(120347) Salacia
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	20 Jul 2025	20.9	45.302 AU	45.049 AU	00h03m	+26°45'	103.8°	1.2°
Opposition	3 Oct 2025	20.8	45.315 AU	44.402 AU	23h58m	+26°40'	155.5°	0.5°

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 Salacia are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1023366
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 42.1756119
            i (Inclination)                 : 23.92716
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 280.25298
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 310.11828
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 132.09199
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 232.92425
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -18.06824
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 273.90            
        

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
2025-07-20 00:00 UT   00 03 22.4   +26 45 27    45.049   45.302  103.8    1.2   238   20.9 
2025-07-20 06:23 UT   00 03 22.0   +26 45 33    45.045   45.302  104.0    1.2   238   20.9 
2025-07-21 00:00 UT   00 03 20.7   +26 45 50    45.034   45.302  104.6    1.2   237   20.9 
2025-07-22 00:00 UT   00 03 19.0   +26 46 12    45.020   45.302  105.5    1.2   237   20.9 
2025-07-23 00:00 UT   00 03 17.2   +26 46 34    45.005   45.302  106.4    1.2   237   20.9 
2025-07-24 00:00 UT   00 03 15.3   +26 46 55    44.991   45.302  107.2    1.2   236   20.9 
2025-07-25 00:00 UT   00 03 13.3   +26 47 15    44.976   45.303  108.1    1.2   236   20.9 
2025-07-26 00:00 UT   00 03 11.3   +26 47 34    44.962   45.303  109.0    1.2   235   20.9 
2025-07-27 00:00 UT   00 03 09.1   +26 47 53    44.948   45.303  109.8    1.2   235   20.9 
2025-07-28 00:00 UT   00 03 06.9   +26 48 11    44.934   45.303  110.7    1.2   234   20.9 
2025-07-29 00:00 UT   00 03 04.6   +26 48 29    44.920   45.303  111.6    1.2   234   20.9 
2025-07-30 00:00 UT   00 03 02.3   +26 48 45    44.906   45.303  112.4    1.2   233   20.9 
2025-07-31 00:00 UT   00 02 59.8   +26 49 01    44.893   45.304  113.3    1.2   233   20.9 
2025-08-01 00:00 UT   00 02 57.3   +26 49 17    44.879   45.304  114.2    1.2   233   20.9 
2025-08-02 00:00 UT   00 02 54.7   +26 49 31    44.865   45.304  115.0    1.2   232   20.9 
2025-08-03 00:00 UT   00 02 52.1   +26 49 45    44.852   45.304  115.9    1.2   232   20.9 
2025-08-04 00:00 UT   00 02 49.4   +26 49 58    44.839   45.304  116.7    1.1   231   20.9 
2025-08-05 00:00 UT   00 02 46.6   +26 50 10    44.826   45.304  117.6    1.1   231   20.9 
2025-08-06 00:00 UT   00 02 43.7   +26 50 22    44.813   45.305  118.4    1.1   230   20.9 
2025-08-07 00:00 UT   00 02 40.8   +26 50 33    44.800   45.305  119.3    1.1   230   20.9 
2025-08-08 00:00 UT   00 02 37.8   +26 50 43    44.787   45.305  120.1    1.1   229   20.9 
2025-08-09 00:00 UT   00 02 34.7   +26 50 52    44.775   45.305  121.0    1.1   228   20.9 
2025-08-10 00:00 UT   00 02 31.6   +26 51 01    44.762   45.305  121.8    1.1   228   20.9 
2025-08-11 00:00 UT   00 02 28.4   +26 51 08    44.750   45.305  122.7    1.1   227   20.9 
2025-08-12 00:00 UT   00 02 25.1   +26 51 16    44.738   45.306  123.5    1.1   227   20.9 
2025-08-13 00:00 UT   00 02 21.8   +26 51 22    44.726   45.306  124.4    1.1   226   20.9 
2025-08-14 00:00 UT   00 02 18.4   +26 51 27    44.714   45.306  125.2    1.0   226   20.9 
2025-08-15 00:00 UT   00 02 15.0   +26 51 32    44.703   45.306  126.0    1.0   225   20.9 
2025-08-16 00:00 UT   00 02 11.5   +26 51 36    44.691   45.306  126.9    1.0   224   20.9 
2025-08-17 00:00 UT   00 02 07.9   +26 51 40    44.680   45.307  127.7    1.0   224   20.9 
2025-08-18 00:00 UT   00 02 04.3   +26 51 42    44.669   45.307  128.5    1.0   223   20.9 
2025-08-19 00:00 UT   00 02 00.6   +26 51 44    44.658   45.307  129.4    1.0   222   20.9 

    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.