2020 MK
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	19 Oct 2025	27.9	2.586 AU	3.414 AU	12h00m	+06°48'	28.8°	10.7°

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)                : 0.6105898
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.6785728
            i (Inclination)                 : 9.18055
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 102.33310
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 258.54930
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 60.39533
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 180.73782
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -8.99629
            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
2025-10-19 00:00 UT   12 00 20.9   +06 48 14     3.414    2.586   28.8   10.7   305   27.9 
2025-10-19 07:56 UT   12 00 47.8   +06 45 48     3.413    2.587   29.0   10.8   305   27.9 
2025-10-20 00:00 UT   12 01 42.3   +06 40 53     3.410    2.589   29.4   10.9   305   27.9 
2025-10-21 00:00 UT   12 03 03.5   +06 33 35     3.405    2.591   30.0   11.1   305   27.9 
2025-10-22 00:00 UT   12 04 24.4   +06 26 19     3.400    2.593   30.7   11.3   304   27.9 
2025-10-23 00:00 UT   12 05 45.0   +06 19 07     3.394    2.596   31.3   11.5   304   27.9 
2025-10-24 00:00 UT   12 07 05.4   +06 11 57     3.389    2.598   31.9   11.7   304   27.9 
2025-10-25 00:00 UT   12 08 25.4   +06 04 51     3.383    2.600   32.5   11.9   304   27.9 
2025-10-26 00:00 UT   12 09 45.2   +05 57 47     3.377    2.603   33.2   12.1   304   27.9 
2025-10-27 00:00 UT   12 11 04.7   +05 50 46     3.371    2.605   33.8   12.3   303   28.0 
2025-10-28 00:00 UT   12 12 23.9   +05 43 49     3.365    2.607   34.5   12.5   303   28.0 
2025-10-29 00:00 UT   12 13 42.8   +05 36 55     3.359    2.609   35.1   12.6   303   28.0 
2025-10-30 00:00 UT   12 15 01.4   +05 30 04     3.352    2.612   35.7   12.8   303   28.0 
2025-10-31 00:00 UT   12 16 19.7   +05 23 16     3.346    2.614   36.4   13.0   303   28.0 
2025-11-01 00:00 UT   12 17 37.7   +05 16 31     3.339    2.616   37.0   13.2   302   28.0 
2025-11-02 00:00 UT   12 18 55.4   +05 09 50     3.332    2.618   37.7   13.4   302   28.0 
2025-11-03 00:00 UT   12 20 12.7   +05 03 13     3.325    2.620   38.3   13.6   302   28.0 
2025-11-04 00:00 UT   12 21 29.8   +04 56 39     3.318    2.622   39.0   13.8   302   28.0 
2025-11-05 00:00 UT   12 22 46.6   +04 50 08     3.310    2.624   39.6   14.0   302   28.0 
2025-11-06 00:00 UT   12 24 03.0   +04 43 41     3.302    2.626   40.3   14.1   301   28.0 
2025-11-07 00:00 UT   12 25 19.1   +04 37 18     3.295    2.628   41.0   14.3   301   28.0 
2025-11-08 00:00 UT   12 26 34.9   +04 30 58     3.287    2.630   41.6   14.5   301   28.0 
2025-11-09 00:00 UT   12 27 50.3   +04 24 42     3.279    2.632   42.3   14.7   301   28.0 
2025-11-10 00:00 UT   12 29 05.5   +04 18 30     3.271    2.634   43.0   14.8   301   28.0 
2025-11-11 00:00 UT   12 30 20.3   +04 12 22     3.262    2.636   43.6   15.0   301   28.0 
2025-11-12 00:00 UT   12 31 34.7   +04 06 18     3.254    2.637   44.3   15.2   301   28.0 

    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.