2010 LK34
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	9 Nov 2026	28.0	3.261 AU	4.192 AU	13h53m	-07°24'	17.6°	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)                : 0.8072522
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.8285510
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.31996
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 130.05782
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 249.30947
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 144.00734
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 199.28540
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -4.97594
            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
2026-11-09 00:00 UT   13 53 36.7   -07 24 35     4.192    3.261   17.6    5.3   303   28.0 
2026-11-09 02:47 UT   13 53 44.3   -07 25 14     4.191    3.261   17.7    5.3   303   28.0 
2026-11-10 00:00 UT   13 54 41.8   -07 30 14     4.185    3.260   18.3    5.5   303   28.0 
2026-11-11 00:00 UT   13 55 46.8   -07 35 51     4.179    3.259   19.0    5.7   302   28.0 
2026-11-12 00:00 UT   13 56 51.7   -07 41 26     4.172    3.257   19.7    5.9   302   28.0 
2026-11-13 00:00 UT   13 57 56.7   -07 46 59     4.165    3.256   20.5    6.1   301   28.0 
2026-11-14 00:00 UT   13 59 01.6   -07 52 29     4.157    3.254   21.2    6.3   301   28.1 
2026-11-15 00:00 UT   14 00 06.4   -07 57 58     4.150    3.253   21.9    6.5   300   28.1 
2026-11-16 00:00 UT   14 01 11.2   -08 03 24     4.142    3.251   22.6    6.7   300   28.1 
2026-11-17 00:00 UT   14 02 15.9   -08 08 48     4.134    3.250   23.3    6.9   299   28.1 
2026-11-18 00:00 UT   14 03 20.6   -08 14 10     4.126    3.248   24.0    7.1   299   28.1 
2026-11-19 00:00 UT   14 04 25.2   -08 19 29     4.118    3.247   24.7    7.3   299   28.1 
2026-11-20 00:00 UT   14 05 29.7   -08 24 47     4.109    3.245   25.5    7.5   298   28.1 
2026-11-21 00:00 UT   14 06 34.1   -08 30 01     4.101    3.243   26.2    7.7   298   28.1 
2026-11-22 00:00 UT   14 07 38.5   -08 35 14     4.092    3.242   26.9    7.9   298   28.1 
2026-11-23 00:00 UT   14 08 42.8   -08 40 24     4.082    3.240   27.6    8.1   298   28.1 
2026-11-24 00:00 UT   14 09 46.9   -08 45 31     4.073    3.238   28.3    8.3   297   28.1 
2026-11-25 00:00 UT   14 10 51.0   -08 50 37     4.064    3.236   29.1    8.5   297   28.1 
2026-11-26 00:00 UT   14 11 55.0   -08 55 39     4.054    3.235   29.8    8.7   297   28.1 
2026-11-27 00:00 UT   14 12 58.9   -09 00 39     4.044    3.233   30.5    8.9   296   28.1 
2026-11-28 00:00 UT   14 14 02.6   -09 05 37     4.034    3.231   31.3    9.1   296   28.1 
2026-11-29 00:00 UT   14 15 06.3   -09 10 31     4.024    3.229   32.0    9.3   296   28.1 
2026-11-30 00:00 UT   14 16 09.8   -09 15 24     4.013    3.227   32.7    9.5   296   28.1 
2026-12-01 00:00 UT   14 17 13.2   -09 20 13     4.002    3.226   33.5    9.7   296   28.1 
2026-12-02 00:00 UT   14 18 16.4   -09 24 60     3.991    3.224   34.2    9.9   295   28.1 
2026-12-03 00:00 UT   14 19 19.6   -09 29 44     3.980    3.222   34.9   10.1   295   28.1 
2026-12-04 00:00 UT   14 20 22.5   -09 34 25     3.969    3.220   35.7   10.3   295   28.1 
2026-12-05 00:00 UT   14 21 25.3   -09 39 03     3.958    3.218   36.4   10.5   295   28.1 
2026-12-06 00:00 UT   14 22 28.0   -09 43 38     3.946    3.216   37.2   10.7   294   28.1 
2026-12-07 00:00 UT   14 23 30.4   -09 48 11     3.934    3.214   37.9   10.9   294   28.1 
2026-12-08 00:00 UT   14 24 32.7   -09 52 40     3.922    3.212   38.6   11.0   294   28.1 
2026-12-09 00:00 UT   14 25 34.8   -09 57 06     3.910    3.210   39.4   11.2   294   28.1 

    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.