2022 CS7
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	13 Jun 2026	33.2	3.139 AU	2.444 AU	21h16m	-16°00'	125.1°	15.4°

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 2022 CS7 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5224993
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.0671863
            i (Inclination)                 : 0.28734
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 97.97934
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 27.27981
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 101.46558
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 125.25886
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 0.13170
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.97            
        

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
2026-06-13 00:00 UT   21 16 25.1   -16 00 01     2.444    3.139  125.1   15.4   253   33.2 
2026-06-13 13:29 UT   21 16 14.6   -16 00 52     2.437    3.139  125.6   15.2   253   33.2 
2026-06-14 00:00 UT   21 16 06.0   -16 01 33     2.432    3.139  126.1   15.2   253   33.2 
2026-06-15 00:00 UT   21 15 45.5   -16 03 12     2.421    3.140  127.1   14.9   253   33.2 
2026-06-16 00:00 UT   21 15 23.6   -16 04 57     2.409    3.140  128.2   14.7   253   33.2 
2026-06-17 00:00 UT   21 15 00.1   -16 06 48     2.398    3.141  129.2   14.5   253   33.2 
2026-06-18 00:00 UT   21 14 35.2   -16 08 46     2.387    3.141  130.3   14.3   253   33.2 
2026-06-19 00:00 UT   21 14 08.9   -16 10 50     2.376    3.142  131.4   14.0   253   33.1 
2026-06-20 00:00 UT   21 13 41.1   -16 13 01     2.366    3.142  132.4   13.8   253   33.1 
2026-06-21 00:00 UT   21 13 11.9   -16 15 17     2.355    3.142  133.5   13.6   253   33.1 
2026-06-22 00:00 UT   21 12 41.2   -16 17 40     2.345    3.143  134.6   13.3   253   33.1 
2026-06-23 00:00 UT   21 12 09.1   -16 20 09     2.335    3.143  135.7   13.1   253   33.1 
2026-06-24 00:00 UT   21 11 35.6   -16 22 44     2.325    3.144  136.8   12.8   253   33.1 
2026-06-25 00:00 UT   21 11 00.7   -16 25 24     2.315    3.144  137.9   12.5   253   33.0 
2026-06-26 00:00 UT   21 10 24.3   -16 28 11     2.306    3.144  139.0   12.2   253   33.0 
2026-06-27 00:00 UT   21 09 46.6   -16 31 03     2.296    3.145  140.1   12.0   253   33.0 
2026-06-28 00:00 UT   21 09 07.5   -16 34 00     2.287    3.145  141.2   11.7   253   33.0 
2026-06-29 00:00 UT   21 08 27.0   -16 37 03     2.278    3.145  142.3   11.4   253   33.0 
2026-06-30 00:00 UT   21 07 45.2   -16 40 11     2.270    3.145  143.5   11.1   253   32.9 
2026-07-01 00:00 UT   21 07 02.0   -16 43 25     2.261    3.146  144.6   10.8   253   32.9 
2026-07-02 00:00 UT   21 06 17.5   -16 46 43     2.253    3.146  145.7   10.5   253   32.9 
2026-07-03 00:00 UT   21 05 31.7   -16 50 07     2.245    3.146  146.9   10.2   254   32.9 
2026-07-04 00:00 UT   21 04 44.6   -16 53 35     2.237    3.146  148.0    9.9   254   32.9 
2026-07-05 00:00 UT   21 03 56.3   -16 57 07     2.230    3.146  149.2    9.5   254   32.8 
2026-07-06 00:00 UT   21 03 06.7   -17 00 44     2.223    3.147  150.3    9.2   254   32.8 
2026-07-07 00:00 UT   21 02 16.0   -17 04 25     2.216    3.147  151.5    8.9   254   32.8 
2026-07-08 00:00 UT   21 01 24.0   -17 08 10     2.209    3.147  152.7    8.5   254   32.8 
2026-07-09 00:00 UT   21 00 30.9   -17 11 60     2.202    3.147  153.9    8.2   254   32.8 
2026-07-10 00:00 UT   20 59 36.6   -17 15 52     2.196    3.147  155.0    7.8   254   32.7 
2026-07-11 00:00 UT   20 58 41.3   -17 19 48     2.190    3.147  156.2    7.5   254   32.7 
2026-07-12 00:00 UT   20 57 44.9   -17 23 48     2.184    3.147  157.4    7.1   254   32.7 
2026-07-13 00:00 UT   20 56 47.5   -17 27 50     2.179    3.147  158.6    6.8   254   32.7 

    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.