2020 TR2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	14 Dec 2025	30.3	3.426 AU	4.356 AU	16h11m	-22°11'	16.8°	4.8°

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 TR2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6653310
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.5301035
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.60128
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 46.41313
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 41.82034
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 84.25174
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 88.09724
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 3.73161
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.02            
        

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
2025-12-14 00:00 UT   16 11 50.4   -22 11 43     4.356    3.426   16.8    4.8   277   30.3 
2025-12-14 18:12 UT   16 12 46.6   -22 14 31     4.356    3.429   17.4    4.9   277   30.3 
2025-12-15 00:00 UT   16 13 04.4   -22 15 24     4.356    3.431   17.5    5.0   277   30.3 
2025-12-16 00:00 UT   16 14 18.3   -22 19 02     4.356    3.435   18.3    5.2   277   30.3 
2025-12-17 00:00 UT   16 15 31.9   -22 22 37     4.355    3.439   19.0    5.3   277   30.3 
2025-12-18 00:00 UT   16 16 45.2   -22 26 10     4.354    3.444   19.7    5.5   277   30.3 
2025-12-19 00:00 UT   16 17 58.4   -22 29 41     4.353    3.448   20.4    5.7   277   30.3 
2025-12-20 00:00 UT   16 19 11.2   -22 33 08     4.352    3.453   21.2    5.9   277   30.4 
2025-12-21 00:00 UT   16 20 23.8   -22 36 34     4.350    3.457   21.9    6.1   277   30.4 
2025-12-22 00:00 UT   16 21 36.2   -22 39 57     4.349    3.462   22.6    6.3   277   30.4 
2025-12-23 00:00 UT   16 22 48.2   -22 43 17     4.347    3.466   23.4    6.5   277   30.4 
2025-12-24 00:00 UT   16 24 00.0   -22 46 35     4.345    3.470   24.1    6.7   277   30.4 
2025-12-25 00:00 UT   16 25 11.5   -22 49 50     4.342    3.475   24.9    6.8   277   30.4 
2025-12-26 00:00 UT   16 26 22.7   -22 53 03     4.340    3.479   25.6    7.0   277   30.4 
2025-12-27 00:00 UT   16 27 33.6   -22 56 13     4.337    3.483   26.3    7.2   277   30.4 
2025-12-28 00:00 UT   16 28 44.1   -22 59 21     4.334    3.488   27.1    7.4   277   30.4 
2025-12-29 00:00 UT   16 29 54.4   -23 02 27     4.331    3.492   27.8    7.6   276   30.4 
2025-12-30 00:00 UT   16 31 04.3   -23 05 30     4.328    3.496   28.6    7.7   276   30.5 
2025-12-31 00:00 UT   16 32 13.9   -23 08 30     4.324    3.500   29.3    7.9   276   30.5 
2026-01-01 00:00 UT   16 33 23.1   -23 11 29     4.321    3.505   30.1    8.1   276   30.5 
2026-01-02 00:00 UT   16 34 32.0   -23 14 25     4.317    3.509   30.8    8.3   276   30.5 
2026-01-03 00:00 UT   16 35 40.6   -23 17 18     4.313    3.513   31.6    8.4   276   30.5 
2026-01-04 00:00 UT   16 36 48.8   -23 20 10     4.309    3.517   32.3    8.6   276   30.5 
2026-01-05 00:00 UT   16 37 56.6   -23 22 58     4.304    3.521   33.1    8.8   276   30.5 
2026-01-06 00:00 UT   16 39 04.1   -23 25 45     4.300    3.526   33.8    8.9   276   30.5 
2026-01-07 00:00 UT   16 40 11.1   -23 28 30     4.295    3.530   34.6    9.1   276   30.5 
2026-01-08 00:00 UT   16 41 17.8   -23 31 12     4.290    3.534   35.3    9.3   276   30.5 
2026-01-09 00:00 UT   16 42 24.1   -23 33 52     4.285    3.538   36.1    9.4   276   30.5 
2026-01-10 00:00 UT   16 43 30.0   -23 36 30     4.279    3.542   36.9    9.6   276   30.5 
2026-01-11 00:00 UT   16 44 35.5   -23 39 05     4.274    3.546   37.6    9.8   276   30.5 
2026-01-12 00:00 UT   16 45 40.6   -23 41 39     4.268    3.550   38.4    9.9   276   30.5 
2026-01-13 00:00 UT   16 46 45.2   -23 44 10     4.262    3.554   39.2   10.1   276   30.6 

    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.