2020 RN1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	24 Jun 2026	31.6	3.753 AU	3.382 AU	12h54m	-08°01'	103.6°	15.3°

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 RN1 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5855265
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.3833665
            i (Inclination)                 : 3.40867
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 359.59859
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 25.83129
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 139.82797
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 25.39011
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 1.48453
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.68            
        

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
2026-06-24 00:00 UT   12 54 59.3   -08 01 26     3.382    3.753  103.6   15.3   112   31.6 
2026-06-24 22:22 UT   12 55 04.6   -08 01 45     3.395    3.752  102.7   15.3   112   31.6 
2026-06-25 00:00 UT   12 55 05.0   -08 01 47     3.396    3.752  102.7   15.3   112   31.6 
2026-06-26 00:00 UT   12 55 11.7   -08 02 14     3.410    3.752  101.7   15.4   112   31.6 
2026-06-27 00:00 UT   12 55 19.4   -08 02 47     3.425    3.751  100.8   15.4   112   31.6 
2026-06-28 00:00 UT   12 55 28.1   -08 03 26     3.439    3.750   99.9   15.5   112   31.6 
2026-06-29 00:00 UT   12 55 37.7   -08 04 11     3.453    3.749   99.0   15.5   112   31.6 
2026-06-30 00:00 UT   12 55 48.2   -08 05 02     3.468    3.748   98.1   15.6   112   31.6 
2026-07-01 00:00 UT   12 55 59.7   -08 05 59     3.482    3.747   97.2   15.6   112   31.6 
2026-07-02 00:00 UT   12 56 12.1   -08 07 02     3.496    3.746   96.3   15.6   112   31.6 
2026-07-03 00:00 UT   12 56 25.4   -08 08 10     3.511    3.746   95.4   15.7   113   31.7 
2026-07-04 00:00 UT   12 56 39.7   -08 09 24     3.525    3.745   94.5   15.7   113   31.7 
2026-07-05 00:00 UT   12 56 54.8   -08 10 43     3.540    3.744   93.6   15.7   113   31.7 
2026-07-06 00:00 UT   12 57 10.8   -08 12 08     3.554    3.743   92.7   15.7   113   31.7 
2026-07-07 00:00 UT   12 57 27.7   -08 13 38     3.569    3.742   91.8   15.8   113   31.7 
2026-07-08 00:00 UT   12 57 45.4   -08 15 14     3.583    3.741   91.0   15.8   113   31.7 
2026-07-09 00:00 UT   12 58 04.0   -08 16 55     3.597    3.740   90.1   15.8   113   31.7 
2026-07-10 00:00 UT   12 58 23.5   -08 18 42     3.612    3.739   89.2   15.8   113   31.7 
2026-07-11 00:00 UT   12 58 43.8   -08 20 34     3.626    3.738   88.4   15.8   113   31.7 
2026-07-12 00:00 UT   12 59 04.9   -08 22 31     3.641    3.737   87.5   15.8   113   31.7 
2026-07-13 00:00 UT   12 59 26.9   -08 24 33     3.655    3.736   86.7   15.8   113   31.7 
2026-07-14 00:00 UT   12 59 49.7   -08 26 40     3.669    3.735   85.8   15.7   113   31.7 
2026-07-15 00:00 UT   13 00 13.3   -08 28 52     3.684    3.734   84.9   15.7   113   31.8 
2026-07-16 00:00 UT   13 00 37.7   -08 31 10     3.698    3.733   84.1   15.7   113   31.8 
2026-07-17 00:00 UT   13 01 02.8   -08 33 32     3.712    3.732   83.3   15.7   113   31.8 
2026-07-18 00:00 UT   13 01 28.8   -08 35 59     3.726    3.731   82.4   15.7   113   31.8 
2026-07-19 00:00 UT   13 01 55.5   -08 38 30     3.740    3.730   81.6   15.6   113   31.8 
2026-07-20 00:00 UT   13 02 23.0   -08 41 07     3.754    3.728   80.7   15.6   113   31.8 
2026-07-21 00:00 UT   13 02 51.2   -08 43 48     3.768    3.727   79.9   15.6   113   31.8 
2026-07-22 00:00 UT   13 03 20.1   -08 46 33     3.782    3.726   79.1   15.5   113   31.8 
2026-07-23 00:00 UT   13 03 49.8   -08 49 23     3.796    3.725   78.3   15.5   113   31.8 
2026-07-24 00:00 UT   13 04 20.2   -08 52 18     3.810    3.724   77.4   15.4   113   31.8 

    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.