2020 UU
ephemeris date magn radius delta ra dec elong phase
Today15 Nov 202533.52.064 AU2.832 AU13h14m-08°04'32.3°14.8°
2020 UU - 2025-11-15
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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)                : 0.4065417
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.5639512
            i (Inclination)                 : 1.51248
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 196.00605
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 144.06851
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 235.47205
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 160.08405
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 0.88748
            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
2025-11-15 00:00 UT   13 14 16.1   -08 04 45     2.832    2.064   32.3   14.8   292   33.5 
2025-11-15 05:46 UT   13 14 42.9   -08 07 23     2.829    2.064   32.4   14.9   292   33.5 
2025-11-16 00:00 UT   13 16 07.7   -08 15 41     2.822    2.062   32.8   15.1   292   33.5 
2025-11-17 00:00 UT   13 17 59.5   -08 26 35     2.812    2.059   33.3   15.3   292   33.5 
2025-11-18 00:00 UT   13 19 51.5   -08 37 28     2.802    2.056   33.9   15.5   292   33.5 
2025-11-19 00:00 UT   13 21 43.7   -08 48 19     2.792    2.054   34.4   15.8   292   33.5 
2025-11-20 00:00 UT   13 23 36.1   -08 59 09     2.782    2.051   34.9   16.0   292   33.5 
2025-11-21 00:00 UT   13 25 28.7   -09 09 57     2.772    2.048   35.4   16.2   291   33.5 
2025-11-22 00:00 UT   13 27 21.6   -09 20 44     2.762    2.046   35.9   16.5   291   33.5 
2025-11-23 00:00 UT   13 29 14.6   -09 31 28     2.751    2.043   36.4   16.7   291   33.4 
2025-11-24 00:00 UT   13 31 07.9   -09 42 11     2.741    2.040   36.9   16.9   291   33.4 
2025-11-25 00:00 UT   13 33 01.4   -09 52 52     2.730    2.037   37.4   17.1   291   33.4 
2025-11-26 00:00 UT   13 34 55.1   -10 03 31     2.720    2.034   38.0   17.4   291   33.4 
2025-11-27 00:00 UT   13 36 49.1   -10 14 08     2.709    2.031   38.5   17.6   291   33.4 
2025-11-28 00:00 UT   13 38 43.2   -10 24 44     2.698    2.028   39.0   17.8   291   33.4 
2025-11-29 00:00 UT   13 40 37.6   -10 35 17     2.687    2.025   39.5   18.0   291   33.4 
2025-11-30 00:00 UT   13 42 32.3   -10 45 48     2.676    2.022   40.0   18.3   291   33.4 
2025-12-01 00:00 UT   13 44 27.1   -10 56 16     2.665    2.019   40.5   18.5   291   33.4 
2025-12-02 00:00 UT   13 46 22.3   -11 06 43     2.653    2.016   41.0   18.7   291   33.4 


    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.