Observation details: asteroid Flora
Daily motion of Flora
From your location, Flora is Visible from sunset until early morning. Its current altitude, direction, rise and set times, and finder chart are shown below.8 Flora will remain visible until January 6, when it moves too close to the Sun and temporarily disappears from the night sky.
Flora visibility on 2026-10-27
Flora Visible from sunset until early morning
Flora rise and set timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| Flora transit | 18:23 | 64° |
| Sunset | 18:49 | 63° |
| Civil sunset | 19:11 | 62° |
| Twilight start (−12°) | 19:36 | 59° |
Moonrise, 98.9% illuminated  | 19:51 | 57° |
| Astronomical observing session begins | 20:01 | 55° |
| Flora set | 00:20 | |
| Astronomical observing session ends | 05:35 | -64° |
| Moonset | 08:26 | -52° |
| Flora rise | 12:25 |
Track Flora position throughout the night
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Flora Description
This asteroid is designated 8 Flora, main-belt asteroid Its diameter is approximately 148 km. 8 Flora completes an orbit around the Sun in 3.3 years. It is currently 2.008 AU (300,371,581 km) from Earth, and is located in the constellation Sagittarius.Current position in the Solar System: Flora
| Date | Tue, 27 October 2026 |
| Distance from Earth | 2.00786 AU (300,371,581km) |
| Elongation | 79° |
| Angular diameter | " |
| Magnitude | 10.8 |
Finder Chart for Flora
Annual motion of Flora
| Date | Wed, 28 October 2026 |
| Twilight start | 19:59 |
| Twilight end | 05:32 |
| Twilight duration | 10h 33m |
| Rise | 12:25 |
| Set | 00:18 |
| Elevation at transit | 64° |
| Transit time | 18:21 |
| Equatorial coordinates | RA: 19h 44m 03s", Dec: -24° 24' 22s |
| Magnitude | 11 |
| Constellation | Sagittarius |
The graph summarizes the object’s annual visibility, daily observing windows and transit times.
The vertical axis shows time of day and the horizontal axis shows the days of the year.
The shaded area marks when the object is above the horizon; the white line marks daily transit. You can also view the detailed annual visibility table.
The vertical axis shows time of day and the horizontal axis shows the days of the year.
The shaded area marks when the object is above the horizon; the white line marks daily transit. You can also view the detailed annual visibility table.
Astrometric and Physical Parameters of 8 Flora
Coordinates and Visibility
| Right Ascension | 19h 42m 23s |
| Declination | -24° 27′ 34″ |
| Magnitude | 10.8 |
| Constellation | Sagittarius |
| Elevation | 40.3° |
| Azimuth | 235.8° |
Physical properties
| Body type | Asteroid |
| Mean radius | 67.7 |
| Mass | 2.6E+18 |
| Density | 1 |
Orbital parameters
| Sidereal orbital period | 1192.956 |
Data acknowledgment
Physical and orbital parameters come from the Solar System OpenData API maintained by Le Système Solaire. We thank its contributors for making these data available.
Acknowledgments
Orbital and small-body data are provided by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Small-Body Database (SBDB) and Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). These resources support accurate positions, orbits and physical characteristics.