2010 LK34
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	8 Apr 2026	26.3	3.045 AU	2.071 AU	12h20m	+04°58'	163.6°	5.3°

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 2010 LK34 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.8072543
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.8286926
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.31991
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 130.05725
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 249.31491
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 64.27004
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 199.29029
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -4.97607
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.47            
        

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
2026-04-08 00:00 UT   12 20 40.3   +04 58 22     2.071    3.045  163.6    5.3   137   26.3 
2026-04-08 16:08 UT   12 19 51.1   +05 03 16     2.076    3.047  162.8    5.6   135   26.4 
2026-04-09 00:00 UT   12 19 27.2   +05 05 37     2.079    3.048  162.4    5.7   135   26.4 
2026-04-10 00:00 UT   12 18 15.0   +05 12 44     2.087    3.052  161.2    6.1   133   26.4 
2026-04-11 00:00 UT   12 17 03.8   +05 19 40     2.095    3.055  160.0    6.5   132   26.4 
2026-04-12 00:00 UT   12 15 53.6   +05 26 27     2.103    3.059  158.7    6.8   131   26.5 
2026-04-13 00:00 UT   12 14 44.4   +05 33 03     2.112    3.062  157.5    7.2   130   26.5 
2026-04-14 00:00 UT   12 13 36.3   +05 39 28     2.121    3.066  156.3    7.6   129   26.5 
2026-04-15 00:00 UT   12 12 29.3   +05 45 43     2.130    3.069  155.1    7.9   128   26.5 
2026-04-16 00:00 UT   12 11 23.5   +05 51 47     2.139    3.072  153.8    8.3   127   26.6 
2026-04-17 00:00 UT   12 10 18.9   +05 57 40     2.149    3.075  152.6    8.6   126   26.6 
2026-04-18 00:00 UT   12 09 15.6   +06 03 22     2.159    3.079  151.4    9.0   126   26.6 
2026-04-19 00:00 UT   12 08 13.6   +06 08 52     2.170    3.082  150.2    9.3   125   26.7 
2026-04-20 00:00 UT   12 07 12.8   +06 14 12     2.180    3.085  149.0    9.7   124   26.7 
2026-04-21 00:00 UT   12 06 13.4   +06 19 19     2.191    3.088  147.8   10.0   124   26.7 
2026-04-22 00:00 UT   12 05 15.4   +06 24 16     2.203    3.091  146.6   10.3   123   26.7 
2026-04-23 00:00 UT   12 04 18.8   +06 29 01     2.214    3.095  145.4   10.6   123   26.8 
2026-04-24 00:00 UT   12 03 23.6   +06 33 34     2.226    3.098  144.2   10.9   122   26.8 
2026-04-25 00:00 UT   12 02 29.9   +06 37 56     2.238    3.101  143.0   11.3   122   26.8 
2026-04-26 00:00 UT   12 01 37.6   +06 42 06     2.250    3.104  141.8   11.6   122   26.8 
2026-04-27 00:00 UT   12 00 46.8   +06 46 05     2.262    3.107  140.7   11.8   121   26.9 
2026-04-28 00:00 UT   11 59 57.4   +06 49 53     2.275    3.110  139.5   12.1   121   26.9 
2026-04-29 00:00 UT   11 59 09.6   +06 53 29     2.288    3.113  138.3   12.4   121   26.9 
2026-04-30 00:00 UT   11 58 23.2   +06 56 54     2.301    3.116  137.2   12.7   120   26.9 
2026-05-01 00:00 UT   11 57 38.4   +07 00 08     2.314    3.119  136.0   13.0   120   27.0 
2026-05-02 00:00 UT   11 56 55.0   +07 03 11     2.328    3.122  134.9   13.2   120   27.0 
2026-05-03 00:00 UT   11 56 13.2   +07 06 03     2.341    3.125  133.8   13.5   119   27.0 
2026-05-04 00:00 UT   11 55 32.9   +07 08 43     2.355    3.127  132.6   13.7   119   27.0 
2026-05-05 00:00 UT   11 54 54.1   +07 11 13     2.369    3.130  131.5   14.0   119   27.1 
2026-05-06 00:00 UT   11 54 16.8   +07 13 33     2.384    3.133  130.4   14.2   119   27.1 
2026-05-07 00:00 UT   11 53 41.1   +07 15 41     2.398    3.136  129.3   14.4   119   27.1 
2026-05-08 00:00 UT   11 53 06.8   +07 17 39     2.413    3.139  128.2   14.6   118   27.1 

    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.