2022 QN47
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	9 Mar 2026	27.9	2.890 AU	3.213 AU	19h08m	-24°17'	62.4°	17.7°

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 QN47 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6059893
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.5611380
            i (Inclination)                 : 8.40572
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 74.38263
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 330.17928
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 265.71480
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 44.82816
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -4.16876
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.10            
        

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
2026-03-09 00:00 UT   19 08 58.2   -24 17 30     3.213    2.890   62.4   17.7   262   27.9 
2026-03-09 18:21 UT   19 09 59.9   -24 17 02     3.199    2.886   62.9   17.8   262   27.9 
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   19 10 18.8   -24 16 53     3.195    2.885   63.1   17.9   262   27.9 
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   19 11 39.1   -24 16 14     3.177    2.879   63.8   18.0   262   27.9 
2026-03-12 00:00 UT   19 12 59.1   -24 15 35     3.158    2.873   64.5   18.2   262   27.9 
2026-03-13 00:00 UT   19 14 18.8   -24 14 55     3.140    2.868   65.2   18.3   262   27.9 
2026-03-14 00:00 UT   19 15 38.2   -24 14 15     3.121    2.862   65.9   18.5   262   27.9 
2026-03-15 00:00 UT   19 16 57.3   -24 13 34     3.102    2.856   66.6   18.6   262   27.9 
2026-03-16 00:00 UT   19 18 16.0   -24 12 52     3.083    2.850   67.3   18.8   262   27.8 
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   19 19 34.4   -24 12 10     3.064    2.845   68.0   18.9   261   27.8 
2026-03-18 00:00 UT   19 20 52.5   -24 11 28     3.046    2.839   68.7   19.1   261   27.8 
2026-03-19 00:00 UT   19 22 10.2   -24 10 45     3.027    2.833   69.4   19.2   261   27.8 
2026-03-20 00:00 UT   19 23 27.5   -24 10 02     3.008    2.827   70.1   19.3   261   27.8 
2026-03-21 00:00 UT   19 24 44.5   -24 09 19     2.988    2.822   70.8   19.5   261   27.8 
2026-03-22 00:00 UT   19 26 01.1   -24 08 36     2.969    2.816   71.5   19.6   261   27.8 
2026-03-23 00:00 UT   19 27 17.3   -24 07 54     2.950    2.810   72.2   19.7   261   27.7 
2026-03-24 00:00 UT   19 28 33.1   -24 07 11     2.931    2.804   72.9   19.9   261   27.7 
2026-03-25 00:00 UT   19 29 48.5   -24 06 28     2.911    2.798   73.6   20.0   261   27.7 
2026-03-26 00:00 UT   19 31 03.5   -24 05 46     2.892    2.792   74.3   20.1   260   27.7 
2026-03-27 00:00 UT   19 32 18.1   -24 05 04     2.873    2.786   75.0   20.2   260   27.7 
2026-03-28 00:00 UT   19 33 32.3   -24 04 23     2.853    2.780   75.7   20.4   260   27.7 
2026-03-29 00:00 UT   19 34 46.0   -24 03 42     2.834    2.774   76.4   20.5   260   27.7 
2026-03-30 00:00 UT   19 35 59.3   -24 03 02     2.814    2.768   77.1   20.6   260   27.6 
2026-03-31 00:00 UT   19 37 12.1   -24 02 23     2.795    2.762   77.8   20.7   260   27.6 
2026-04-01 00:00 UT   19 38 24.5   -24 01 44     2.775    2.756   78.6   20.8   260   27.6 
2026-04-02 00:00 UT   19 39 36.4   -24 01 07     2.755    2.750   79.3   20.9   260   27.6 
2026-04-03 00:00 UT   19 40 47.9   -24 00 30     2.736    2.744   80.0   21.0   260   27.6 
2026-04-04 00:00 UT   19 41 58.9   -23 59 55     2.716    2.738   80.7   21.1   260   27.6 
2026-04-05 00:00 UT   19 43 09.3   -23 59 20     2.696    2.732   81.4   21.2   260   27.5 
2026-04-06 00:00 UT   19 44 19.3   -23 58 47     2.677    2.726   82.1   21.3   260   27.5 
2026-04-07 00:00 UT   19 45 28.8   -23 58 16     2.657    2.720   82.9   21.4   259   27.5 

    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.