2024 OM1
ephemeris date magn radius delta ra dec elong phase
Today10 Mar 202629.33.615 AU2.624 AU11h20m-00°37'175.0°1.4°
2024 OM1 - 2026-03-10
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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 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
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   11 20 14.2   +00 37 43     2.624    3.615  175.0    1.4   359   29.3 
2026-03-10 19:51 UT   11 19 27.2   +00 33 17     2.625    3.616  175.4    1.3    10   29.3 
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   11 19 17.4   +00 32 21     2.625    3.616  175.4    1.3    13   29.3 
2026-03-12 00:00 UT   11 18 20.7   +00 26 58     2.626    3.617  175.4    1.3    29   29.3 
2026-03-13 00:00 UT   11 17 24.0   +00 21 34     2.627    3.618  175.1    1.3    44   29.3 
2026-03-14 00:00 UT   11 16 27.5   +00 16 08     2.628    3.619  174.6    1.5    56   29.3 
2026-03-15 00:00 UT   11 15 31.1   +00 10 41     2.630    3.620  173.8    1.7    66   29.3 
2026-03-16 00:00 UT   11 14 35.0   +00 05 14     2.632    3.621  172.9    1.9    73   29.3 
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   11 13 39.2   +00 00 14     2.635    3.622  171.9    2.2    79   29.4 
2026-03-18 00:00 UT   11 12 43.7   +00 05 41     2.637    3.623  170.8    2.5    83   29.4 
2026-03-19 00:00 UT   11 11 48.5   +00 11 08     2.640    3.624  169.7    2.8    87   29.4 
2026-03-20 00:00 UT   11 10 53.8   +00 16 35     2.644    3.625  168.6    3.1    89   29.4 
2026-03-21 00:00 UT   11 09 59.5   +00 22 01     2.648    3.626  167.5    3.4    92   29.4 
2026-03-22 00:00 UT   11 09 05.7   +00 27 26     2.652    3.627  166.3    3.7    94   29.5 
2026-03-23 00:00 UT   11 08 12.4   +00 32 49     2.656    3.628  165.2    4.0    95   29.5 
2026-03-24 00:00 UT   11 07 19.7   +00 38 11     2.661    3.629  164.0    4.3    97   29.5 
2026-03-25 00:00 UT   11 06 27.6   +00 43 30     2.666    3.630  162.8    4.7    98   29.5 
2026-03-26 00:00 UT   11 05 36.1   +00 48 47     2.671    3.631  161.6    5.0    99   29.6 
2026-03-27 00:00 UT   11 04 45.4   +00 54 02     2.677    3.632  160.4    5.3   100   29.6 
2026-03-28 00:00 UT   11 03 55.3   +00 59 15     2.682    3.633  159.3    5.6   100   29.6 
2026-03-29 00:00 UT   11 03 06.0   +01 04 24     2.689    3.634  158.1    5.9   101   29.6 
2026-03-30 00:00 UT   11 02 17.5   +01 09 30     2.695    3.635  156.9    6.2   102   29.6 
2026-03-31 00:00 UT   11 01 29.7   +01 14 33     2.702    3.636  155.7    6.5   102   29.7 
2026-04-01 00:00 UT   11 00 42.8   +01 19 32     2.709    3.636  154.5    6.8   103   29.7 
2026-04-02 00:00 UT   10 59 56.8   +01 24 27     2.716    3.637  153.4    7.1   103   29.7 
2026-04-03 00:00 UT   10 59 11.7   +01 29 19     2.724    3.638  152.2    7.4   104   29.7 
2026-04-04 00:00 UT   10 58 27.4   +01 34 06     2.732    3.639  151.0    7.7   104   29.7 
2026-04-05 00:00 UT   10 57 44.1   +01 38 49     2.740    3.640  149.8    7.9   105   29.8 
2026-04-06 00:00 UT   10 57 01.8   +01 43 28     2.748    3.640  148.7    8.2   105   29.8 
2026-04-07 00:00 UT   10 56 20.4   +01 48 02     2.757    3.641  147.5    8.5   105   29.8 
2026-04-08 00:00 UT   10 55 40.0   +01 52 31     2.766    3.642  146.4    8.8   106   29.8 
2026-04-09 00:00 UT   10 55 00.7   +01 56 55     2.775    3.643  145.2    9.0   106   29.8 


    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.