2019 UR2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	20 Jul 2026	27.2	3.410 AU	2.431 AU	20h29m	-04°12'	161.5°	5.4°

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 2019 UR2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6501989
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.4406970
            i (Inclination)                 : 10.45117
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 228.76890
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 231.13712
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 199.57414
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 279.43690
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -8.11990
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.81            
        

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
2026-07-20 00:00 UT   20 29 47.1   -04 12 45     2.431    3.410  161.5    5.4   206   27.2 
2026-07-20 01:51 UT   20 29 42.5   -04 12 54     2.430    3.409  161.6    5.4   205   27.2 
2026-07-21 00:00 UT   20 28 48.0   -04 14 42     2.424    3.406  162.2    5.2   203   27.1 
2026-07-22 00:00 UT   20 27 48.5   -04 16 46     2.417    3.402  162.9    5.0   199   27.1 
2026-07-23 00:00 UT   20 26 48.5   -04 18 57     2.411    3.397  163.5    4.9   196   27.1 
2026-07-24 00:00 UT   20 25 48.0   -04 21 14     2.405    3.393  164.0    4.7   192   27.1 
2026-07-25 00:00 UT   20 24 47.2   -04 23 39     2.400    3.389  164.5    4.6   188   27.1 
2026-07-26 00:00 UT   20 23 46.1   -04 26 10     2.394    3.385  164.8    4.5   184   27.1 
2026-07-27 00:00 UT   20 22 44.6   -04 28 48     2.389    3.381  165.1    4.4   179   27.1 
2026-07-28 00:00 UT   20 21 42.9   -04 31 32     2.385    3.377  165.3    4.4   174   27.0 
2026-07-29 00:00 UT   20 20 41.0   -04 34 22     2.380    3.373  165.4    4.3   170   27.0 
2026-07-30 00:00 UT   20 19 39.0   -04 37 19     2.376    3.368  165.4    4.3   165   27.0 
2026-07-31 00:00 UT   20 18 36.8   -04 40 22     2.372    3.364  165.4    4.4   160   27.0 
2026-08-01 00:00 UT   20 17 34.6   -04 43 31     2.369    3.360  165.2    4.4   155   27.0 
2026-08-02 00:00 UT   20 16 32.3   -04 46 45     2.366    3.356  164.9    4.5   151   27.0 
2026-08-03 00:00 UT   20 15 30.1   -04 50 06     2.363    3.351  164.5    4.6   146   27.0 
2026-08-04 00:00 UT   20 14 28.0   -04 53 32     2.360    3.347  164.0    4.8   142   27.0 
2026-08-05 00:00 UT   20 13 26.0   -04 57 03     2.358    3.343  163.5    4.9   138   27.0 
2026-08-06 00:00 UT   20 12 24.1   -05 00 40     2.356    3.339  162.9    5.1   135   27.0 
2026-08-07 00:00 UT   20 11 22.5   -05 04 21     2.354    3.334  162.3    5.3   131   27.0 
2026-08-08 00:00 UT   20 10 21.2   -05 08 08     2.353    3.330  161.5    5.5   128   27.0 
2026-08-09 00:00 UT   20 09 20.1   -05 11 59     2.351    3.326  160.8    5.8   125   27.1 
2026-08-10 00:00 UT   20 08 19.5   -05 15 56     2.351    3.321  160.0    6.0   123   27.1 
2026-08-11 00:00 UT   20 07 19.2   -05 19 56     2.350    3.317  159.1    6.3   120   27.1 
2026-08-12 00:00 UT   20 06 19.5   -05 24 01     2.350    3.312  158.2    6.5   118   27.1 
2026-08-13 00:00 UT   20 05 20.2   -05 28 09     2.350    3.308  157.3    6.8   116   27.1 
2026-08-14 00:00 UT   20 04 21.6   -05 32 22     2.350    3.304  156.4    7.1   114   27.1 
2026-08-15 00:00 UT   20 03 23.5   -05 36 37     2.351    3.299  155.5    7.3   112   27.1 
2026-08-16 00:00 UT   20 02 26.1   -05 40 57     2.352    3.295  154.5    7.6   111   27.1 
2026-08-17 00:00 UT   20 01 29.4   -05 45 19     2.353    3.290  153.5    7.9   109   27.1 
2026-08-18 00:00 UT   20 00 33.5   -05 49 45     2.354    3.286  152.5    8.2   108   27.1 
2026-08-19 00:00 UT   19 59 38.4   -05 54 13     2.356    3.281  151.5    8.5   106   27.2 

    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.