2024 OM1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	17 Nov 2025	30.6	3.399 AU	3.780 AU	11h35m	+00°19'	60.2°	14.6°

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)                : 0.6006935
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.2880226
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.71693
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 315.66306
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 42.60777
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 124.85029
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 358.12851
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 3.86674
            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
2025-11-17 00:00 UT   11 35 52.9   +00 19 18     3.780    3.399   60.2   14.6   292   30.6 
2025-11-17 04:01 UT   11 36 00.3   +00 18 20     3.779    3.400   60.3   14.6   292   30.6 
2025-11-18 00:00 UT   11 36 36.8   +00 13 30     3.769    3.402   61.0   14.7   292   30.6 
2025-11-19 00:00 UT   11 37 20.0   +00 07 46     3.758    3.405   61.8   14.8   292   30.6 
2025-11-20 00:00 UT   11 38 02.7   +00 02 05     3.747    3.407   62.6   14.9   292   30.6 
2025-11-21 00:00 UT   11 38 44.6   +00 03 33     3.735    3.410   63.4   15.0   292   30.6 
2025-11-22 00:00 UT   11 39 26.0   +00 09 07     3.724    3.413   64.3   15.1   292   30.6 
2025-11-23 00:00 UT   11 40 06.7   +00 14 37     3.712    3.415   65.1   15.2   292   30.6 
2025-11-24 00:00 UT   11 40 46.7   +00 20 04     3.700    3.418   65.9   15.3   292   30.6 
2025-11-25 00:00 UT   11 41 26.0   +00 25 27     3.688    3.421   66.7   15.4   292   30.6 
2025-11-26 00:00 UT   11 42 04.6   +00 30 46     3.676    3.423   67.5   15.5   292   30.5 
2025-11-27 00:00 UT   11 42 42.6   +00 36 02     3.664    3.426   68.4   15.5   292   30.5 
2025-11-28 00:00 UT   11 43 19.8   +00 41 14     3.652    3.428   69.2   15.6   293   30.5 
2025-11-29 00:00 UT   11 43 56.3   +00 46 21     3.640    3.431   70.1   15.7   293   30.5 
2025-11-30 00:00 UT   11 44 32.1   +00 51 25     3.627    3.433   70.9   15.8   293   30.5 
2025-12-01 00:00 UT   11 45 07.1   +00 56 25     3.615    3.436   71.7   15.8   293   30.5 
2025-12-02 00:00 UT   11 45 41.4   -01 01 20     3.602    3.438   72.6   15.9   293   30.5 
2025-12-03 00:00 UT   11 46 15.0   -01 06 11     3.589    3.441   73.4   15.9   293   30.5 
2025-12-04 00:00 UT   11 46 47.8   -01 10 58     3.577    3.443   74.3   16.0   293   30.5 
2025-12-05 00:00 UT   11 47 19.8   -01 15 41     3.564    3.446   75.2   16.0   293   30.5 
2025-12-06 00:00 UT   11 47 51.0   -01 20 19     3.551    3.448   76.0   16.1   293   30.5 
2025-12-07 00:00 UT   11 48 21.4   -01 24 53     3.538    3.451   76.9   16.1   293   30.5 
2025-12-08 00:00 UT   11 48 51.0   -01 29 23     3.525    3.453   77.8   16.2   293   30.5 
2025-12-09 00:00 UT   11 49 19.8   -01 33 47     3.512    3.455   78.6   16.2   293   30.5 
2025-12-10 00:00 UT   11 49 47.8   -01 38 07     3.499    3.458   79.5   16.3   293   30.5 
2025-12-11 00:00 UT   11 50 14.9   -01 42 22     3.485    3.460   80.4   16.3   293   30.5 
2025-12-12 00:00 UT   11 50 41.1   -01 46 33     3.472    3.462   81.3   16.3   293   30.5 
2025-12-13 00:00 UT   11 51 06.5   -01 50 38     3.459    3.465   82.2   16.4   293   30.5 
2025-12-14 00:00 UT   11 51 31.0   -01 54 38     3.445    3.467   83.1   16.4   293   30.5 
2025-12-15 00:00 UT   11 51 54.5   -01 58 33     3.432    3.469   84.0   16.4   293   30.5 
2025-12-16 00:00 UT   11 52 17.2   -02 02 23     3.418    3.472   84.9   16.4   293   30.5 
2025-12-17 00:00 UT   11 52 39.0   -02 06 08     3.405    3.474   85.8   16.4   293   30.4 

    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.