2020 PM7
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	17 Oct 2026	29.0	4.004 AU	4.998 AU	13h15m	-06°25'	3.8°	0.9°

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)                : 0.5978984
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.5071721
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.10869
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 178.74539
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 198.66165
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 152.65917
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 197.33801
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -1.63273
            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
2026-10-17 00:00 UT   13 15 05.8   -06 25 08     4.998    4.004    3.8    0.9   314   29.0 
2026-10-17 19:40 UT   13 15 53.8   -06 29 40     4.997    4.004    4.3    1.1   311   29.0 
2026-10-18 00:00 UT   13 16 04.4   -06 30 41     4.997    4.004    4.5    1.1   310   29.0 
2026-10-19 00:00 UT   13 17 03.0   -06 36 13     4.995    4.004    5.2    1.3   308   29.0 
2026-10-20 00:00 UT   13 18 01.6   -06 41 44     4.993    4.003    5.9    1.5   306   29.0 
2026-10-21 00:00 UT   13 19 00.2   -06 47 14     4.990    4.003    6.6    1.6   304   29.1 
2026-10-22 00:00 UT   13 19 58.8   -06 52 44     4.988    4.003    7.3    1.8   303   29.1 
2026-10-23 00:00 UT   13 20 57.4   -06 58 12     4.985    4.003    8.0    2.0   302   29.1 
2026-10-24 00:00 UT   13 21 55.9   -07 03 40     4.983    4.002    8.8    2.2   301   29.1 
2026-10-25 00:00 UT   13 22 54.5   -07 09 06     4.979    4.002    9.5    2.4   301   29.1 
2026-10-26 00:00 UT   13 23 53.1   -07 14 32     4.976    4.002   10.2    2.5   300   29.1 
2026-10-27 00:00 UT   13 24 51.6   -07 19 56     4.973    4.001   11.0    2.7   299   29.1 
2026-10-28 00:00 UT   13 25 50.1   -07 25 19     4.969    4.001   11.7    2.9   299   29.1 
2026-10-29 00:00 UT   13 26 48.5   -07 30 41     4.965    4.001   12.4    3.1   298   29.1 
2026-10-30 00:00 UT   13 27 47.0   -07 36 02     4.961    4.000   13.2    3.2   298   29.1 
2026-10-31 00:00 UT   13 28 45.4   -07 41 22     4.957    4.000   13.9    3.4   298   29.2 
2026-11-01 00:00 UT   13 29 43.7   -07 46 40     4.952    3.999   14.6    3.6   297   29.2 
2026-11-02 00:00 UT   13 30 42.0   -07 51 57     4.947    3.999   15.4    3.8   297   29.2 
2026-11-03 00:00 UT   13 31 40.3   -07 57 13     4.942    3.999   16.1    4.0   297   29.2 
2026-11-04 00:00 UT   13 32 38.5   -08 02 27     4.937    3.998   16.9    4.1   296   29.2 
2026-11-05 00:00 UT   13 33 36.6   -08 07 40     4.932    3.998   17.6    4.3   296   29.2 
2026-11-06 00:00 UT   13 34 34.6   -08 12 51     4.926    3.997   18.4    4.5   296   29.2 
2026-11-07 00:00 UT   13 35 32.6   -08 18 01     4.920    3.997   19.1    4.7   296   29.2 
2026-11-08 00:00 UT   13 36 30.5   -08 23 09     4.914    3.997   19.9    4.8   296   29.2 
2026-11-09 00:00 UT   13 37 28.3   -08 28 16     4.908    3.996   20.6    5.0   295   29.2 
2026-11-10 00:00 UT   13 38 26.1   -08 33 21     4.902    3.996   21.4    5.2   295   29.2 
2026-11-11 00:00 UT   13 39 23.7   -08 38 25     4.895    3.995   22.1    5.4   295   29.2 
2026-11-12 00:00 UT   13 40 21.2   -08 43 26     4.888    3.995   22.9    5.5   295   29.2 
2026-11-13 00:00 UT   13 41 18.6   -08 48 26     4.881    3.994   23.6    5.7   295   29.2 
2026-11-14 00:00 UT   13 42 15.9   -08 53 24     4.874    3.994   24.4    5.9   295   29.3 
2026-11-15 00:00 UT   13 43 13.0   -08 58 21     4.867    3.993   25.1    6.0   294   29.3 
2026-11-16 00:00 UT   13 44 10.1   -09 03 15     4.859    3.992   25.9    6.2   294   29.3 

    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.