2020 TG1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	11 Apr 2026	28.2	1.985 AU	2.134 AU	21h07m	-21°12'	67.8°	27.9°

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 TG1 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5081744
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.3426965
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.38040
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 41.12343
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 75.40501
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 61.20356
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 116.46663
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 5.20629
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.56            
        

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
2026-04-11 00:00 UT   21 07 35.2   -21 12 20     2.134    1.985   67.8   27.9   251   28.2 
2026-04-11 22:45 UT   21 09 02.7   -21 08 11     2.125    1.987   68.3   28.0   251   28.2 
2026-04-12 00:00 UT   21 09 07.5   -21 07 57     2.124    1.987   68.4   28.0   251   28.2 
2026-04-13 00:00 UT   21 10 39.1   -21 03 36     2.114    1.989   69.0   28.1   251   28.2 
2026-04-14 00:00 UT   21 12 09.9   -20 59 18     2.103    1.990   69.6   28.2   251   28.2 
2026-04-15 00:00 UT   21 13 39.9   -20 55 01     2.093    1.992   70.2   28.3   251   28.2 
2026-04-16 00:00 UT   21 15 09.1   -20 50 47     2.082    1.993   70.9   28.4   251   28.1 
2026-04-17 00:00 UT   21 16 37.5   -20 46 35     2.072    1.995   71.5   28.5   251   28.1 
2026-04-18 00:00 UT   21 18 05.1   -20 42 26     2.061    1.996   72.1   28.6   251   28.1 
2026-04-19 00:00 UT   21 19 31.9   -20 38 20     2.050    1.998   72.8   28.7   251   28.1 
2026-04-20 00:00 UT   21 20 57.8   -20 34 17     2.039    1.999   73.4   28.8   251   28.1 
2026-04-21 00:00 UT   21 22 22.9   -20 30 16     2.028    2.001   74.0   28.9   251   28.1 
2026-04-22 00:00 UT   21 23 47.2   -20 26 19     2.017    2.002   74.7   29.0   251   28.1 
2026-04-23 00:00 UT   21 25 10.6   -20 22 25     2.006    2.003   75.3   29.0   251   28.1 
2026-04-24 00:00 UT   21 26 33.1   -20 18 35     1.995    2.004   76.0   29.1   251   28.1 
2026-04-25 00:00 UT   21 27 54.8   -20 14 48     1.984    2.006   76.6   29.2   250   28.1 
2026-04-26 00:00 UT   21 29 15.6   -20 11 05     1.972    2.007   77.3   29.3   250   28.1 
2026-04-27 00:00 UT   21 30 35.6   -20 07 26     1.961    2.008   77.9   29.3   250   28.1 
2026-04-28 00:00 UT   21 31 54.6   -20 03 51     1.950    2.009   78.6   29.4   250   28.0 
2026-04-29 00:00 UT   21 33 12.7   -20 00 20     1.938    2.010   79.2   29.5   250   28.0 
2026-04-30 00:00 UT   21 34 30.0   -19 56 53     1.927    2.011   79.9   29.5   250   28.0 
2026-05-01 00:00 UT   21 35 46.3   -19 53 31     1.915    2.012   80.6   29.6   250   28.0 
2026-05-02 00:00 UT   21 37 01.7   -19 50 14     1.903    2.013   81.2   29.6   250   28.0 
2026-05-03 00:00 UT   21 38 16.1   -19 47 01     1.892    2.014   81.9   29.7   250   28.0 
2026-05-04 00:00 UT   21 39 29.6   -19 43 53     1.880    2.015   82.6   29.7   250   28.0 
2026-05-05 00:00 UT   21 40 42.2   -19 40 50     1.868    2.016   83.3   29.8   250   28.0 
2026-05-06 00:00 UT   21 41 53.7   -19 37 53     1.856    2.017   83.9   29.8   250   28.0 
2026-05-07 00:00 UT   21 43 04.3   -19 35 01     1.844    2.017   84.6   29.9   250   27.9 

    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.