2020 QL2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	5 May 2026	23.0	1.419 AU	0.420 AU	14h29m	-02°02'	165.3°	10.4°

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 QL2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.3242335
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.1691473
            i (Inclination)                 : 4.74447
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 173.34307
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 264.44260
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 348.51294
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 257.76668
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -4.72212
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.26            
        

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
2026-05-05 00:00 UT   14 29 47.4   -02 02 01     0.420    1.419  165.3   10.4   164   23.0 
2026-05-05 15:06 UT   14 28 24.9   -01 55 02     0.423    1.421  164.8   10.8   161   23.1 
2026-05-06 00:00 UT   14 27 36.8   -01 51 01     0.424    1.422  164.4   11.0   159   23.1 
2026-05-07 00:00 UT   14 25 29.5   -01 40 37     0.429    1.425  163.4   11.7   155   23.1 
2026-05-08 00:00 UT   14 23 25.6   -01 30 47     0.433    1.428  162.3   12.4   151   23.2 
2026-05-09 00:00 UT   14 21 25.2   -01 21 34     0.438    1.431  161.2   13.1   148   23.3 
2026-05-10 00:00 UT   14 19 28.4   -01 12 56     0.443    1.434  160.1   13.9   145   23.3 
2026-05-11 00:00 UT   14 17 35.3   -01 04 53     0.448    1.437  158.9   14.6   143   23.4 
2026-05-12 00:00 UT   14 15 46.0   +00 57 26     0.453    1.440  157.8   15.4   141   23.4 
2026-05-13 00:00 UT   14 14 00.6   +00 50 34     0.459    1.443  156.6   16.2   139   23.5 
2026-05-14 00:00 UT   14 12 19.2   +00 44 18     0.464    1.446  155.4   16.9   137   23.5 
2026-05-15 00:00 UT   14 10 41.8   +00 38 35     0.470    1.449  154.2   17.7   136   23.6 
2026-05-16 00:00 UT   14 09 08.5   +00 33 28     0.476    1.451  153.0   18.4   134   23.6 
2026-05-17 00:00 UT   14 07 39.3   +00 28 53     0.482    1.454  151.8   19.2   133   23.7 
2026-05-18 00:00 UT   14 06 14.2   +00 24 53     0.488    1.457  150.6   19.9   132   23.8 
2026-05-19 00:00 UT   14 04 53.3   +00 21 24     0.495    1.460  149.4   20.6   131   23.8 
2026-05-20 00:00 UT   14 03 36.5   +00 18 28     0.501    1.462  148.3   21.3   130   23.9 
2026-05-21 00:00 UT   14 02 23.9   +00 16 03     0.508    1.465  147.1   22.0   129   23.9 
2026-05-22 00:00 UT   14 01 15.4   +00 14 08     0.515    1.467  146.0   22.7   128   24.0 
2026-05-23 00:00 UT   14 00 11.0   +00 12 42     0.522    1.470  144.9   23.4   127   24.0 
2026-05-24 00:00 UT   13 59 10.6   +00 11 46     0.529    1.472  143.7   24.0   126   24.1 
2026-05-25 00:00 UT   13 58 14.3   +00 11 17     0.536    1.475  142.6   24.6   126   24.1 
2026-05-26 00:00 UT   13 57 21.9   +00 11 15     0.543    1.477  141.5   25.2   125   24.2 

    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.