2024 YQ8
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	7 Apr 2026	28.7	3.524 AU	4.219 AU	22h33m	-11°05'	40.9°	10.7°

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 YQ8 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6327200
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.6650998
            i (Inclination)                 : 6.98005
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 344.19284
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 191.17351
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 58.41414
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 355.28560
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -1.34938
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.35            
        

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
2026-04-07 00:00 UT   22 33 49.3   -11 05 37     4.219    3.524   40.9   10.7   246   28.7 
2026-04-07 23:10 UT   22 34 43.4   -11 00 01     4.214    3.529   41.6   10.9   246   28.7 
2026-04-08 00:00 UT   22 34 45.4   -10 59 49     4.214    3.529   41.6   10.9   246   28.7 
2026-04-09 00:00 UT   22 35 41.0   -10 54 04     4.208    3.533   42.4   11.0   246   28.7 
2026-04-10 00:00 UT   22 36 36.2   -10 48 20     4.202    3.537   43.1   11.2   246   28.7 
2026-04-11 00:00 UT   22 37 30.9   -10 42 39     4.196    3.542   43.8   11.3   246   28.7 
2026-04-12 00:00 UT   22 38 25.1   -10 37 01     4.189    3.546   44.6   11.4   246   28.7 
2026-04-13 00:00 UT   22 39 18.8   -10 31 24     4.183    3.550   45.3   11.6   246   28.7 
2026-04-14 00:00 UT   22 40 12.0   -10 25 51     4.176    3.555   46.1   11.7   246   28.7 
2026-04-15 00:00 UT   22 41 04.8   -10 20 19     4.169    3.559   46.8   11.9   246   28.7 
2026-04-16 00:00 UT   22 41 57.0   -10 14 51     4.162    3.563   47.6   12.0   246   28.7 
2026-04-17 00:00 UT   22 42 48.8   -10 09 24     4.155    3.567   48.3   12.1   246   28.7 
2026-04-18 00:00 UT   22 43 40.0   -10 04 01     4.148    3.571   49.1   12.3   246   28.7 
2026-04-19 00:00 UT   22 44 30.7   -09 58 40     4.140    3.576   49.8   12.4   246   28.7 
2026-04-20 00:00 UT   22 45 20.9   -09 53 22     4.133    3.580   50.6   12.5   246   28.7 
2026-04-21 00:00 UT   22 46 10.5   -09 48 07     4.125    3.584   51.3   12.6   246   28.7 
2026-04-22 00:00 UT   22 46 59.7   -09 42 55     4.117    3.588   52.1   12.8   246   28.7 
2026-04-23 00:00 UT   22 47 48.2   -09 37 46     4.109    3.592   52.8   12.9   246   28.7 
2026-04-24 00:00 UT   22 48 36.2   -09 32 40     4.101    3.596   53.6   13.0   246   28.7 
2026-04-25 00:00 UT   22 49 23.7   -09 27 37     4.093    3.600   54.3   13.1   246   28.7 
2026-04-26 00:00 UT   22 50 10.6   -09 22 36     4.084    3.605   55.1   13.2   246   28.7 
2026-04-27 00:00 UT   22 50 57.0   -09 17 39     4.076    3.609   55.9   13.3   246   28.7 
2026-04-28 00:00 UT   22 51 42.7   -09 12 46     4.067    3.613   56.6   13.5   246   28.7 
2026-04-29 00:00 UT   22 52 27.9   -09 07 55     4.058    3.617   57.4   13.6   246   28.7 
2026-04-30 00:00 UT   22 53 12.6   -09 03 08     4.049    3.621   58.2   13.7   246   28.7 
2026-05-01 00:00 UT   22 53 56.6   -08 58 23     4.040    3.625   58.9   13.8   246   28.7 
2026-05-02 00:00 UT   22 54 40.1   -08 53 43     4.031    3.629   59.7   13.9   247   28.7 
2026-05-03 00:00 UT   22 55 22.9   -08 49 05     4.022    3.633   60.5   14.0   247   28.7 
2026-05-04 00:00 UT   22 56 05.2   -08 44 31     4.012    3.637   61.3   14.1   247   28.7 
2026-05-05 00:00 UT   22 56 46.8   -08 40 01     4.003    3.641   62.1   14.2   247   28.7 
2026-05-06 00:00 UT   22 57 27.9   -08 35 34     3.993    3.645   62.8   14.3   247   28.7 
2026-05-07 00:00 UT   22 58 08.3   -08 31 11     3.983    3.649   63.6   14.3   247   28.7 

    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.