2020 XE1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	17 Apr 2026	30.8	1.994 AU	1.798 AU	20h16m	-24°24'	85.8°	30.1°

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 XE1 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.3866204
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.5949321
            i (Inclination)                 : 12.43546
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 71.63486
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 345.18111
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 174.69307
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 57.14884
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -3.15723
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.01            
        

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
2026-04-17 00:00 UT   20 16 41.3   -24 24 33     1.798    1.994   85.8   30.1   257   30.8 
2026-04-17 13:14 UT   20 17 37.3   -24 24 52     1.790    1.992   86.1   30.2   257   30.7 
2026-04-18 00:00 UT   20 18 22.8   -24 25 08     1.783    1.990   86.4   30.2   257   30.7 
2026-04-19 00:00 UT   20 20 03.9   -24 25 46     1.768    1.987   87.0   30.3   257   30.7 
2026-04-20 00:00 UT   20 21 44.5   -24 26 28     1.754    1.984   87.6   30.4   256   30.7 
2026-04-21 00:00 UT   20 23 24.7   -24 27 14     1.739    1.981   88.2   30.5   256   30.7 
2026-04-22 00:00 UT   20 25 04.5   -24 28 04     1.724    1.977   88.8   30.5   256   30.7 
2026-04-23 00:00 UT   20 26 43.9   -24 28 57     1.709    1.974   89.4   30.6   256   30.6 
2026-04-24 00:00 UT   20 28 22.8   -24 29 55     1.694    1.970   90.0   30.7   256   30.6 
2026-04-25 00:00 UT   20 30 01.2   -24 30 57     1.679    1.967   90.6   30.8   256   30.6 
2026-04-26 00:00 UT   20 31 39.2   -24 32 04     1.665    1.964   91.3   30.8   256   30.6 
2026-04-27 00:00 UT   20 33 16.8   -24 33 16     1.650    1.960   91.9   30.9   256   30.6 
2026-04-28 00:00 UT   20 34 53.9   -24 34 33     1.635    1.957   92.5   30.9   256   30.5 
2026-04-29 00:00 UT   20 36 30.5   -24 35 56     1.620    1.953   93.1   31.0   256   30.5 
2026-04-30 00:00 UT   20 38 06.7   -24 37 24     1.606    1.950   93.7   31.0   256   30.5 
2026-05-01 00:00 UT   20 39 42.4   -24 38 57     1.591    1.946   94.3   31.1   256   30.5 
2026-05-02 00:00 UT   20 41 17.6   -24 40 37     1.576    1.943   95.0   31.1   256   30.4 
2026-05-03 00:00 UT   20 42 52.3   -24 42 23     1.561    1.939   95.6   31.2   255   30.4 
2026-05-04 00:00 UT   20 44 26.4   -24 44 16     1.547    1.936   96.2   31.2   255   30.4 
2026-05-05 00:00 UT   20 46 00.1   -24 46 15     1.532    1.932   96.8   31.2   255   30.4 
2026-05-06 00:00 UT   20 47 33.3   -24 48 22     1.517    1.928   97.5   31.2   255   30.3 
2026-05-07 00:00 UT   20 49 05.9   -24 50 36     1.503    1.925   98.1   31.3   255   30.3 
2026-05-08 00:00 UT   20 50 38.0   -24 52 57     1.488    1.921   98.7   31.3   255   30.3 
2026-05-09 00:00 UT   20 52 09.5   -24 55 27     1.474    1.917   99.4   31.3   255   30.3 
2026-05-10 00:00 UT   20 53 40.4   -24 58 04     1.459    1.913  100.0   31.3   255   30.2 

    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.