2020 OL4
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	21 Feb 2026	28.8	1.709 AU	2.046 AU	18h26m	-27°38'	56.3°	28.8°

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 OL4 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4309356
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.5594536
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.53781
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 316.77499
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 56.63102
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 234.69653
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 13.28277
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 4.62269
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.95            
        

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
2026-02-21 00:00 UT   18 26 06.7   -27 38 56     2.046    1.709   56.3   28.8   264   28.8 
2026-02-21 05:20 UT   18 26 44.3   -27 38 37     2.043    1.707   56.4   28.8   264   28.8 
2026-02-22 00:00 UT   18 28 56.2   -27 37 25     2.032    1.703   56.7   29.0   264   28.8 
2026-02-23 00:00 UT   18 31 46.2   -27 35 41     2.019    1.698   57.1   29.3   264   28.8 
2026-02-24 00:00 UT   18 34 36.9   -27 33 46     2.006    1.693   57.4   29.5   264   28.7 
2026-02-25 00:00 UT   18 37 28.2   -27 31 38     1.992    1.687   57.8   29.8   264   28.7 
2026-02-26 00:00 UT   18 40 20.1   -27 29 17     1.979    1.682   58.2   30.0   263   28.7 
2026-02-27 00:00 UT   18 43 12.7   -27 26 43     1.965    1.676   58.5   30.3   263   28.7 
2026-02-28 00:00 UT   18 46 05.9   -27 23 57     1.951    1.671   58.9   30.5   263   28.7 
2026-03-01 00:00 UT   18 48 59.7   -27 20 57     1.938    1.665   59.2   30.7   263   28.7 
2026-03-02 00:00 UT   18 51 54.2   -27 17 44     1.924    1.660   59.6   31.0   262   28.7 
2026-03-03 00:00 UT   18 54 49.4   -27 14 18     1.911    1.654   59.9   31.2   262   28.6 
2026-03-04 00:00 UT   18 57 45.2   -27 10 38     1.897    1.649   60.3   31.5   262   28.6 
2026-03-05 00:00 UT   19 00 41.6   -27 06 44     1.884    1.643   60.6   31.7   262   28.6 
2026-03-06 00:00 UT   19 03 38.8   -27 02 37     1.871    1.638   61.0   32.0   261   28.6 

    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.