(192) Nausikaa
ephemeris date magn radius delta ra dec elong phase
Today8 Nov 202512.52.543 AU3.426 AU16h21m-26°35'23.0°8.8°
Opposition30 Sep 20268.41.816 AU0.817 AU00h17m+08°40'173.8°3.4°
(192) Nausikaa - 2025-11-08
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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 Nausikaa are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2452586
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.4033743
            i (Inclination)                 : 6.79542
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 343.07452
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 30.58261
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 273.36958
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 13.48051
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 3.45136
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.73            
        

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
2025-11-08 00:00 UT   16 21 02.1   -26 35 35     3.426    2.543   23.0    8.8   112   12.5 
2025-11-08 10:54 UT   16 21 54.3   -26 37 17     3.427    2.542   22.7    8.7   112   12.5 
2025-11-09 00:00 UT   16 22 57.0   -26 39 19     3.428    2.541   22.4    8.6   112   12.5 
2025-11-10 00:00 UT   16 24 52.3   -26 42 59     3.430    2.538   21.9    8.4   112   12.5 
2025-11-11 00:00 UT   16 26 48.0   -26 46 35     3.432    2.536   21.3    8.2   112   12.5 
2025-11-12 00:00 UT   16 28 44.1   -26 50 07     3.434    2.533   20.8    8.0   112   12.5 
2025-11-13 00:00 UT   16 30 40.7   -26 53 35     3.436    2.531   20.2    7.8   112   12.4 
2025-11-14 00:00 UT   16 32 37.7   -26 56 59     3.438    2.528   19.7    7.6   113   12.4 
2025-11-15 00:00 UT   16 34 35.0   -27 00 20     3.439    2.526   19.1    7.4   113   12.4 
2025-11-16 00:00 UT   16 36 32.8   -27 03 36     3.441    2.523   18.6    7.2   113   12.4 
2025-11-17 00:00 UT   16 38 31.0   -27 06 48     3.442    2.520   18.0    7.0   113   12.4 
2025-11-18 00:00 UT   16 40 29.6   -27 09 56     3.443    2.518   17.5    6.8   114   12.4 
2025-11-19 00:00 UT   16 42 28.5   -27 12 60     3.444    2.515   16.9    6.6   114   12.4 
2025-11-20 00:00 UT   16 44 27.8   -27 15 59     3.445    2.513   16.4    6.4   114   12.4 
2025-11-21 00:00 UT   16 46 27.6   -27 18 54     3.446    2.510   15.9    6.2   115   12.4 
2025-11-22 00:00 UT   16 48 27.7   -27 21 44     3.447    2.508   15.3    6.0   115   12.4 
2025-11-23 00:00 UT   16 50 28.1   -27 24 29     3.447    2.505   14.8    5.8   116   12.3 
2025-11-24 00:00 UT   16 52 28.9   -27 27 10     3.448    2.503   14.3    5.6   116   12.3 
2025-11-25 00:00 UT   16 54 30.1   -27 29 47     3.448    2.500   13.7    5.4   117   12.3 
2025-11-26 00:00 UT   16 56 31.6   -27 32 18     3.448    2.497   13.2    5.2   118   12.3 
2025-11-27 00:00 UT   16 58 33.4   -27 34 45     3.448    2.495   12.7    5.0   118   12.3 


    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.