2023 KS2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	19 Jan 2026	31.2	3.674 AU	2.692 AU	07h58m	+25°18'	175.0°	1.3°

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 2023 KS2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6038906
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.4708019
            i (Inclination)                 : 4.62246
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 70.82489
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 207.91355
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 221.78630
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 98.66129
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -2.16212
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.88            
        

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
2026-01-19 00:00 UT   07 58 27.6   +25 18 45     2.692    3.674  175.0    1.3   169   31.2 
2026-01-19 10:27 UT   07 57 59.7   +25 20 12     2.691    3.672  174.8    1.4   163   31.2 
2026-01-20 00:00 UT   07 57 23.4   +25 22 05     2.690    3.671  174.4    1.5   156   31.3 
2026-01-21 00:00 UT   07 56 19.2   +25 25 22     2.689    3.668  173.6    1.7   147   31.3 
2026-01-22 00:00 UT   07 55 14.9   +25 28 35     2.687    3.666  172.7    2.0   140   31.3 
2026-01-23 00:00 UT   07 54 10.6   +25 31 44     2.686    3.663  171.6    2.2   134   31.3 
2026-01-24 00:00 UT   07 53 06.5   +25 34 49     2.686    3.660  170.6    2.5   130   31.3 
2026-01-25 00:00 UT   07 52 02.5   +25 37 50     2.685    3.658  169.4    2.8   126   31.3 
2026-01-26 00:00 UT   07 50 58.6   +25 40 47     2.685    3.655  168.3    3.1   124   31.4 
2026-01-27 00:00 UT   07 49 55.1   +25 43 39     2.686    3.652  167.1    3.4   121   31.4 
2026-01-28 00:00 UT   07 48 51.8   +25 46 27     2.686    3.649  165.9    3.8   119   31.4 
2026-01-29 00:00 UT   07 47 48.9   +25 49 11     2.687    3.647  164.7    4.1   118   31.4 
2026-01-30 00:00 UT   07 46 46.4   +25 51 49     2.689    3.644  163.5    4.4   116   31.4 
2026-01-31 00:00 UT   07 45 44.4   +25 54 24     2.690    3.641  162.3    4.7   115   31.4 
2026-02-01 00:00 UT   07 44 42.9   +25 56 53     2.692    3.638  161.1    5.0   114   31.5 
2026-02-02 00:00 UT   07 43 41.9   +25 59 17     2.694    3.636  159.9    5.3   113   31.5 
2026-02-03 00:00 UT   07 42 41.5   +26 01 37     2.697    3.633  158.7    5.7   112   31.5 
2026-02-04 00:00 UT   07 41 41.7   +26 03 52     2.700    3.630  157.5    6.0   111   31.5 
2026-02-05 00:00 UT   07 40 42.7   +26 06 02     2.703    3.627  156.3    6.3   110   31.5 
2026-02-06 00:00 UT   07 39 44.4   +26 08 06     2.706    3.624  155.1    6.6   110   31.5 
2026-02-07 00:00 UT   07 38 46.9   +26 10 06     2.710    3.621  153.9    6.9   109   31.6 
2026-02-08 00:00 UT   07 37 50.1   +26 12 01     2.714    3.618  152.7    7.2   108   31.6 
2026-02-09 00:00 UT   07 36 54.3   +26 13 51     2.718    3.616  151.5    7.5   108   31.6 
2026-02-10 00:00 UT   07 35 59.4   +26 15 36     2.723    3.613  150.3    7.8   107   31.6 
2026-02-11 00:00 UT   07 35 05.4   +26 17 16     2.727    3.610  149.1    8.1   107   31.6 
2026-02-12 00:00 UT   07 34 12.4   +26 18 51     2.733    3.607  147.9    8.4   107   31.6 
2026-02-13 00:00 UT   07 33 20.4   +26 20 21     2.738    3.604  146.7    8.7   106   31.6 
2026-02-14 00:00 UT   07 32 29.5   +26 21 47     2.744    3.601  145.5    8.9   106   31.7 
2026-02-15 00:00 UT   07 31 39.7   +26 23 07     2.750    3.598  144.3    9.2   105   31.7 
2026-02-16 00:00 UT   07 30 51.0   +26 24 22     2.756    3.595  143.1    9.5   105   31.7 
2026-02-17 00:00 UT   07 30 03.5   +26 25 33     2.762    3.592  141.9    9.8   105   31.7 
2026-02-18 00:00 UT   07 29 17.2   +26 26 39     2.769    3.589  140.8   10.0   104   31.7 

    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.