(88264) 2001 KN20
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	4 May 2026	19.0	1.793 AU	0.882 AU	13h31m	+16°36'	143.1°	19.7°

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 2001 KN20 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4533185
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.1468723
            i (Inclination)                 : 12.07960
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 104.92070
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 201.45020
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 264.10644
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 125.93782
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -4.38906
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.15            
        

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
2026-05-04 00:00 UT   13 31 36.6   +16 36 20     0.882    1.793  143.1   19.7   151   19.0 
2026-05-04 04:09 UT   13 31 23.2   +16 36 45     0.882    1.792  143.0   19.8   150   19.0 
2026-05-05 00:00 UT   13 30 19.4   +16 38 32     0.880    1.788  142.2   20.2   149   19.0 
2026-05-06 00:00 UT   13 29 03.2   +16 40 14     0.879    1.782  141.3   20.7   148   19.0 
2026-05-07 00:00 UT   13 27 48.0   +16 41 25     0.878    1.776  140.4   21.2   146   19.0 
2026-05-08 00:00 UT   13 26 33.9   +16 42 05     0.877    1.770  139.5   21.7   145   19.0 
2026-05-09 00:00 UT   13 25 21.1   +16 42 14     0.876    1.764  138.5   22.3   144   19.0 
2026-05-10 00:00 UT   13 24 09.6   +16 41 52     0.875    1.758  137.6   22.8   142   19.0 
2026-05-11 00:00 UT   13 22 59.6   +16 40 58     0.875    1.752  136.7   23.3   141   19.0 
2026-05-12 00:00 UT   13 21 51.2   +16 39 34     0.874    1.746  135.7   23.8   140   19.0 
2026-05-13 00:00 UT   13 20 44.4   +16 37 38     0.874    1.740  134.8   24.4   139   19.1 
2026-05-14 00:00 UT   13 19 39.4   +16 35 11     0.874    1.734  133.8   24.9   138   19.1 
2026-05-15 00:00 UT   13 18 36.3   +16 32 14     0.874    1.728  132.9   25.4   137   19.1 
2026-05-16 00:00 UT   13 17 35.1   +16 28 45     0.874    1.722  131.9   25.9   136   19.1 
2026-05-17 00:00 UT   13 16 35.9   +16 24 47     0.874    1.716  131.0   26.4   135   19.1 
2026-05-18 00:00 UT   13 15 38.8   +16 20 18     0.874    1.710  130.0   26.9   134   19.1 
2026-05-19 00:00 UT   13 14 43.9   +16 15 19     0.875    1.704  129.1   27.4   133   19.1 
2026-05-20 00:00 UT   13 13 51.2   +16 09 50     0.875    1.698  128.2   27.9   133   19.1 
2026-05-21 00:00 UT   13 13 00.9   +16 03 52     0.876    1.692  127.2   28.4   132   19.1 
2026-05-22 00:00 UT   13 12 12.8   +15 57 26     0.877    1.686  126.3   28.9   131   19.1 
2026-05-23 00:00 UT   13 11 27.2   +15 50 32     0.877    1.680  125.4   29.4   130   19.1 
2026-05-24 00:00 UT   13 10 44.1   +15 43 09     0.878    1.674  124.5   29.9   130   19.1 
2026-05-25 00:00 UT   13 10 03.4   +15 35 20     0.879    1.668  123.6   30.4   129   19.2 
2026-05-26 00:00 UT   13 09 25.2   +15 27 04     0.880    1.662  122.7   30.9   128   19.2 
2026-05-27 00:00 UT   13 08 49.6   +15 18 21     0.882    1.656  121.8   31.3   128   19.2 
2026-05-28 00:00 UT   13 08 16.5   +15 09 13     0.883    1.650  120.9   31.8   127   19.2 
2026-05-29 00:00 UT   13 07 46.0   +14 59 40     0.884    1.644  120.0   32.3   126   19.2 
2026-05-30 00:00 UT   13 07 18.2   +14 49 42     0.885    1.639  119.1   32.7   126   19.2 
2026-05-31 00:00 UT   13 06 52.9   +14 39 19     0.887    1.633  118.3   33.2   125   19.2 
2026-06-01 00:00 UT   13 06 30.3   +14 28 33     0.888    1.627  117.4   33.6   125   19.2 
2026-06-02 00:00 UT   13 06 10.3   +14 17 24     0.890    1.621  116.6   34.0   124   19.2 
2026-06-03 00:00 UT   13 05 52.9   +14 05 51     0.891    1.615  115.7   34.5   124   19.2 

    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.