(797455) 2011 HJ7
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	5 Feb 2026	23.7	1.853 AU	0.872 AU	09h47m	+15°46'	171.8°	4.4°

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 2011 HJ7 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5161515
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.2509868
            i (Inclination)                 : 1.11619
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 34.33000
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 297.31232
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 94.46922
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : -28.35325
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -0.99174
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.40            
        

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
2026-02-05 00:00 UT   09 47 23.2   +15 46 12     0.872    1.853  171.8    4.4   273   23.7 
2026-02-05 08:18 UT   09 46 37.6   +15 50 03     0.872    1.853  172.3    4.1   272   23.7 
2026-02-06 00:00 UT   09 45 11.0   +15 57 19     0.872    1.855  173.3    3.6   270   23.7 
2026-02-07 00:00 UT   09 42 58.2   +16 08 21     0.872    1.857  174.7    2.8   264   23.7 
2026-02-08 00:00 UT   09 40 44.8   +16 19 16     0.873    1.858  176.1    2.1   253   23.6 
2026-02-09 00:00 UT   09 38 31.2   +16 30 04     0.874    1.860  177.2    1.5   234   23.6 
2026-02-10 00:00 UT   09 36 17.6   +16 40 43     0.876    1.862  177.7    1.2   200   23.6 
2026-02-11 00:00 UT   09 34 04.1   +16 51 12     0.877    1.864  177.3    1.5   165   23.6 
2026-02-12 00:00 UT   09 31 50.9   +17 01 30     0.879    1.865  176.2    2.0   145   23.6 
2026-02-13 00:00 UT   09 29 38.3   +17 11 37     0.881    1.867  174.8    2.7   134   23.7 
2026-02-14 00:00 UT   09 27 26.5   +17 21 31     0.884    1.868  173.4    3.5   128   23.7 
2026-02-15 00:00 UT   09 25 15.6   +17 31 13     0.887    1.870  171.9    4.3   124   23.8 
2026-02-16 00:00 UT   09 23 05.8   +17 40 40     0.890    1.871  170.4    5.0   121   23.9 
2026-02-17 00:00 UT   09 20 57.4   +17 49 53     0.894    1.873  168.9    5.8   119   23.9 
2026-02-18 00:00 UT   09 18 50.5   +17 58 50     0.897    1.874  167.4    6.6   118   23.9 
2026-02-19 00:00 UT   09 16 45.3   +18 07 32     0.901    1.876  165.9    7.4   116   24.0 
2026-02-20 00:00 UT   09 14 42.0   +18 15 57     0.906    1.877  164.4    8.1   115   24.0 

    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.