2020 QD5
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	4 Mar 2026	28.3	3.398 AU	2.458 AU	12h18m	-02°14'	157.9°	6.3°

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 QD5 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6324195
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.6616598
            i (Inclination)                 : 2.04778
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 354.53886
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 37.39143
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 59.96324
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 31.91263
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 1.24336
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.34            
        

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 18 35.3   -02 14 35     2.458    3.398  157.9    6.3   294   28.3 
2026-03-04 08:17 UT   12 18 17.1   -02 12 45     2.458    3.399  158.3    6.2   294   28.3 
2026-03-05 00:00 UT   12 17 42.3   -02 09 15     2.457    3.402  159.1    6.0   294   28.3 
2026-03-06 00:00 UT   12 16 48.8   -02 03 51     2.456    3.407  160.4    5.6   294   28.3 
2026-03-07 00:00 UT   12 15 54.8   -01 58 24     2.456    3.412  161.6    5.3   294   28.3 
2026-03-08 00:00 UT   12 15 00.3   -01 52 53     2.455    3.416  162.9    4.9   294   28.3 
2026-03-09 00:00 UT   12 14 05.3   -01 47 18     2.455    3.421  164.1    4.6   294   28.2 
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   12 13 10.0   -01 41 41     2.456    3.426  165.4    4.2   294   28.2 
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   12 12 14.2   -01 36 01     2.456    3.430  166.6    3.8   294   28.2 
2026-03-12 00:00 UT   12 11 18.2   -01 30 19     2.457    3.435  167.9    3.5   295   28.2 
2026-03-13 00:00 UT   12 10 21.9   -01 24 35     2.458    3.439  169.1    3.1   295   28.2 
2026-03-14 00:00 UT   12 09 25.3   -01 18 49     2.460    3.444  170.4    2.8   295   28.2 
2026-03-15 00:00 UT   12 08 28.6   -01 13 02     2.462    3.449  171.6    2.4   295   28.1 
2026-03-16 00:00 UT   12 07 31.8   -01 07 14     2.464    3.453  172.9    2.1   296   28.1 
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   12 06 34.9   -01 01 25     2.466    3.458  174.1    1.7   296   28.1 
2026-03-18 00:00 UT   12 05 38.0   +00 55 35     2.469    3.462  175.4    1.3   297   28.1 
2026-03-19 00:00 UT   12 04 41.1   +00 49 46     2.472    3.467  176.6    1.0   298   28.0 
2026-03-20 00:00 UT   12 03 44.2   +00 43 56     2.476    3.471  177.9    0.6   301   28.0 
2026-03-21 00:00 UT   12 02 47.5   +00 38 07     2.480    3.476  179.1    0.3   313   28.0 
2026-03-22 00:00 UT   12 01 50.9   +00 32 19     2.484    3.480  179.5    0.1    74   28.0 
2026-03-23 00:00 UT   12 00 54.6   +00 26 33     2.488    3.485  178.3    0.5   102   28.0 
2026-03-24 00:00 UT   11 59 58.5   +00 20 47     2.493    3.489  177.1    0.8   107   28.1 
2026-03-25 00:00 UT   11 59 02.7   +00 15 03     2.498    3.493  175.9    1.2   109   28.1 
2026-03-26 00:00 UT   11 58 07.3   +00 09 22     2.503    3.498  174.6    1.5   110   28.1 
2026-03-27 00:00 UT   11 57 12.3   +00 03 43     2.509    3.502  173.4    1.9   111   28.2 
2026-03-28 00:00 UT   11 56 17.7   +00 01 54     2.515    3.507  172.2    2.2   111   28.2 
2026-03-29 00:00 UT   11 55 23.6   +00 07 28     2.522    3.511  170.9    2.6   111   28.2 
2026-03-30 00:00 UT   11 54 30.0   +00 12 59     2.528    3.515  169.7    2.9   112   28.3 
2026-03-31 00:00 UT   11 53 37.0   +00 18 26     2.535    3.520  168.5    3.2   112   28.3 
2026-04-01 00:00 UT   11 52 44.5   +00 23 50     2.543    3.524  167.3    3.6   112   28.3 
2026-04-02 00:00 UT   11 51 52.7   +00 29 10     2.550    3.528  166.0    3.9   112   28.4 
2026-04-03 00:00 UT   11 51 01.5   +00 34 25     2.558    3.533  164.8    4.2   112   28.4 

    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.