2020 FF
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	25 Sep 2026	30.8	2.031 AU	1.718 AU	05h54m	+26°06'	92.8°	29.6°

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 2020 FF are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4166863
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.7700750
            i (Inclination)                 : 2.55488
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 356.61971
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 194.78362
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 226.45346
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 11.38928
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -0.65173
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.35            
        

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
2026-09-25 00:00 UT   05 54 42.9   +26 06 58     1.718    2.031   92.8   29.6   269   30.8 
2026-09-25 04:11 UT   05 54 58.4   +26 07 16     1.715    2.030   92.9   29.6   269   30.8 
2026-09-26 00:00 UT   05 56 11.4   +26 08 42     1.702    2.026   93.4   29.6   269   30.8 
2026-09-27 00:00 UT   05 57 39.3   +26 10 24     1.686    2.022   94.1   29.6   270   30.8 
2026-09-28 00:00 UT   05 59 06.6   +26 12 04     1.670    2.017   94.7   29.7   270   30.7 
2026-09-29 00:00 UT   06 00 33.1   +26 13 43     1.655    2.013   95.4   29.7   270   30.7 
2026-09-30 00:00 UT   06 01 59.0   +26 15 21     1.639    2.008   96.0   29.7   270   30.7 
2026-10-01 00:00 UT   06 03 24.2   +26 16 57     1.623    2.004   96.7   29.8   270   30.7 
2026-10-02 00:00 UT   06 04 48.7   +26 18 31     1.607    1.999   97.4   29.8   270   30.6 
2026-10-03 00:00 UT   06 06 12.4   +26 20 05     1.591    1.995   98.0   29.8   270   30.6 
2026-10-04 00:00 UT   06 07 35.3   +26 21 37     1.576    1.990   98.7   29.8   270   30.6 
2026-10-05 00:00 UT   06 08 57.4   +26 23 09     1.560    1.986   99.4   29.8   270   30.5 
2026-10-06 00:00 UT   06 10 18.7   +26 24 40     1.544    1.981  100.1   29.8   270   30.5 
2026-10-07 00:00 UT   06 11 39.1   +26 26 10     1.529    1.976  100.7   29.8   271   30.5 
2026-10-08 00:00 UT   06 12 58.7   +26 27 39     1.513    1.972  101.4   29.8   271   30.5 
2026-10-09 00:00 UT   06 14 17.3   +26 29 08     1.498    1.967  102.1   29.8   271   30.4 
2026-10-10 00:00 UT   06 15 35.0   +26 30 37     1.482    1.962  102.8   29.8   271   30.4 
2026-10-11 00:00 UT   06 16 51.7   +26 32 05     1.467    1.958  103.5   29.7   271   30.4 
2026-10-12 00:00 UT   06 18 07.4   +26 33 33     1.451    1.953  104.2   29.7   271   30.4 
2026-10-13 00:00 UT   06 19 22.0   +26 35 02     1.436    1.948  104.9   29.7   271   30.3 
2026-10-14 00:00 UT   06 20 35.7   +26 36 30     1.420    1.944  105.7   29.6   271   30.3 
2026-10-15 00:00 UT   06 21 48.2   +26 37 59     1.405    1.939  106.4   29.6   271   30.3 
2026-10-16 00:00 UT   06 22 59.7   +26 39 29     1.390    1.934  107.1   29.5   271   30.2 
2026-10-17 00:00 UT   06 24 10.0   +26 40 58     1.374    1.929  107.8   29.5   271   30.2 
2026-10-18 00:00 UT   06 25 19.1   +26 42 29     1.359    1.924  108.6   29.4   271   30.2 
2026-10-19 00:00 UT   06 26 27.1   +26 44 01     1.344    1.919  109.3   29.3   271   30.1 
2026-10-20 00:00 UT   06 27 33.8   +26 45 33     1.329    1.915  110.0   29.3   271   30.1 
2026-10-21 00:00 UT   06 28 39.3   +26 47 07     1.314    1.910  110.8   29.2   272   30.1 
2026-10-22 00:00 UT   06 29 43.5   +26 48 41     1.299    1.905  111.5   29.1   272   30.0 
2026-10-23 00:00 UT   06 30 46.4   +26 50 18     1.284    1.900  112.3   29.0   272   30.0 
2026-10-24 00:00 UT   06 31 47.9   +26 51 56     1.269    1.895  113.1   28.9   272   30.0 

    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.