2010 LK34
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	21 Feb 2026	26.6	2.857 AU	2.082 AU	13h15m	-01°36'	133.7°	14.5°

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
2026-02-21 00:00 UT   13 15 15.3   -01 36 54     2.082    2.857  133.7   14.5   287   26.6 
2026-02-21 13:58 UT   13 14 46.9   -01 32 38     2.078    2.859  134.4   14.3   286   26.6 
2026-02-22 00:00 UT   13 14 26.1   -01 29 32     2.075    2.861  135.0   14.2   286   26.6 
2026-02-23 00:00 UT   13 13 35.2   -01 22 00     2.069    2.866  136.2   13.8   286   26.6 
2026-02-24 00:00 UT   13 12 42.7   -01 14 20     2.063    2.871  137.4   13.5   286   26.6 
2026-02-25 00:00 UT   13 11 48.7   -01 06 32     2.057    2.875  138.7   13.1   285   26.5 
2026-02-26 00:00 UT   13 10 53.2   +00 58 37     2.051    2.880  139.9   12.8   285   26.5 
2026-02-27 00:00 UT   13 09 56.1   +00 50 34     2.045    2.884  141.2   12.4   285   26.5 
2026-02-28 00:00 UT   13 08 57.6   +00 42 23     2.040    2.889  142.4   12.1   284   26.5 
2026-03-01 00:00 UT   13 07 57.6   +00 34 06     2.035    2.893  143.7   11.7   284   26.5 
2026-03-02 00:00 UT   13 06 56.2   +00 25 42     2.030    2.898  145.0   11.3   284   26.5 
2026-03-03 00:00 UT   13 05 53.5   +00 17 11     2.025    2.902  146.3   10.9   283   26.4 
2026-03-04 00:00 UT   13 04 49.4   +00 08 35     2.021    2.907  147.5   10.6   283   26.4 
2026-03-05 00:00 UT   13 03 44.0   +00 00 07     2.017    2.911  148.8   10.2   282   26.4 
2026-03-06 00:00 UT   13 02 37.4   +00 08 54     2.014    2.916  150.1    9.8   282   26.4 
2026-03-07 00:00 UT   13 01 29.6   +00 17 46     2.010    2.920  151.4    9.4   281   26.4 
2026-03-08 00:00 UT   13 00 20.6   +00 26 43     2.007    2.924  152.6    9.0   280   26.4 
2026-03-09 00:00 UT   12 59 10.6   +00 35 43     2.004    2.929  153.9    8.6   280   26.3 
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   12 57 59.4   +00 44 47     2.002    2.933  155.2    8.2   279   26.3 
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   12 56 47.3   +00 53 55     1.999    2.937  156.5    7.8   278   26.3 
2026-03-12 00:00 UT   12 55 34.2   +01 03 05     1.997    2.941  157.8    7.3   277   26.3 
2026-03-13 00:00 UT   12 54 20.2   +01 12 17     1.996    2.945  159.0    6.9   276   26.3 
2026-03-14 00:00 UT   12 53 05.4   +01 21 31     1.995    2.950  160.3    6.5   274   26.3 
2026-03-15 00:00 UT   12 51 49.8   +01 30 47     1.994    2.954  161.6    6.1   273   26.2 
2026-03-16 00:00 UT   12 50 33.5   +01 40 03     1.993    2.958  162.8    5.7   271   26.2 
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   12 49 16.6   +01 49 19     1.993    2.962  164.1    5.3   269   26.2 
2026-03-18 00:00 UT   12 47 59.1   +01 58 36     1.993    2.966  165.3    4.9   267   26.2 
2026-03-19 00:00 UT   12 46 41.1   +02 07 52     1.993    2.970  166.5    4.5   264   26.2 
2026-03-20 00:00 UT   12 45 22.6   +02 17 06     1.994    2.974  167.6    4.1   261   26.1 

    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.