2020 MK
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	9 Dec 2025	28.0	2.677 AU	2.969 AU	13h02m	+01°52'	63.4°	19.2°

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 MK are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6106582
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.6783810
            i (Inclination)                 : 9.18055
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 102.33273
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 258.53782
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 151.06292
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 180.72583
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -8.99592
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.17            
        

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
2025-12-09 00:00 UT   13 02 29.0   +01 52 04     2.969    2.677   63.4   19.2   297   28.0 
2025-12-09 09:10 UT   13 02 52.7   +01 50 38     2.964    2.678   63.7   19.3   297   28.0 
2025-12-10 00:00 UT   13 03 30.9   +01 48 21     2.957    2.678   64.2   19.3   297   28.0 
2025-12-11 00:00 UT   13 04 32.3   +01 44 45     2.944    2.679   64.9   19.4   296   28.0 
2025-12-12 00:00 UT   13 05 33.0   +01 41 14     2.932    2.681   65.7   19.6   296   28.0 
2025-12-13 00:00 UT   13 06 33.2   +01 37 50     2.919    2.682   66.4   19.7   296   28.0 
2025-12-14 00:00 UT   13 07 32.7   +01 34 33     2.907    2.683   67.2   19.8   296   28.0 
2025-12-15 00:00 UT   13 08 31.7   +01 31 22     2.894    2.684   67.9   19.9   296   27.9 
2025-12-16 00:00 UT   13 09 30.0   +01 28 17     2.881    2.685   68.7   20.0   296   27.9 
2025-12-17 00:00 UT   13 10 27.6   +01 25 20     2.868    2.686   69.5   20.1   296   27.9 
2025-12-18 00:00 UT   13 11 24.6   +01 22 29     2.855    2.686   70.2   20.2   295   27.9 
2025-12-19 00:00 UT   13 12 21.0   +01 19 45     2.841    2.687   71.0   20.3   295   27.9 
2025-12-20 00:00 UT   13 13 16.6   +01 17 08     2.828    2.688   71.8   20.3   295   27.9 
2025-12-21 00:00 UT   13 14 11.5   +01 14 38     2.815    2.689   72.6   20.4   295   27.9 
2025-12-22 00:00 UT   13 15 05.8   +01 12 15     2.801    2.690   73.4   20.5   295   27.9 
2025-12-23 00:00 UT   13 15 59.3   +01 09 60     2.788    2.691   74.1   20.6   295   27.9 
2025-12-24 00:00 UT   13 16 52.0   +01 07 52     2.774    2.692   74.9   20.7   295   27.9 
2025-12-25 00:00 UT   13 17 44.0   +01 05 51     2.760    2.692   75.7   20.7   295   27.9 
2025-12-26 00:00 UT   13 18 35.2   +01 03 58     2.747    2.693   76.5   20.8   294   27.9 
2025-12-27 00:00 UT   13 19 25.7   +01 02 13     2.733    2.694   77.3   20.9   294   27.9 
2025-12-28 00:00 UT   13 20 15.3   +01 00 35     2.719    2.694   78.1   20.9   294   27.9 
2025-12-29 00:00 UT   13 21 04.1   +00 59 06     2.705    2.695   78.9   21.0   294   27.8 
2025-12-30 00:00 UT   13 21 52.1   +00 57 44     2.691    2.696   79.8   21.0   294   27.8 
2025-12-31 00:00 UT   13 22 39.3   +00 56 30     2.677    2.696   80.6   21.1   294   27.8 
2026-01-01 00:00 UT   13 23 25.6   +00 55 24     2.663    2.697   81.4   21.1   293   27.8 
2026-01-02 00:00 UT   13 24 11.0   +00 54 26     2.648    2.697   82.2   21.2   293   27.8 
2026-01-03 00:00 UT   13 24 55.6   +00 53 36     2.634    2.698   83.1   21.2   293   27.8 
2026-01-04 00:00 UT   13 25 39.2   +00 52 55     2.620    2.698   83.9   21.2   293   27.8 
2026-01-05 00:00 UT   13 26 22.0   +00 52 22     2.605    2.699   84.7   21.3   293   27.8 
2026-01-06 00:00 UT   13 27 03.8   +00 51 57     2.591    2.699   85.6   21.3   293   27.8 
2026-01-07 00:00 UT   13 27 44.6   +00 51 42     2.577    2.700   86.4   21.3   293   27.8 
2026-01-08 00:00 UT   13 28 24.5   +00 51 34     2.562    2.700   87.3   21.3   292   27.7 

    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.