2020 PM7
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	4 Mar 2026	28.0	3.767 AU	2.837 AU	12h24m	-02°25'	156.4°	6.0°

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 PM7 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5979152
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.5073601
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.10851
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 178.74551
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 198.67304
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 102.97353
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 197.34949
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -1.63363
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.97            
        

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
2026-03-04 00:00 UT   12 24 39.2   -02 25 41     2.837    3.767  156.4    6.0   293   28.0 
2026-03-04 23:15 UT   12 23 55.4   -02 20 17     2.833    3.769  157.6    5.8   293   27.9 
2026-03-05 00:00 UT   12 23 54.0   -02 20 07     2.833    3.769  157.6    5.7   293   27.9 
2026-03-06 00:00 UT   12 23 08.2   -02 14 28     2.829    3.771  158.9    5.4   293   27.9 
2026-03-07 00:00 UT   12 22 21.8   -02 08 46     2.826    3.774  160.1    5.1   293   27.9 
2026-03-08 00:00 UT   12 21 34.8   -02 02 60     2.822    3.776  161.3    4.8   293   27.9 
2026-03-09 00:00 UT   12 20 47.3   -01 57 10     2.819    3.778  162.5    4.5   292   27.9 
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   12 19 59.4   -01 51 17     2.817    3.780  163.7    4.2   292   27.9 
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   12 19 10.9   -01 45 21     2.815    3.783  165.0    3.9   292   27.8 
2026-03-12 00:00 UT   12 18 22.1   -01 39 23     2.813    3.785  166.2    3.6   292   27.8 
2026-03-13 00:00 UT   12 17 32.9   -01 33 21     2.811    3.787  167.4    3.3   292   27.8 
2026-03-14 00:00 UT   12 16 43.3   -01 27 18     2.810    3.789  168.6    3.0   292   27.8 
2026-03-15 00:00 UT   12 15 53.4   -01 21 12     2.809    3.792  169.9    2.6   291   27.8 
2026-03-16 00:00 UT   12 15 03.2   -01 15 05     2.808    3.794  171.1    2.3   291   27.7 
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   12 14 12.9   -01 08 56     2.808    3.796  172.3    2.0   291   27.7 
2026-03-18 00:00 UT   12 13 22.3   -01 02 47     2.808    3.798  173.5    1.7   290   27.7 
2026-03-19 00:00 UT   12 12 31.6   +00 56 36     2.808    3.800  174.8    1.4   289   27.7 
2026-03-20 00:00 UT   12 11 40.8   +00 50 25     2.809    3.803  176.0    1.0   288   27.6 
2026-03-21 00:00 UT   12 10 49.9   +00 44 13     2.810    3.805  177.2    0.7   285   27.6 
2026-03-22 00:00 UT   12 09 59.0   +00 38 02     2.811    3.807  178.4    0.4   278   27.6 
2026-03-23 00:00 UT   12 09 08.1   +00 31 50     2.812    3.809  179.5    0.1   239   27.5 
2026-03-24 00:00 UT   12 08 17.3   +00 25 40     2.814    3.811  179.0    0.3   138   27.6 
2026-03-25 00:00 UT   12 07 26.5   +00 19 30     2.817    3.813  177.8    0.6   125   27.6 
2026-03-26 00:00 UT   12 06 36.0   +00 13 21     2.819    3.815  176.6    0.9   121   27.6 
2026-03-27 00:00 UT   12 05 45.6   +00 07 14     2.822    3.817  175.4    1.2   119   27.7 
2026-03-28 00:00 UT   12 04 55.4   +00 01 09     2.825    3.819  174.2    1.5   118   27.7 
2026-03-29 00:00 UT   12 04 05.4   +00 04 55     2.829    3.822  172.9    1.8   117   27.7 
2026-03-30 00:00 UT   12 03 15.8   +00 10 56     2.833    3.824  171.7    2.2   117   27.8 
2026-03-31 00:00 UT   12 02 26.5   +00 16 55     2.837    3.826  170.5    2.5   116   27.8 
2026-04-01 00:00 UT   12 01 37.5   +00 22 52     2.841    3.828  169.3    2.8   116   27.8 
2026-04-02 00:00 UT   12 00 49.0   +00 28 45     2.846    3.830  168.1    3.1   116   27.8 
2026-04-03 00:00 UT   12 00 00.8   +00 34 35     2.851    3.832  166.9    3.4   116   27.9 

    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.