2020 FW2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	21 Oct 2026	29.3	3.654 AU	2.661 AU	01h51m	+06°32'	175.4°	1.3°

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 FW2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5996373
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.4875213
            i (Inclination)                 : 6.65290
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 178.05121
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 10.14825
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 206.30306
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 188.13253
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 1.16966
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.92            
        

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
2026-10-21 00:00 UT   01 51 01.7   +06 32 29     2.661    3.654  175.4    1.3   328   29.3 
2026-10-21 09:03 UT   01 50 41.3   +06 30 14     2.660    3.653  175.4    1.2   334   29.3 
2026-10-22 00:00 UT   01 50 07.6   +06 26 31     2.658    3.651  175.4    1.2   344   29.3 
2026-10-23 00:00 UT   01 49 13.4   +06 20 34     2.656    3.648  175.1    1.3   358   29.3 
2026-10-24 00:00 UT   01 48 19.1   +06 14 38     2.654    3.646  174.6    1.5    11   29.3 
2026-10-25 00:00 UT   01 47 24.8   +06 08 44     2.652    3.643  173.8    1.7    21   29.3 
2026-10-26 00:00 UT   01 46 30.6   +06 02 51     2.651    3.640  173.0    1.9    28   29.3 
2026-10-27 00:00 UT   01 45 36.4   +05 56 59     2.650    3.637  172.0    2.2    34   29.3 
2026-10-28 00:00 UT   01 44 42.3   +05 51 10     2.650    3.634  170.9    2.5    38   29.3 
2026-10-29 00:00 UT   01 43 48.3   +05 45 23     2.649    3.631  169.8    2.8    42   29.3 
2026-10-30 00:00 UT   01 42 54.5   +05 39 39     2.649    3.629  168.7    3.1    45   29.4 
2026-10-31 00:00 UT   01 42 01.0   +05 33 58     2.650    3.626  167.6    3.4    47   29.4 
2026-11-01 00:00 UT   01 41 07.7   +05 28 19     2.650    3.623  166.4    3.7    49   29.4 
2026-11-02 00:00 UT   01 40 14.8   +05 22 45     2.651    3.620  165.2    4.0    51   29.4 
2026-11-03 00:00 UT   01 39 22.2   +05 17 13     2.653    3.617  164.1    4.3    52   29.4 
2026-11-04 00:00 UT   01 38 30.0   +05 11 46     2.654    3.614  162.9    4.6    53   29.5 
2026-11-05 00:00 UT   01 37 38.2   +05 06 23     2.656    3.611  161.7    5.0    54   29.5 
2026-11-06 00:00 UT   01 36 46.9   +05 01 04     2.658    3.608  160.5    5.3    55   29.5 
2026-11-07 00:00 UT   01 35 56.1   +04 55 50     2.661    3.605  159.3    5.6    56   29.5 
2026-11-08 00:00 UT   01 35 05.9   +04 50 41     2.664    3.602  158.1    5.9    57   29.5 
2026-11-09 00:00 UT   01 34 16.3   +04 45 37     2.667    3.599  156.9    6.2    57   29.5 
2026-11-10 00:00 UT   01 33 27.4   +04 40 38     2.670    3.596  155.7    6.5    58   29.5 
2026-11-11 00:00 UT   01 32 39.1   +04 35 45     2.674    3.593  154.5    6.8    58   29.6 
2026-11-12 00:00 UT   01 31 51.5   +04 30 58     2.678    3.590  153.3    7.1    59   29.6 
2026-11-13 00:00 UT   01 31 04.7   +04 26 17     2.682    3.587  152.1    7.4    59   29.6 
2026-11-14 00:00 UT   01 30 18.6   +04 21 42     2.687    3.584  150.9    7.7    60   29.6 
2026-11-15 00:00 UT   01 29 33.4   +04 17 13     2.692    3.581  149.7    8.0    60   29.6 
2026-11-16 00:00 UT   01 28 49.0   +04 12 51     2.697    3.578  148.5    8.3    61   29.6 
2026-11-17 00:00 UT   01 28 05.5   +04 08 36     2.702    3.574  147.3    8.6    61   29.7 
2026-11-18 00:00 UT   01 27 22.9   +04 04 27     2.708    3.571  146.1    8.9    61   29.7 
2026-11-19 00:00 UT   01 26 41.2   +04 00 26     2.714    3.568  145.0    9.2    61   29.7 
2026-11-20 00:00 UT   01 26 00.5   +03 56 31     2.720    3.565  143.8    9.4    62   29.7 

    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.