2020 WG
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	29 Nov 2025	28.1	3.442 AU	3.859 AU	12h38m	+00°28'	58.2°	14.1°

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 WG are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6015234
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.5149008
            i (Inclination)                 : 7.60964
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 32.74207
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 348.95430
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 98.58582
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 21.79128
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -1.45382
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.99            
        

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
2025-11-29 00:00 UT   12 38 14.5   +00 28 06     3.859    3.442   58.2   14.1   296   28.1 
2025-11-29 14:14 UT   12 38 42.4   +00 25 20     3.853    3.444   58.6   14.2   296   28.1 
2025-11-30 00:00 UT   12 39 01.4   +00 23 27     3.849    3.446   59.0   14.2   296   28.1 
2025-12-01 00:00 UT   12 39 47.8   +00 18 52     3.839    3.450   59.8   14.3   296   28.1 
2025-12-02 00:00 UT   12 40 33.5   +00 14 22     3.829    3.453   60.6   14.4   296   28.1 
2025-12-03 00:00 UT   12 41 18.7   +00 09 56     3.819    3.457   61.4   14.5   295   28.1 
2025-12-04 00:00 UT   12 42 03.2   +00 05 35     3.809    3.461   62.2   14.6   295   28.1 
2025-12-05 00:00 UT   12 42 47.1   +00 01 18     3.799    3.464   63.0   14.7   295   28.1 
2025-12-06 00:00 UT   12 43 30.4   +00 02 53     3.788    3.468   63.8   14.8   295   28.1 
2025-12-07 00:00 UT   12 44 13.1   +00 07 01     3.778    3.472   64.6   14.9   295   28.1 
2025-12-08 00:00 UT   12 44 55.1   +00 11 03     3.767    3.475   65.5   14.9   295   28.1 
2025-12-09 00:00 UT   12 45 36.4   +00 15 00     3.756    3.479   66.3   15.0   295   28.1 
2025-12-10 00:00 UT   12 46 17.1   +00 18 53     3.745    3.483   67.1   15.1   295   28.1 
2025-12-11 00:00 UT   12 46 57.2   +00 22 40     3.734    3.486   68.0   15.2   295   28.1 
2025-12-12 00:00 UT   12 47 36.5   +00 26 23     3.723    3.490   68.8   15.3   295   28.1 
2025-12-13 00:00 UT   12 48 15.2   +00 29 60     3.712    3.493   69.6   15.3   295   28.0 
2025-12-14 00:00 UT   12 48 53.1   +00 33 32     3.701    3.497   70.5   15.4   294   28.0 
2025-12-15 00:00 UT   12 49 30.3   +00 36 59     3.689    3.501   71.3   15.4   294   28.0 
2025-12-16 00:00 UT   12 50 06.8   +00 40 20     3.678    3.504   72.2   15.5   294   28.0 
2025-12-17 00:00 UT   12 50 42.5   +00 43 37     3.666    3.508   73.0   15.6   294   28.0 
2025-12-18 00:00 UT   12 51 17.5   +00 46 48     3.654    3.511   73.9   15.6   294   28.0 
2025-12-19 00:00 UT   12 51 51.7   +00 49 53     3.643    3.515   74.8   15.7   294   28.0 
2025-12-20 00:00 UT   12 52 25.2   +00 52 53     3.631    3.518   75.6   15.7   294   28.0 
2025-12-21 00:00 UT   12 52 57.8   +00 55 47     3.619    3.522   76.5   15.8   294   28.0 
2025-12-22 00:00 UT   12 53 29.7   +00 58 36     3.607    3.525   77.4   15.8   294   28.0 
2025-12-23 00:00 UT   12 54 00.7   -01 01 18     3.595    3.529   78.3   15.8   294   28.0 
2025-12-24 00:00 UT   12 54 30.9   -01 03 56     3.583    3.532   79.1   15.9   294   28.0 
2025-12-25 00:00 UT   12 55 00.3   -01 06 27     3.571    3.536   80.0   15.9   294   28.0 
2025-12-26 00:00 UT   12 55 28.8   -01 08 52     3.558    3.539   80.9   15.9   293   28.0 
2025-12-27 00:00 UT   12 55 56.5   -01 11 12     3.546    3.542   81.8   16.0   293   28.0 
2025-12-28 00:00 UT   12 56 23.3   -01 13 26     3.534    3.546   82.7   16.0   293   28.0 
2025-12-29 00:00 UT   12 56 49.2   -01 15 34     3.521    3.549   83.6   16.0   293   28.0 

    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.