2020 RV2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	17 Mar 2026	25.8	1.608 AU	0.615 AU	11h26m	+03°57'	174.8°	3.2°

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 RV2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2644860
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.3800148
            i (Inclination)                 : 3.49150
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 171.79063
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 222.49679
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 46.35176
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 214.23440
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -2.35788
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.62            
        

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
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   11 26 54.9   +03 57 43     0.615    1.608  174.8    3.2   117   25.8 
2026-03-17 12:12 UT   11 26 05.6   +04 05 12     0.617    1.610  174.0    3.7   117   25.8 
2026-03-18 00:00 UT   11 25 18.4   +04 12 23     0.618    1.611  173.3    4.1   117   25.9 
2026-03-19 00:00 UT   11 23 43.4   +04 26 49     0.622    1.613  171.9    5.0   117   25.9 
2026-03-20 00:00 UT   11 22 10.1   +04 40 59     0.626    1.616  170.4    5.9   116   26.0 
2026-03-21 00:00 UT   11 20 38.6   +04 54 52     0.630    1.618  169.0    6.7   116   26.0 
2026-03-22 00:00 UT   11 19 09.2   +05 08 27     0.634    1.621  167.6    7.6   116   26.1 
2026-03-23 00:00 UT   11 17 41.9   +05 21 43     0.638    1.623  166.2    8.4   116   26.2 
2026-03-24 00:00 UT   11 16 16.8   +05 34 39     0.643    1.626  164.8    9.3   116   26.2 
2026-03-25 00:00 UT   11 14 54.1   +05 47 14     0.648    1.628  163.4   10.1   116   26.3 
2026-03-26 00:00 UT   11 13 33.9   +05 59 28     0.653    1.631  162.0   10.9   116   26.3 
2026-03-27 00:00 UT   11 12 16.3   +06 11 20     0.658    1.633  160.6   11.7   116   26.4 
2026-03-28 00:00 UT   11 11 01.3   +06 22 49     0.663    1.635  159.3   12.5   116   26.4 
2026-03-29 00:00 UT   11 09 49.1   +06 33 55     0.669    1.638  157.9   13.2   116   26.5 
2026-03-30 00:00 UT   11 08 39.6   +06 44 38     0.675    1.640  156.6   14.0   115   26.5 
2026-03-31 00:00 UT   11 07 33.0   +06 54 56     0.681    1.642  155.3   14.7   115   26.6 
2026-04-01 00:00 UT   11 06 29.3   +07 04 51     0.687    1.645  154.0   15.4   115   26.6 
2026-04-02 00:00 UT   11 05 28.5   +07 14 22     0.693    1.647  152.7   16.1   115   26.7 
2026-04-03 00:00 UT   11 04 30.6   +07 23 29     0.700    1.649  151.5   16.8   115   26.7 
2026-04-04 00:00 UT   11 03 35.8   +07 32 11     0.707    1.651  150.2   17.5   115   26.8 
2026-04-05 00:00 UT   11 02 43.9   +07 40 30     0.714    1.653  149.0   18.2   115   26.8 
2026-04-06 00:00 UT   11 01 55.1   +07 48 24     0.721    1.655  147.7   18.8   115   26.8 
2026-04-07 00:00 UT   11 01 09.3   +07 55 54     0.728    1.658  146.5   19.4   115   26.9 
2026-04-08 00:00 UT   11 00 26.5   +08 02 59     0.735    1.660  145.3   20.1   115   26.9 
2026-04-09 00:00 UT   10 59 46.8   +08 09 41     0.743    1.662  144.2   20.7   115   27.0 
2026-04-10 00:00 UT   10 59 10.1   +08 15 59     0.751    1.664  143.0   21.2   115   27.0 
2026-04-11 00:00 UT   10 58 36.4   +08 21 54     0.758    1.666  141.9   21.8   115   27.1 
2026-04-12 00:00 UT   10 58 05.7   +08 27 25     0.766    1.668  140.7   22.4   115   27.1 

    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.