2020 XB7
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	8 Sep 2026	27.8	2.605 AU	1.601 AU	23h09m	-12°19'	173.5°	2.5°

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 XB7 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5520830
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.1602910
            i (Inclination)                 : 6.07586
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 124.12295
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 0.28442
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 249.21476
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 124.40577
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 0.03010
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.18            
        

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
2026-09-08 00:00 UT   23 09 39.4   -12 19 23     1.601    2.605  173.5    2.5   349   27.8 
2026-09-08 09:52 UT   23 09 10.4   -12 23 09     1.600    2.603  173.3    2.6   354   27.8 
2026-09-09 00:00 UT   23 08 28.7   -12 28 32     1.597    2.600  173.1    2.7   360   27.8 
2026-09-10 00:00 UT   23 07 17.5   -12 37 39     1.593    2.595  172.4    2.9     9   27.8 
2026-09-11 00:00 UT   23 06 06.0   -12 46 42     1.590    2.590  171.7    3.2    16   27.8 
2026-09-12 00:00 UT   23 04 54.2   -12 55 42     1.586    2.585  170.8    3.6    23   27.8 
2026-09-13 00:00 UT   23 03 42.2   -13 04 37     1.583    2.580  169.8    4.0    28   27.8 
2026-09-14 00:00 UT   23 02 30.0   -13 13 27     1.581    2.575  168.7    4.4    32   27.9 
2026-09-15 00:00 UT   23 01 17.8   -13 22 12     1.578    2.570  167.6    4.8    36   27.9 
2026-09-16 00:00 UT   23 00 05.6   -13 30 50     1.576    2.565  166.5    5.2    39   27.9 
2026-09-17 00:00 UT   22 58 53.5   -13 39 22     1.574    2.559  165.4    5.7    41   27.9 
2026-09-18 00:00 UT   22 57 41.6   -13 47 46     1.573    2.554  164.2    6.2    43   27.9 
2026-09-19 00:00 UT   22 56 30.0   -13 56 03     1.571    2.549  163.0    6.6    45   27.9 
2026-09-20 00:00 UT   22 55 18.6   -14 04 12     1.570    2.544  161.8    7.1    47   28.0 
2026-09-21 00:00 UT   22 54 07.7   -14 12 12     1.570    2.539  160.6    7.6    48   28.0 
2026-09-22 00:00 UT   22 52 57.3   -14 20 03     1.569    2.534  159.4    8.0    49   28.0 
2026-09-23 00:00 UT   22 51 47.5   -14 27 45     1.569    2.528  158.1    8.5    51   28.0 
2026-09-24 00:00 UT   22 50 38.3   -14 35 17     1.569    2.523  156.9    9.0    52   28.0 
2026-09-25 00:00 UT   22 49 29.8   -14 42 39     1.570    2.518  155.7    9.4    53   28.0 
2026-09-26 00:00 UT   22 48 22.1   -14 49 50     1.570    2.512  154.4    9.9    53   28.1 
2026-09-27 00:00 UT   22 47 15.2   -14 56 50     1.571    2.507  153.2   10.4    54   28.1 
2026-09-28 00:00 UT   22 46 09.3   -15 03 39     1.572    2.502  152.0   10.8    55   28.1 
2026-09-29 00:00 UT   22 45 04.4   -15 10 16     1.574    2.496  150.8   11.3    56   28.1 
2026-09-30 00:00 UT   22 44 00.5   -15 16 42     1.575    2.491  149.5   11.8    56   28.1 
2026-10-01 00:00 UT   22 42 57.7   -15 22 56     1.577    2.486  148.3   12.2    57   28.1 
2026-10-02 00:00 UT   22 41 56.1   -15 28 57     1.580    2.480  147.1   12.7    57   28.1 
2026-10-03 00:00 UT   22 40 55.8   -15 34 46     1.582    2.475  145.9   13.1    58   28.2 
2026-10-04 00:00 UT   22 39 56.8   -15 40 22     1.585    2.469  144.7   13.6    58   28.2 
2026-10-05 00:00 UT   22 38 59.1   -15 45 45     1.587    2.464  143.4   14.0    59   28.2 
2026-10-06 00:00 UT   22 38 02.8   -15 50 55     1.590    2.458  142.2   14.4    59   28.2 

    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.