2020 FW2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	16 Jun 2026	31.0	3.926 AU	4.407 AU	01h49m	+09°16'	55.8°	12.4°

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 2020 FW2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6003269
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.4923552
            i (Inclination)                 : 6.65882
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 178.04243
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 10.16681
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 154.52052
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 188.14207
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 1.17282
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.93            
        

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
2026-06-16 00:00 UT   01 49 39.1   +09 16 51     4.407    3.926   55.8   12.4   248   31.0 
2026-06-16 14:19 UT   01 50 06.5   +09 18 54     4.399    3.926   56.2   12.4   248   31.0 
2026-06-17 00:00 UT   01 50 25.1   +09 20 16     4.393    3.925   56.5   12.5   248   31.0 
2026-06-18 00:00 UT   01 51 10.7   +09 23 39     4.379    3.924   57.3   12.6   248   31.0 
2026-06-19 00:00 UT   01 51 55.9   +09 26 58     4.365    3.923   58.1   12.7   248   31.0 
2026-06-20 00:00 UT   01 52 40.7   +09 30 14     4.350    3.922   58.8   12.8   248   31.0 
2026-06-21 00:00 UT   01 53 25.2   +09 33 26     4.336    3.920   59.6   12.9   248   31.0 
2026-06-22 00:00 UT   01 54 09.1   +09 36 35     4.321    3.919   60.3   13.0   248   31.0 
2026-06-23 00:00 UT   01 54 52.7   +09 39 41     4.306    3.918   61.1   13.1   248   31.0 
2026-06-24 00:00 UT   01 55 35.8   +09 42 44     4.292    3.917   61.9   13.2   249   31.0 
2026-06-25 00:00 UT   01 56 18.5   +09 45 43     4.277    3.915   62.7   13.3   249   31.0 
2026-06-26 00:00 UT   01 57 00.8   +09 48 38     4.262    3.914   63.4   13.4   249   31.0 
2026-06-27 00:00 UT   01 57 42.6   +09 51 30     4.247    3.913   64.2   13.5   249   31.0 
2026-06-28 00:00 UT   01 58 23.9   +09 54 19     4.231    3.911   65.0   13.6   249   31.0 
2026-06-29 00:00 UT   01 59 04.7   +09 57 03     4.216    3.910   65.8   13.7   249   31.0 
2026-06-30 00:00 UT   01 59 45.1   +09 59 45     4.201    3.909   66.5   13.8   249   31.0 
2026-07-01 00:00 UT   02 00 25.0   +10 02 22     4.185    3.907   67.3   13.9   249   31.0 
2026-07-02 00:00 UT   02 01 04.3   +10 04 56     4.169    3.906   68.1   14.0   249   31.0 
2026-07-03 00:00 UT   02 01 43.2   +10 07 26     4.154    3.905   68.9   14.1   249   31.0 
2026-07-04 00:00 UT   02 02 21.6   +10 09 53     4.138    3.903   69.7   14.1   249   30.9 
2026-07-05 00:00 UT   02 02 59.4   +10 12 15     4.122    3.902   70.5   14.2   249   30.9 
2026-07-06 00:00 UT   02 03 36.7   +10 14 34     4.106    3.901   71.3   14.3   249   30.9 
2026-07-07 00:00 UT   02 04 13.4   +10 16 49     4.090    3.899   72.1   14.4   249   30.9 
2026-07-08 00:00 UT   02 04 49.6   +10 18 60     4.074    3.898   72.9   14.4   249   30.9 
2026-07-09 00:00 UT   02 05 25.2   +10 21 06     4.058    3.896   73.7   14.5   249   30.9 
2026-07-10 00:00 UT   02 06 00.3   +10 23 09     4.041    3.895   74.5   14.6   250   30.9 
2026-07-11 00:00 UT   02 06 34.7   +10 25 08     4.025    3.893   75.3   14.6   250   30.9 
2026-07-12 00:00 UT   02 07 08.6   +10 27 02     4.009    3.892   76.1   14.7   250   30.9 
2026-07-13 00:00 UT   02 07 41.8   +10 28 53     3.992    3.890   76.9   14.7   250   30.9 
2026-07-14 00:00 UT   02 08 14.4   +10 30 39     3.976    3.889   77.7   14.8   250   30.9 
2026-07-15 00:00 UT   02 08 46.4   +10 32 20     3.959    3.887   78.6   14.9   250   30.9 
2026-07-16 00:00 UT   02 09 17.7   +10 33 58     3.942    3.886   79.4   14.9   250   30.9 

    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.