2016 CK248
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	19 Oct 2026	28.7	1.894 AU	0.941 AU	03h01m	+22°10'	155.5°	12.6°

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 2016 CK248 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.3766280
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.3763886
            i (Inclination)                 : 2.43926
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 317.84687
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 256.59806
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 104.46553
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 34.43321
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -2.37280
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.61            
        

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
2026-10-19 00:00 UT   03 01 36.1   +22 10 45     0.941    1.894  155.5   12.6   243   28.7 
2026-10-19 13:46 UT   03 00 40.7   +22 08 03     0.939    1.894  156.3   12.2   243   28.7 
2026-10-20 00:00 UT   02 59 59.1   +22 05 59     0.937    1.893  156.9   11.9   242   28.7 
2026-10-21 00:00 UT   02 58 19.9   +22 00 55     0.932    1.893  158.2   11.3   241   28.7 
2026-10-22 00:00 UT   02 56 38.5   +21 55 34     0.928    1.893  159.6   10.6   240   28.6 
2026-10-23 00:00 UT   02 54 55.2   +21 49 57     0.924    1.892  160.9    9.9   239   28.6 
2026-10-24 00:00 UT   02 53 10.0   +21 44 03     0.920    1.892  162.3    9.2   237   28.6 
2026-10-25 00:00 UT   02 51 23.1   +21 37 53     0.917    1.892  163.6    8.5   236   28.5 
2026-10-26 00:00 UT   02 49 34.5   +21 31 27     0.913    1.891  165.0    7.8   234   28.5 
2026-10-27 00:00 UT   02 47 44.6   +21 24 44     0.910    1.891  166.3    7.1   232   28.4 
2026-10-28 00:00 UT   02 45 53.3   +21 17 46     0.907    1.890  167.6    6.5   229   28.4 
2026-10-29 00:00 UT   02 44 00.9   +21 10 33     0.905    1.890  168.9    5.8   226   28.4 
2026-10-30 00:00 UT   02 42 07.5   +21 03 05     0.903    1.889  170.2    5.1   221   28.3 
2026-10-31 00:00 UT   02 40 13.2   +20 55 22     0.901    1.888  171.4    4.5   216   28.3 
2026-11-01 00:00 UT   02 38 18.3   +20 47 25     0.899    1.888  172.5    3.9   209   28.2 
2026-11-02 00:00 UT   02 36 23.0   +20 39 16     0.898    1.887  173.5    3.4   200   28.2 
2026-11-03 00:00 UT   02 34 27.3   +20 30 53     0.897    1.886  174.3    3.0   188   28.2 
2026-11-04 00:00 UT   02 32 31.5   +20 22 19     0.896    1.886  174.8    2.7   173   28.2 
2026-11-05 00:00 UT   02 30 35.7   +20 13 33     0.895    1.885  174.9    2.7   157   28.2 
2026-11-06 00:00 UT   02 28 40.2   +20 04 38     0.895    1.884  174.5    2.9   141   28.2 
2026-11-07 00:00 UT   02 26 45.1   +19 55 33     0.895    1.883  173.8    3.2   128   28.2 

    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.