(796) Sarita |
ephemeris |
date |
magn |
radius |
delta |
ra |
dec |
elong |
phase |
Opposition | 26 Aug 2025 | 11.4 | 1.858 AU | 0.935 AU | 23h25m | -41°54' | 145.4° | 18.0° |
Today | 31 Aug 2025 | 11.4 | 1.850 AU | 0.927 AU | 23h20m | -41°47' | 145.6° | 18.0° |
(796) Sarita - 2025-08-31
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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 Sarita are:
e (Eccentricity) : 0.3194080
a (Semimajor axis) : 2.6361313
i (Inclination) : 19.04523
Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 33.13721
ω (Argument of perihelion) : 329.61045
M (Mean anomaly) : 318.41884
Epoch : 2025 May 05
L (Longitude of perihelion) : 4.13543
B (Latitude of perihelion) : -9.50158
P (Orbital period in years) : 4.28
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
2025-08-31 00:00 UT 23 20 02.3 -41 47 15 0.927 1.850 145.6 18.0 341 11.4
2025-08-31 21:07 UT 23 18 56.7 -41 44 34 0.925 1.848 145.6 18.0 343 11.4
2025-09-01 00:00 UT 23 18 47.7 -41 44 11 0.925 1.848 145.6 18.0 343 11.4
2025-09-02 00:00 UT 23 17 32.2 -41 40 33 0.924 1.846 145.5 18.0 345 11.4
2025-09-03 00:00 UT 23 16 16.0 -41 36 23 0.923 1.845 145.5 18.1 347 11.4
2025-09-04 00:00 UT 23 14 59.2 -41 31 38 0.922 1.843 145.4 18.1 350 11.4
2025-09-05 00:00 UT 23 13 42.1 -41 26 19 0.921 1.841 145.2 18.2 352 11.4
2025-09-06 00:00 UT 23 12 24.6 -41 20 26 0.921 1.840 145.1 18.3 354 11.4
2025-09-07 00:00 UT 23 11 07.1 -41 13 58 0.920 1.838 144.9 18.4 356 11.4
2025-09-08 00:00 UT 23 09 49.6 -41 06 56 0.920 1.837 144.7 18.5 358 11.4
2025-09-09 00:00 UT 23 08 32.2 -40 59 19 0.920 1.835 144.4 18.6 0 11.4
2025-09-10 00:00 UT 23 07 15.2 -40 51 07 0.920 1.834 144.2 18.7 2 11.4
2025-09-11 00:00 UT 23 05 58.7 -40 42 21 0.920 1.832 143.9 18.9 4 11.4
2025-09-12 00:00 UT 23 04 42.7 -40 33 00 0.921 1.831 143.6 19.0 6 11.4
2025-09-13 00:00 UT 23 03 27.5 -40 23 05 0.921 1.829 143.2 19.2 8 11.4
2025-09-14 00:00 UT 23 02 13.2 -40 12 36 0.922 1.828 142.9 19.4 10 11.4
2025-09-15 00:00 UT 23 00 59.8 -40 01 33 0.923 1.827 142.5 19.6 12 11.4
2025-09-16 00:00 UT 22 59 47.7 -39 49 56 0.924 1.825 142.1 19.8 14 11.4
2025-09-17 00:00 UT 22 58 36.8 -39 37 47 0.926 1.824 141.7 20.0 16 11.4
2025-09-18 00:00 UT 22 57 27.4 -39 25 04 0.927 1.823 141.2 20.2 18 11.5
2025-09-19 00:00 UT 22 56 19.5 -39 11 49 0.929 1.822 140.8 20.4 20 11.5
2025-09-20 00:00 UT 22 55 13.2 -38 58 03 0.931 1.820 140.3 20.6 21 11.5
2025-09-21 00:00 UT 22 54 08.8 -38 43 45 0.933 1.819 139.8 20.9 23 11.5
2025-09-22 00:00 UT 22 53 06.2 -38 28 57 0.935 1.818 139.3 21.1 25 11.5
2025-09-23 00:00 UT 22 52 05.6 -38 13 39 0.937 1.817 138.8 21.3 26 11.5
2025-09-24 00:00 UT 22 51 07.0 -37 57 52 0.940 1.816 138.3 21.6 28 11.5
2025-09-25 00:00 UT 22 50 10.7 -37 41 37 0.943 1.815 137.7 21.8 29 11.5
2025-09-26 00:00 UT 22 49 16.5 -37 24 54 0.945 1.814 137.1 22.1 31 11.5
2025-09-27 00:00 UT 22 48 24.7 -37 07 45 0.948 1.813 136.6 22.3 32 11.6
2025-09-28 00:00 UT 22 47 35.2 -36 50 10 0.952 1.812 136.0 22.6 33 11.6
2025-09-29 00:00 UT 22 46 48.2 -36 32 11 0.955 1.811 135.4 22.9 35 11.6
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.