2020 PM7
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	24 Oct 2025	28.7	3.353 AU	4.139 AU	11h48m	+00°24'	33.3°	9.4°

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
2025-10-24 00:00 UT   11 48 19.8   +00 24 17     4.139    3.353   33.3    9.4   292   28.7 
2025-10-24 20:46 UT   11 49 13.1   +00 18 52     4.135    3.356   33.9    9.5   292   28.7 
2025-10-25 00:00 UT   11 49 21.4   +00 18 01     4.134    3.357   34.0    9.5   292   28.7 
2025-10-26 00:00 UT   11 50 22.5   +00 11 47     4.129    3.361   34.8    9.7   292   28.7 
2025-10-27 00:00 UT   11 51 23.3   +00 05 36     4.124    3.365   35.5    9.9   292   28.7 
2025-10-28 00:00 UT   11 52 23.7   +00 00 33     4.119    3.369   36.2   10.0   292   28.7 
2025-10-29 00:00 UT   11 53 23.8   +00 06 40     4.113    3.372   36.9   10.2   292   28.7 
2025-10-30 00:00 UT   11 54 23.4   +00 12 44     4.107    3.376   37.7   10.4   292   28.7 
2025-10-31 00:00 UT   11 55 22.7   +00 18 46     4.102    3.380   38.4   10.5   292   28.7 
2025-11-01 00:00 UT   11 56 21.6   +00 24 45     4.095    3.384   39.1   10.7   293   28.7 
2025-11-02 00:00 UT   11 57 20.1   +00 30 42     4.089    3.388   39.9   10.8   293   28.7 
2025-11-03 00:00 UT   11 58 18.1   +00 36 37     4.083    3.392   40.6   11.0   293   28.7 
2025-11-04 00:00 UT   11 59 15.8   +00 42 28     4.076    3.396   41.4   11.1   293   28.7 
2025-11-05 00:00 UT   12 00 13.0   +00 48 17     4.070    3.400   42.1   11.3   293   28.7 
2025-11-06 00:00 UT   12 01 09.9   +00 54 03     4.063    3.404   42.8   11.4   293   28.7 
2025-11-07 00:00 UT   12 02 06.3   +00 59 47     4.056    3.407   43.6   11.6   293   28.8 
2025-11-08 00:00 UT   12 03 02.3   -01 05 28     4.049    3.411   44.3   11.7   293   28.8 
2025-11-09 00:00 UT   12 03 57.8   -01 11 06     4.041    3.415   45.1   11.9   293   28.8 
2025-11-10 00:00 UT   12 04 52.9   -01 16 41     4.034    3.419   45.9   12.0   293   28.8 
2025-11-11 00:00 UT   12 05 47.6   -01 22 13     4.026    3.423   46.6   12.1   293   28.8 
2025-11-12 00:00 UT   12 06 41.8   -01 27 42     4.018    3.426   47.4   12.3   293   28.8 
2025-11-13 00:00 UT   12 07 35.5   -01 33 08     4.010    3.430   48.1   12.4   293   28.8 
2025-11-14 00:00 UT   12 08 28.8   -01 38 30     4.002    3.434   48.9   12.5   293   28.8 
2025-11-15 00:00 UT   12 09 21.6   -01 43 50     3.994    3.438   49.7   12.7   293   28.8 
2025-11-16 00:00 UT   12 10 13.9   -01 49 06     3.985    3.441   50.5   12.8   293   28.8 
2025-11-17 00:00 UT   12 11 05.7   -01 54 19     3.977    3.445   51.2   12.9   293   28.8 
2025-11-18 00:00 UT   12 11 57.0   -01 59 29     3.968    3.449   52.0   13.1   293   28.8 
2025-11-19 00:00 UT   12 12 47.8   -02 04 35     3.959    3.452   52.8   13.2   293   28.8 
2025-11-20 00:00 UT   12 13 38.0   -02 09 38     3.950    3.456   53.6   13.3   293   28.8 
2025-11-21 00:00 UT   12 14 27.7   -02 14 37     3.941    3.460   54.4   13.4   293   28.8 
2025-11-22 00:00 UT   12 15 16.9   -02 19 32     3.931    3.463   55.1   13.5   293   28.8 
2025-11-23 00:00 UT   12 16 05.6   -02 24 24     3.922    3.467   55.9   13.7   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.