2025 FU5
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	25 Oct 2026	28.6	3.768 AU	2.807 AU	03h05m	+17°05'	162.6°	4.5°

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 2025 FU5 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5879860
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.5382284
            i (Inclination)                 : 0.38059
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 79.86905
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 162.25256
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 92.73315
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 62.12198
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 0.11601
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.04            
        

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
2026-10-25 00:00 UT   03 05 10.6   +17 05 32     2.807    3.768  162.6    4.5   255   28.6 
2026-10-25 07:42 UT   03 04 53.4   +17 04 22     2.806    3.768  162.9    4.4   255   28.6 
2026-10-26 00:00 UT   03 04 16.7   +17 01 51     2.805    3.770  163.8    4.2   255   28.6 
2026-10-27 00:00 UT   03 03 22.3   +16 58 08     2.804    3.773  165.0    3.9   255   28.6 
2026-10-28 00:00 UT   03 02 27.5   +16 54 22     2.802    3.775  166.2    3.6   255   28.6 
2026-10-29 00:00 UT   03 01 32.3   +16 50 34     2.801    3.777  167.4    3.3   255   28.6 
2026-10-30 00:00 UT   03 00 36.9   +16 46 43     2.801    3.780  168.7    3.0   255   28.6 
2026-10-31 00:00 UT   02 59 41.2   +16 42 50     2.800    3.782  169.9    2.6   255   28.5 
2026-11-01 00:00 UT   02 58 45.2   +16 38 55     2.800    3.784  171.1    2.3   255   28.5 
2026-11-02 00:00 UT   02 57 49.0   +16 34 59     2.801    3.787  172.4    2.0   256   28.5 
2026-11-03 00:00 UT   02 56 52.7   +16 31 01     2.801    3.789  173.6    1.7   256   28.5 
2026-11-04 00:00 UT   02 55 56.3   +16 27 01     2.802    3.791  174.8    1.3   257   28.4 
2026-11-05 00:00 UT   02 54 59.9   +16 23 00     2.804    3.794  176.1    1.0   257   28.4 
2026-11-06 00:00 UT   02 54 03.4   +16 18 58     2.805    3.796  177.3    0.7   259   28.4 
2026-11-07 00:00 UT   02 53 07.0   +16 14 55     2.807    3.798  178.5    0.4   264   28.4 
2026-11-08 00:00 UT   02 52 10.6   +16 10 52     2.810    3.800  179.6    0.1   308   28.3 
2026-11-09 00:00 UT   02 51 14.4   +16 06 48     2.812    3.803  178.9    0.3    58   28.3 
2026-11-10 00:00 UT   02 50 18.3   +16 02 44     2.815    3.805  177.7    0.6    66   28.4 
2026-11-11 00:00 UT   02 49 22.5   +15 58 40     2.818    3.807  176.5    0.9    68   28.4 
2026-11-12 00:00 UT   02 48 26.9   +15 54 36     2.822    3.809  175.2    1.2    69   28.5 
2026-11-13 00:00 UT   02 47 31.7   +15 50 33     2.826    3.812  174.0    1.6    70   28.5 
2026-11-14 00:00 UT   02 46 36.7   +15 46 30     2.830    3.814  172.8    1.9    71   28.5 
2026-11-15 00:00 UT   02 45 42.2   +15 42 28     2.835    3.816  171.5    2.2    71   28.6 
2026-11-16 00:00 UT   02 44 48.1   +15 38 28     2.840    3.818  170.3    2.5    71   28.6 
2026-11-17 00:00 UT   02 43 54.5   +15 34 28     2.845    3.820  169.1    2.8    71   28.6 
2026-11-18 00:00 UT   02 43 01.4   +15 30 30     2.850    3.823  167.8    3.1    71   28.6 
2026-11-19 00:00 UT   02 42 08.8   +15 26 33     2.856    3.825  166.6    3.4    71   28.7 
2026-11-20 00:00 UT   02 41 16.9   +15 22 39     2.862    3.827  165.4    3.7    71   28.7 
2026-11-21 00:00 UT   02 40 25.5   +15 18 46     2.869    3.829  164.2    4.0    71   28.7 
2026-11-22 00:00 UT   02 39 34.8   +15 14 56     2.876    3.831  162.9    4.3    71   28.7 
2026-11-23 00:00 UT   02 38 44.8   +15 11 08     2.883    3.833  161.7    4.6    71   28.7 
2026-11-24 00:00 UT   02 37 55.5   +15 07 23     2.890    3.835  160.5    4.9    71   28.8 

    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.