2020 LX
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	8 Dec 2025	29.2	2.017 AU	2.024 AU	11h57m	-02°17'	75.5°	28.2°

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 LX are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4900941
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.0659824
            i (Inclination)                 : 2.39440
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 238.38476
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 30.54869
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 295.17821
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 268.91155
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 1.21674
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.97            
        

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
2025-12-08 00:00 UT   11 57 13.8   -02 17 38     2.024    2.017   75.5   28.2   293   29.2 
2025-12-08 03:48 UT   11 57 30.0   -02 19 31     2.021    2.016   75.6   28.2   293   29.1 
2025-12-09 00:00 UT   11 58 55.6   -02 29 29     2.007    2.011   76.1   28.4   293   29.1 
2025-12-10 00:00 UT   12 00 37.6   -02 41 21     1.989    2.005   76.6   28.5   293   29.1 
2025-12-11 00:00 UT   12 02 19.6   -02 53 14     1.972    1.999   77.2   28.7   293   29.1 
2025-12-12 00:00 UT   12 04 01.8   -03 05 09     1.955    1.993   77.7   28.9   293   29.1 
2025-12-13 00:00 UT   12 05 44.2   -03 17 04     1.938    1.987   78.2   29.0   293   29.0 
2025-12-14 00:00 UT   12 07 26.6   -03 29 01     1.921    1.981   78.8   29.2   293   29.0 
2025-12-15 00:00 UT   12 09 09.2   -03 40 59     1.904    1.975   79.3   29.3   293   29.0 
2025-12-16 00:00 UT   12 10 52.0   -03 52 58     1.886    1.968   79.9   29.5   293   29.0 
2025-12-17 00:00 UT   12 12 34.9   -04 04 58     1.869    1.962   80.4   29.6   293   29.0 
2025-12-18 00:00 UT   12 14 17.9   -04 16 59     1.852    1.956   81.0   29.8   293   28.9 
2025-12-19 00:00 UT   12 16 01.1   -04 29 01     1.835    1.950   81.5   29.9   293   28.9 
2025-12-20 00:00 UT   12 17 44.4   -04 41 03     1.818    1.944   82.1   30.1   293   28.9 
2025-12-21 00:00 UT   12 19 27.9   -04 53 07     1.801    1.938   82.6   30.2   293   28.9 
2025-12-22 00:00 UT   12 21 11.6   -05 05 12     1.784    1.931   83.1   30.4   293   28.8 
2025-12-23 00:00 UT   12 22 55.4   -05 17 17     1.767    1.925   83.7   30.5   293   28.8 
2025-12-24 00:00 UT   12 24 39.4   -05 29 23     1.750    1.919   84.2   30.7   293   28.8 
2025-12-25 00:00 UT   12 26 23.5   -05 41 30     1.733    1.913   84.8   30.8   293   28.8 

    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.