2020 TR2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	13 Jan 2026	30.6	3.554 AU	4.262 AU	16h46m	-23°44'	39.2°	10.1°

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
2026-01-13 00:00 UT   16 46 45.2   -23 44 10     4.262    3.554   39.2   10.1   276   30.6 
2026-01-13 18:50 UT   16 47 35.6   -23 46 07     4.257    3.558   39.8   10.2   275   30.6 
2026-01-14 00:00 UT   16 47 49.4   -23 46 39     4.256    3.559   39.9   10.2   275   30.6 
2026-01-15 00:00 UT   16 48 53.2   -23 49 06     4.250    3.563   40.7   10.4   275   30.6 
2026-01-16 00:00 UT   16 49 56.5   -23 51 31     4.243    3.567   41.5   10.5   275   30.6 
2026-01-17 00:00 UT   16 50 59.3   -23 53 54     4.237    3.571   42.3   10.7   275   30.6 
2026-01-18 00:00 UT   16 52 01.6   -23 56 15     4.230    3.575   43.0   10.8   275   30.6 
2026-01-19 00:00 UT   16 53 03.5   -23 58 34     4.223    3.579   43.8   11.0   275   30.6 
2026-01-20 00:00 UT   16 54 04.9   -24 00 51     4.216    3.583   44.6   11.1   275   30.6 
2026-01-21 00:00 UT   16 55 05.7   -24 03 06     4.208    3.587   45.4   11.3   275   30.6 
2026-01-22 00:00 UT   16 56 06.1   -24 05 19     4.201    3.590   46.2   11.4   275   30.6 
2026-01-23 00:00 UT   16 57 05.9   -24 07 30     4.193    3.594   47.0   11.5   275   30.6 
2026-01-24 00:00 UT   16 58 05.2   -24 09 39     4.186    3.598   47.8   11.7   275   30.6 
2026-01-25 00:00 UT   16 59 03.9   -24 11 46     4.178    3.602   48.5   11.8   275   30.6 
2026-01-26 00:00 UT   17 00 02.1   -24 13 52     4.169    3.606   49.3   12.0   275   30.6 
2026-01-27 00:00 UT   17 00 59.7   -24 15 56     4.161    3.610   50.1   12.1   275   30.6 
2026-01-28 00:00 UT   17 01 56.8   -24 17 58     4.153    3.614   50.9   12.2   274   30.6 
2026-01-29 00:00 UT   17 02 53.2   -24 19 58     4.144    3.618   51.7   12.3   274   30.6 
2026-01-30 00:00 UT   17 03 49.1   -24 21 56     4.135    3.622   52.5   12.5   274   30.6 
2026-01-31 00:00 UT   17 04 44.4   -24 23 53     4.126    3.625   53.3   12.6   274   30.6 
2026-02-01 00:00 UT   17 05 39.1   -24 25 49     4.117    3.629   54.1   12.7   274   30.6 
2026-02-02 00:00 UT   17 06 33.1   -24 27 43     4.108    3.633   54.9   12.8   274   30.6 
2026-02-03 00:00 UT   17 07 26.6   -24 29 35     4.099    3.637   55.8   12.9   274   30.6 
2026-02-04 00:00 UT   17 08 19.4   -24 31 25     4.089    3.640   56.6   13.1   274   30.6 
2026-02-05 00:00 UT   17 09 11.6   -24 33 15     4.080    3.644   57.4   13.2   274   30.6 
2026-02-06 00:00 UT   17 10 03.1   -24 35 02     4.070    3.648   58.2   13.3   274   30.6 
2026-02-07 00:00 UT   17 10 53.9   -24 36 48     4.060    3.652   59.0   13.4   274   30.6 
2026-02-08 00:00 UT   17 11 44.1   -24 38 33     4.050    3.655   59.8   13.5   274   30.6 
2026-02-09 00:00 UT   17 12 33.6   -24 40 17     4.040    3.659   60.7   13.6   274   30.6 
2026-02-10 00:00 UT   17 13 22.4   -24 41 59     4.030    3.663   61.5   13.7   274   30.6 
2026-02-11 00:00 UT   17 14 10.5   -24 43 40     4.019    3.666   62.3   13.8   274   30.6 
2026-02-12 00:00 UT   17 14 57.9   -24 45 19     4.009    3.670   63.1   13.9   274   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.