2024 OM1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	20 Oct 2026	30.5	3.532 AU	4.498 AU	12h46m	-08°59'	12.6°	3.5°

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 2024 OM1 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6008301
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.2877207
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.71721
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 315.66479
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 42.59132
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 181.85039
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 358.11379
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 3.86572
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.46            
        

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
2026-10-20 00:00 UT   12 46 30.1   -08 59 48     4.498    3.532   12.6    3.5   276   30.5 
2026-10-20 15:29 UT   12 47 11.6   -09 04 26     4.494    3.531   13.0    3.6   277   30.5 
2026-10-21 00:00 UT   12 47 34.5   -09 06 59     4.492    3.530   13.3    3.7   277   30.6 
2026-10-22 00:00 UT   12 48 38.8   -09 14 10     4.486    3.528   13.9    3.9   278   30.6 
2026-10-23 00:00 UT   12 49 43.2   -09 21 20     4.480    3.527   14.6    4.1   279   30.6 
2026-10-24 00:00 UT   12 50 47.5   -09 28 31     4.474    3.525   15.3    4.3   279   30.6 
2026-10-25 00:00 UT   12 51 51.8   -09 35 41     4.468    3.523   16.0    4.5   280   30.6 
2026-10-26 00:00 UT   12 52 56.1   -09 42 51     4.462    3.521   16.7    4.6   280   30.6 
2026-10-27 00:00 UT   12 54 00.4   -09 50 01     4.455    3.519   17.4    4.8   281   30.6 
2026-10-28 00:00 UT   12 55 04.6   -09 57 11     4.448    3.517   18.1    5.0   281   30.6 
2026-10-29 00:00 UT   12 56 08.9   -10 04 21     4.441    3.515   18.8    5.2   282   30.6 
2026-10-30 00:00 UT   12 57 13.1   -10 11 30     4.434    3.513   19.5    5.4   282   30.6 
2026-10-31 00:00 UT   12 58 17.2   -10 18 40     4.426    3.511   20.2    5.6   282   30.6 
2026-11-01 00:00 UT   12 59 21.3   -10 25 48     4.419    3.509   20.9    5.8   283   30.6 
2026-11-02 00:00 UT   13 00 25.4   -10 32 57     4.411    3.507   21.6    6.0   283   30.6 
2026-11-03 00:00 UT   13 01 29.5   -10 40 05     4.403    3.505   22.3    6.2   283   30.6 
2026-11-04 00:00 UT   13 02 33.4   -10 47 13     4.394    3.502   23.0    6.3   284   30.6 
2026-11-05 00:00 UT   13 03 37.3   -10 54 20     4.386    3.500   23.7    6.5   284   30.6 
2026-11-06 00:00 UT   13 04 41.2   -11 01 27     4.377    3.498   24.4    6.7   284   30.6 
2026-11-07 00:00 UT   13 05 45.0   -11 08 34     4.369    3.496   25.1    6.9   284   30.6 
2026-11-08 00:00 UT   13 06 48.7   -11 15 39     4.360    3.494   25.8    7.1   284   30.6 
2026-11-09 00:00 UT   13 07 52.3   -11 22 45     4.350    3.492   26.5    7.3   285   30.6 
2026-11-10 00:00 UT   13 08 55.8   -11 29 49     4.341    3.490   27.2    7.5   285   30.6 
2026-11-11 00:00 UT   13 09 59.3   -11 36 53     4.332    3.488   27.9    7.6   285   30.6 
2026-11-12 00:00 UT   13 11 02.6   -11 43 56     4.322    3.485   28.6    7.8   285   30.6 
2026-11-13 00:00 UT   13 12 05.9   -11 50 59     4.312    3.483   29.4    8.0   285   30.6 
2026-11-14 00:00 UT   13 13 09.0   -11 58 00     4.302    3.481   30.1    8.2   285   30.6 
2026-11-15 00:00 UT   13 14 12.0   -12 05 01     4.291    3.479   30.8    8.4   286   30.6 
2026-11-16 00:00 UT   13 15 14.9   -12 12 01     4.281    3.476   31.5    8.6   286   30.7 
2026-11-17 00:00 UT   13 16 17.6   -12 19 01     4.270    3.474   32.2    8.7   286   30.7 
2026-11-18 00:00 UT   13 17 20.3   -12 25 59     4.260    3.472   33.0    8.9   286   30.7 

    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.