2023 KV1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	26 Jul 2026	29.0	1.681 AU	1.388 AU	02h04m	+18°24'	87.3°	37.1°

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 2023 KV1 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4835437
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.9785879
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.95057
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 226.69786
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 29.53201
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 318.08322
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 256.09729
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 2.92910
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.78            
        

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
2026-07-26 00:00 UT   02 04 39.1   +18 24 23     1.388    1.681   87.3   37.1   250   29.0 
2026-07-26 12:22 UT   02 05 12.5   +18 27 19     1.385    1.685   87.7   37.0   250   29.0 
2026-07-27 00:00 UT   02 05 43.5   +18 30 01     1.384    1.688   88.0   37.0   250   29.0 
2026-07-28 00:00 UT   02 06 46.1   +18 35 29     1.379    1.694   88.7   36.8   250   29.0 
2026-07-29 00:00 UT   02 07 46.9   +18 40 46     1.375    1.701   89.4   36.6   250   29.0 
2026-07-30 00:00 UT   02 08 46.0   +18 45 52     1.371    1.708   90.1   36.5   250   29.0 
2026-07-31 00:00 UT   02 09 43.2   +18 50 47     1.367    1.714   90.8   36.3   250   29.0 
2026-08-01 00:00 UT   02 10 38.5   +18 55 32     1.362    1.721   91.5   36.1   250   29.0 
2026-08-02 00:00 UT   02 11 32.0   +19 00 06     1.358    1.727   92.3   36.0   250   29.0 
2026-08-03 00:00 UT   02 12 23.6   +19 04 29     1.354    1.734   93.0   35.8   250   29.0 
2026-08-04 00:00 UT   02 13 13.3   +19 08 41     1.349    1.740   93.7   35.6   250   29.0 
2026-08-05 00:00 UT   02 14 00.9   +19 12 42     1.344    1.747   94.5   35.4   250   29.0 
2026-08-06 00:00 UT   02 14 46.6   +19 16 32     1.340    1.753   95.3   35.2   250   29.0 
2026-08-07 00:00 UT   02 15 30.3   +19 20 10     1.335    1.760   96.0   35.0   250   29.0 
2026-08-08 00:00 UT   02 16 11.9   +19 23 38     1.331    1.766   96.8   34.8   250   29.0 
2026-08-09 00:00 UT   02 16 51.5   +19 26 53     1.326    1.773   97.6   34.5   250   29.0 
2026-08-10 00:00 UT   02 17 28.9   +19 29 58     1.321    1.779   98.4   34.3   250   29.0 
2026-08-11 00:00 UT   02 18 04.2   +19 32 50     1.316    1.785   99.2   34.1   250   29.0 
2026-08-12 00:00 UT   02 18 37.3   +19 35 31     1.312    1.792  100.0   33.8   250   29.0 
2026-08-13 00:00 UT   02 19 08.2   +19 37 60     1.307    1.798  100.9   33.6   250   28.9 
2026-08-14 00:00 UT   02 19 36.9   +19 40 16     1.302    1.805  101.7   33.3   250   28.9 
2026-08-15 00:00 UT   02 20 03.4   +19 42 21     1.297    1.811  102.5   33.1   250   28.9 
2026-08-16 00:00 UT   02 20 27.6   +19 44 13     1.292    1.817  103.4   32.8   250   28.9 
2026-08-17 00:00 UT   02 20 49.5   +19 45 53     1.288    1.824  104.3   32.6   250   28.9 
2026-08-18 00:00 UT   02 21 09.1   +19 47 21     1.283    1.830  105.1   32.3   249   28.9 
2026-08-19 00:00 UT   02 21 26.3   +19 48 36     1.278    1.836  106.0   32.0   249   28.9 
2026-08-20 00:00 UT   02 21 41.2   +19 49 38     1.273    1.843  106.9   31.7   249   28.9 
2026-08-21 00:00 UT   02 21 53.8   +19 50 28     1.268    1.849  107.8   31.4   249   28.9 
2026-08-22 00:00 UT   02 22 03.9   +19 51 04     1.264    1.855  108.8   31.1   249   28.9 
2026-08-23 00:00 UT   02 22 11.7   +19 51 28     1.259    1.861  109.7   30.8   249   28.9 
2026-08-24 00:00 UT   02 22 17.0   +19 51 38     1.254    1.868  110.6   30.4   249   28.9 
2026-08-25 00:00 UT   02 22 19.9   +19 51 35     1.249    1.874  111.6   30.1   249   28.8 

    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.