2020 UU
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	9 Oct 2026	30.9	1.220 AU	0.869 AU	07h43m	+19°49'	81.2°	54.0°

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 UU are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4065674
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.5641305
            i (Inclination)                 : 1.51203
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 196.00999
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 144.06148
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 336.16838
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 160.08095
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 0.88737
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.96            
        

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
2026-10-09 00:00 UT   07 43 05.8   +19 49 44     0.869    1.220   81.2   54.0   280   30.9 
2026-10-09 02:50 UT   07 43 19.2   +19 48 58     0.869    1.221   81.3   54.0   280   30.9 
2026-10-10 00:00 UT   07 44 58.4   +19 43 19     0.869    1.226   81.7   53.7   280   30.9 
2026-10-11 00:00 UT   07 46 48.7   +19 36 55     0.868    1.232   82.3   53.4   280   30.9 
2026-10-12 00:00 UT   07 48 36.7   +19 30 32     0.867    1.238   82.8   53.1   280   30.9 
2026-10-13 00:00 UT   07 50 22.4   +19 24 11     0.866    1.244   83.4   52.8   280   30.9 
2026-10-14 00:00 UT   07 52 05.8   +19 17 51     0.866    1.250   84.0   52.5   281   30.9 
2026-10-15 00:00 UT   07 53 47.0   +19 11 34     0.865    1.256   84.5   52.2   281   30.9 
2026-10-16 00:00 UT   07 55 25.7   +19 05 19     0.863    1.262   85.1   51.9   281   30.9 
2026-10-17 00:00 UT   07 57 02.1   +18 59 06     0.862    1.268   85.7   51.6   281   30.9 
2026-10-18 00:00 UT   07 58 36.2   +18 52 56     0.861    1.275   86.3   51.3   281   30.9 
2026-10-19 00:00 UT   08 00 07.8   +18 46 50     0.859    1.281   87.0   51.0   281   30.9 
2026-10-20 00:00 UT   08 01 37.1   +18 40 47     0.858    1.287   87.6   50.7   282   30.9 
2026-10-21 00:00 UT   08 03 03.9   +18 34 48     0.856    1.293   88.2   50.3   282   30.9 
2026-10-22 00:00 UT   08 04 28.3   +18 28 53     0.855    1.299   88.9   50.0   282   30.9 
2026-10-23 00:00 UT   08 05 50.2   +18 23 02     0.853    1.305   89.5   49.7   282   30.9 
2026-10-24 00:00 UT   08 07 09.6   +18 17 17     0.851    1.311   90.2   49.3   282   30.9 
2026-10-25 00:00 UT   08 08 26.5   +18 11 36     0.849    1.317   90.9   49.0   282   30.9 
2026-10-26 00:00 UT   08 09 40.8   +18 05 60     0.847    1.323   91.6   48.7   282   30.9 
2026-10-27 00:00 UT   08 10 52.6   +18 00 30     0.845    1.330   92.3   48.3   282   30.9 
2026-10-28 00:00 UT   08 12 01.8   +17 55 05     0.843    1.336   93.0   48.0   283   30.9 
2026-10-29 00:00 UT   08 13 08.4   +17 49 47     0.840    1.342   93.7   47.6   283   30.9 
2026-10-30 00:00 UT   08 14 12.3   +17 44 35     0.838    1.348   94.4   47.3   283   30.8 
2026-10-31 00:00 UT   08 15 13.5   +17 39 30     0.836    1.354   95.2   46.9   283   30.8 
2026-11-01 00:00 UT   08 16 11.9   +17 34 32     0.833    1.360   95.9   46.6   283   30.8 
2026-11-02 00:00 UT   08 17 07.6   +17 29 41     0.831    1.366   96.7   46.2   283   30.8 

    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.