2007 VR29
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	6 Feb 2026	30.0	2.618 AU	3.185 AU	17h58m	-18°07'	47.3°	16.1°

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 2007 VR29 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4507963
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.8063631
            i (Inclination)                 : 12.18883
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 221.94365
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 214.97097
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 142.42524
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 256.30348
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -6.95063
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.43            
        

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
2026-02-06 00:00 UT   17 58 59.1   -18 07 05     3.185    2.618   47.3   16.1   275   30.0 
2026-02-06 07:28 UT   17 59 26.5   -18 06 17     3.181    2.618   47.5   16.1   275   30.0 
2026-02-07 00:00 UT   18 00 27.1   -18 04 29     3.174    2.619   48.0   16.2   275   30.0 
2026-02-08 00:00 UT   18 01 54.6   -18 01 50     3.164    2.619   48.6   16.4   275   30.0 
2026-02-09 00:00 UT   18 03 21.7   -17 59 05     3.154    2.619   49.3   16.6   274   30.0 
2026-02-10 00:00 UT   18 04 48.3   -17 56 16     3.143    2.619   50.0   16.8   274   30.0 
2026-02-11 00:00 UT   18 06 14.5   -17 53 22     3.132    2.620   50.6   16.9   274   30.0 
2026-02-12 00:00 UT   18 07 40.2   -17 50 24     3.121    2.620   51.3   17.1   274   30.0 
2026-02-13 00:00 UT   18 09 05.4   -17 47 21     3.110    2.620   52.0   17.3   274   30.0 
2026-02-14 00:00 UT   18 10 30.1   -17 44 13     3.099    2.620   52.6   17.4   273   30.0 
2026-02-15 00:00 UT   18 11 54.3   -17 41 01     3.088    2.620   53.3   17.6   273   30.0 
2026-02-16 00:00 UT   18 13 18.0   -17 37 44     3.077    2.620   54.0   17.8   273   30.0 
2026-02-17 00:00 UT   18 14 41.2   -17 34 23     3.065    2.620   54.7   17.9   273   30.0 
2026-02-18 00:00 UT   18 16 03.8   -17 30 58     3.053    2.621   55.3   18.1   272   30.0 
2026-02-19 00:00 UT   18 17 25.9   -17 27 28     3.042    2.621   56.0   18.2   272   30.0 
2026-02-20 00:00 UT   18 18 47.5   -17 23 54     3.030    2.621   56.7   18.4   272   29.9 
2026-02-21 00:00 UT   18 20 08.5   -17 20 15     3.018    2.621   57.4   18.5   272   29.9 
2026-02-22 00:00 UT   18 21 28.9   -17 16 32     3.006    2.621   58.0   18.7   272   29.9 
2026-02-23 00:00 UT   18 22 48.7   -17 12 45     2.994    2.621   58.7   18.8   271   29.9 
2026-02-24 00:00 UT   18 24 07.9   -17 08 54     2.982    2.621   59.4   19.0   271   29.9 
2026-02-25 00:00 UT   18 25 26.6   -17 04 59     2.969    2.621   60.1   19.1   271   29.9 
2026-02-26 00:00 UT   18 26 44.6   -17 00 59     2.957    2.620   60.8   19.3   271   29.9 
2026-02-27 00:00 UT   18 28 02.0   -16 56 55     2.944    2.620   61.5   19.4   271   29.9 
2026-02-28 00:00 UT   18 29 18.8   -16 52 47     2.932    2.620   62.2   19.5   270   29.9 
2026-03-01 00:00 UT   18 30 35.0   -16 48 35     2.919    2.620   62.9   19.7   270   29.9 
2026-03-02 00:00 UT   18 31 50.5   -16 44 20     2.906    2.620   63.6   19.8   270   29.9 
2026-03-03 00:00 UT   18 33 05.4   -16 39 60     2.894    2.620   64.3   19.9   270   29.9 

    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.