2010 LK34
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	25 Mar 2026	26.1	2.994 AU	2.002 AU	12h38m	+03°02'	172.4°	2.5°

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 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
2026-03-25 00:00 UT   12 38 46.2   +03 02 42     2.002    2.994  172.4    2.5   233   26.1 
2026-03-25 05:49 UT   12 38 26.9   +03 04 53     2.003    2.995  172.6    2.5   230   26.1 
2026-03-26 00:00 UT   12 37 26.6   +03 11 39     2.005    2.997  173.0    2.3   223   26.1 
2026-03-27 00:00 UT   12 36 07.0   +03 20 31     2.008    3.001  173.3    2.2   212   26.1 
2026-03-28 00:00 UT   12 34 47.6   +03 29 18     2.012    3.005  173.3    2.2   200   26.1 
2026-03-29 00:00 UT   12 33 28.4   +03 37 59     2.015    3.009  173.1    2.3   189   26.1 
2026-03-30 00:00 UT   12 32 09.4   +03 46 34     2.019    3.013  172.7    2.4   179   26.1 
2026-03-31 00:00 UT   12 30 50.7   +03 55 03     2.024    3.016  172.0    2.6   170   26.1 
2026-04-01 00:00 UT   12 29 32.4   +04 03 25     2.029    3.020  171.2    2.9   162   26.1 
2026-04-02 00:00 UT   12 28 14.6   +04 11 40     2.034    3.024  170.3    3.2   156   26.2 
2026-04-03 00:00 UT   12 26 57.3   +04 19 48     2.039    3.027  169.3    3.5   151   26.2 
2026-04-04 00:00 UT   12 25 40.5   +04 27 47     2.045    3.031  168.2    3.9   147   26.2 
2026-04-05 00:00 UT   12 24 24.4   +04 35 39     2.051    3.034  167.1    4.2   144   26.3 
2026-04-06 00:00 UT   12 23 08.9   +04 43 22     2.058    3.038  166.0    4.6   141   26.3 
2026-04-07 00:00 UT   12 21 54.2   +04 50 56     2.064    3.042  164.8    5.0   139   26.3 
2026-04-08 00:00 UT   12 20 40.3   +04 58 22     2.071    3.045  163.6    5.3   137   26.3 
2026-04-09 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 

    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.