2020 RV2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	7 Mar 2026	25.8	1.581 AU	0.594 AU	11h43m	+01°23'	170.3°	6.0°

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
2026-03-07 00:00 UT   11 43 44.4   +01 23 12     0.594    1.581  170.3    6.0   295   25.8 
2026-03-07 11:43 UT   11 42 54.8   +01 30 52     0.595    1.583  171.1    5.6   295   25.8 
2026-03-08 00:00 UT   11 42 02.6   +01 38 54     0.595    1.584  171.8    5.1   295   25.8 
2026-03-09 00:00 UT   11 40 20.5   +01 54 37     0.597    1.587  173.3    4.2   295   25.8 
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   11 38 38.3   +02 10 20     0.598    1.590  174.8    3.2   295   25.7 
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   11 36 56.1   +02 25 60     0.600    1.592  176.3    2.3   294   25.7 
2026-03-12 00:00 UT   11 35 14.2   +02 41 36     0.602    1.595  177.8    1.4   293   25.6 
2026-03-13 00:00 UT   11 33 32.7   +02 57 07     0.604    1.598  179.3    0.4   286   25.5 
2026-03-14 00:00 UT   11 31 51.8   +03 12 30     0.606    1.600  179.2    0.5   125   25.5 
2026-03-15 00:00 UT   11 30 11.8   +03 27 45     0.609    1.603  177.7    1.4   119   25.6 
2026-03-16 00:00 UT   11 28 32.7   +03 42 50     0.612    1.606  176.3    2.3   118   25.7 
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   11 26 54.9   +03 57 43     0.615    1.608  174.8    3.2   117   25.8 
2026-03-18 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 

    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.