(914) Palisana
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	8 Sep 2025	15.0	2.963 AU	3.828 AU	09h24m	-02°53'	26.7°	8.8°
Opposition	15 Mar 2026	13.4	2.729 AU	1.875 AU	10h35m	-32°28'	142.1°	12.9°

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 Palisana are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2158162
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.4577949
            i (Inclination)                 : 25.21572
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 255.75246
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 49.30674
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 169.36738
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 302.20607
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 18.84559
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.85            
        

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
2025-09-08 00:00 UT   09 24 42.6   -02 53 57     3.828    2.963   26.7    8.8   251   15.0 
2025-09-08 21:33 UT   09 25 54.4   -03 02 55     3.823    2.962   27.1    8.9   252   15.0 
2025-09-09 00:00 UT   09 26 02.6   -03 03 57     3.823    2.962   27.1    8.9   252   15.0 
2025-09-10 00:00 UT   09 27 22.4   -03 13 60     3.817    2.962   27.6    9.1   253   15.0 
2025-09-11 00:00 UT   09 28 42.1   -03 24 06     3.811    2.961   28.1    9.2   253   15.0 
2025-09-12 00:00 UT   09 30 01.6   -03 34 16     3.805    2.960   28.6    9.4   254   15.0 
2025-09-13 00:00 UT   09 31 20.9   -03 44 30     3.798    2.960   29.1    9.5   255   15.0 
2025-09-14 00:00 UT   09 32 40.0   -03 54 48     3.792    2.959   29.6    9.7   256   15.0 
2025-09-15 00:00 UT   09 33 59.0   -04 05 08     3.785    2.958   30.1    9.8   257   15.0 
2025-09-16 00:00 UT   09 35 17.7   -04 15 33     3.779    2.958   30.6   10.0   257   15.0 
2025-09-17 00:00 UT   09 36 36.3   -04 26 01     3.772    2.957   31.1   10.1   258   15.0 
2025-09-18 00:00 UT   09 37 54.7   -04 36 32     3.765    2.956   31.6   10.3   259   15.0 
2025-09-19 00:00 UT   09 39 12.9   -04 47 07     3.758    2.956   32.1   10.4   259   15.0 
2025-09-20 00:00 UT   09 40 30.8   -04 57 45     3.751    2.955   32.6   10.6   260   15.0 
2025-09-21 00:00 UT   09 41 48.6   -05 08 27     3.744    2.954   33.1   10.7   261   15.0 
2025-09-22 00:00 UT   09 43 06.2   -05 19 12     3.736    2.954   33.7   10.9   261   15.0 
2025-09-23 00:00 UT   09 44 23.5   -05 30 00     3.729    2.953   34.2   11.0   262   15.0 
2025-09-24 00:00 UT   09 45 40.6   -05 40 52     3.721    2.952   34.7   11.2   262   15.0 
2025-09-25 00:00 UT   09 46 57.5   -05 51 46     3.713    2.952   35.2   11.3   263   15.0 
2025-09-26 00:00 UT   09 48 14.1   -06 02 44     3.705    2.951   35.8   11.5   263   15.0 
2025-09-27 00:00 UT   09 49 30.5   -06 13 46     3.697    2.950   36.3   11.6   264   15.0 
2025-09-28 00:00 UT   09 50 46.7   -06 24 50     3.689    2.949   36.9   11.8   265   15.0 
2025-09-29 00:00 UT   09 52 02.6   -06 35 57     3.681    2.949   37.4   11.9   265   15.0 
2025-09-30 00:00 UT   09 53 18.3   -06 47 08     3.673    2.948   37.9   12.1   266   15.0 
2025-10-01 00:00 UT   09 54 33.7   -06 58 22     3.664    2.947   38.5   12.2   266   15.0 

    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.