2020 KN2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	15 Aug 2026	31.6	2.539 AU	3.480 AU	08h23m	+19°34'	18.4°	7.2°

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 KN2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4521298
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.7807836
            i (Inclination)                 : 0.49652
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 83.09666
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 201.02473
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 97.57697
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 104.12067
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -0.17813
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.38            
        

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
2026-08-15 00:00 UT   08 23 16.7   +19 34 20     3.480    2.539   18.4    7.2   284   31.6 
2026-08-15 01:15 UT   08 23 21.8   +19 34 03     3.480    2.539   18.4    7.2   284   31.6 
2026-08-16 00:00 UT   08 24 55.5   +19 28 49     3.474    2.538   18.9    7.4   284   31.6 
2026-08-17 00:00 UT   08 26 34.3   +19 23 14     3.468    2.536   19.5    7.7   284   31.6 
2026-08-18 00:00 UT   08 28 12.8   +19 17 35     3.462    2.535   20.1    7.9   284   31.6 
2026-08-19 00:00 UT   08 29 51.3   +19 11 54     3.456    2.534   20.6    8.1   285   31.6 
2026-08-20 00:00 UT   08 31 29.6   +19 06 10     3.449    2.532   21.2    8.3   285   31.6 
2026-08-21 00:00 UT   08 33 07.7   +19 00 22     3.442    2.531   21.8    8.5   285   31.6 
2026-08-22 00:00 UT   08 34 45.7   +18 54 32     3.436    2.529   22.3    8.7   285   31.6 
2026-08-23 00:00 UT   08 36 23.6   +18 48 38     3.429    2.528   22.9    9.0   285   31.6 
2026-08-24 00:00 UT   08 38 01.3   +18 42 41     3.421    2.526   23.5    9.2   285   31.6 
2026-08-25 00:00 UT   08 39 38.9   +18 36 42     3.414    2.524   24.0    9.4   285   31.6 
2026-08-26 00:00 UT   08 41 16.3   +18 30 40     3.407    2.523   24.6    9.6   285   31.6 
2026-08-27 00:00 UT   08 42 53.6   +18 24 34     3.399    2.521   25.1    9.8   286   31.6 
2026-08-28 00:00 UT   08 44 30.7   +18 18 26     3.391    2.520   25.7   10.0   286   31.6 
2026-08-29 00:00 UT   08 46 07.7   +18 12 15     3.384    2.518   26.3   10.2   286   31.6 
2026-08-30 00:00 UT   08 47 44.5   +18 06 01     3.376    2.516   26.9   10.4   286   31.6 
2026-08-31 00:00 UT   08 49 21.2   +17 59 44     3.367    2.515   27.4   10.7   286   31.6 
2026-09-01 00:00 UT   08 50 57.7   +17 53 25     3.359    2.513   28.0   10.9   286   31.6 
2026-09-02 00:00 UT   08 52 34.1   +17 47 03     3.351    2.511   28.6   11.1   286   31.6 
2026-09-03 00:00 UT   08 54 10.3   +17 40 38     3.342    2.509   29.1   11.3   286   31.6 
2026-09-04 00:00 UT   08 55 46.3   +17 34 10     3.333    2.508   29.7   11.5   286   31.6 
2026-09-05 00:00 UT   08 57 22.2   +17 27 40     3.325    2.506   30.3   11.7   287   31.6 

    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.