.98439
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -39.78829
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.37            
        

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
2026-09-17 00:00 UT   08 10 58.7   +57 38 36     3.143    2.925   68.3   18.6   303   21.1 
2026-09-17 19:54 UT   08 12 38.8   +57 42 03     3.133    2.924   68.8   18.7   303   21.0 
2026-09-18 00:00 UT   08 12 59.4   +57 42 46     3.132    2.924   68.9   18.7   303   21.0 
2026-09-19 00:00 UT   08 14 59.6   +57 47 00     3.121    2.924   69.5   18.8   302   21.0 
2026-09-20 00:00 UT   08 16 59.3   +57 51 19     3.109    2.923   70.0   18.8   302   21.0 
2026-09-21 00:00 UT   08 18 58.4   +57 55 41     3.098    2.922   70.6   18.9   302   21.0 
2026-09-22 00:00 UT   08 20 57.0   +58 00 08     3.087    2.922   71.2   19.0   302   21.0 
2026-09-23 00:00 UT   08 22 55.0   +58 04 39     3.076    2.921   71.7   19.0   302   21.0 
2026-09-24 00:00 UT   08 24 52.5   +58 09 15     3.065    2.920   72.3   19.1   301   21.0 
2026-09-25 00:00 UT   08 26 49.4   +58 13 56     3.053    2.920   72.9   19.2   301   21.0 
2026-09-26 00:00 UT   08 28 45.7   +58 18 41     3.042    2.919   73.4   19.2   301   21.0 
2026-09-27 00:00 UT   08 30 41.5   +58 23 32     3.030    2.918   74.0   19.3   301   21.0 
2026-09-28 00:00 UT   08 32 36.6   +58 28 27     3.019    2.917   74.6   19.3   301   21.0 
2026-09-29 00:00 UT   08 34 31.2   +58 33 28     3.007    2.916   75.2   19.4   301   21.0 
2026-09-30 00:00 UT   08 36 25.1   +58 38 35     2.996    2.916   75.8   19.4   300   21.0 
2026-10-01 00:00 UT   08 38 18.4   +58 43 47     2.984    2.915   76.3   19.5   300   21.0 
2026-10-02 00:00 UT   08 40 11.1   +58 49 05     2.972    2.914   76.9   19.6   300   21.0 
2026-10-03 00:00 UT   08 42 03.0   +58 54 29     2.960    2.913   77.5   19.6   300   20.9 
2026-10-04 00:00 UT   08 43 54.4   +58 59 59     2.949    2.912   78.1   19.6   300   20.9 
2026-10-05 00:00 UT   08 45 45.0   +59 05 35     2.937    2.911   78.7   19.7   299   20.9 
2026-10-06 00:00 UT   08 47 34.9   +59 11 19     2.925    2.910   79.3   19.7   299   20.9 
2026-10-07 00:00 UT   08 49 24.0   +59 17 08     2.913    2.909   79.9   19.8   299   20.9 
2026-10-08 00:00 UT   08 51 12.4   +59 23 05     2.901    2.908   80.5   19.8   299   20.9 
2026-10-09 00:00 UT   08 53 00.1   +59 29 09     2.889    2.907   81.1   19.8   298   20.9 
2026-10-10 00:00 UT   08 54 46.9   +59 35 20     2.877    2.906   81.7   19.9   298   20.9 
2026-10-11 00:00 UT   08 56 33.0   +59 41 38     2.865    2.905   82.3   19.9   298   20.9 
2026-10-12 00:00 UT   08 58 18.2   +59 48 04     2.853    2.904   82.9   19.9   298   20.9 
2026-10-13 00:00 UT   09 00 02.6   +59 54 37     2.841    2.903   83.5   20.0   297   20.9 
2026-10-14 00:00 UT   09 01 46.0   +60 01 18     2.829    2.902   84.1   20.0   297   20.9 
2026-10-15 00:00 UT   09 03 28.6   +60 08 07     2.817    2.900   84.7   20.0   297   20.8 
2026-10-16 00:00 UT   09 05 10.3   +60 15 04     2.805    2.899   85.3   20.0   297   20.8 
2026-10-17 00:00 UT   09 06 51.1   +60 22 09     2.793    2.898   85.9   20.1   296   20.8 

    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.