2023 KV2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	21 Sep 2026	26.6	1.231 AU	0.465 AU	04h38m	-09°29'	108.1°	50.8°

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 KV2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2381339
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.2988879
            i (Inclination)                 : 14.63746
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 65.47799
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 218.01212
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 354.74594
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 102.57668
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -8.95281
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.48            
        

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
2026-09-21 00:00 UT   04 38 29.3   -09 29 47     0.465    1.231  108.1   50.8   272   26.6 
2026-09-21 08:24 UT   04 38 27.3   -09 27 52     0.464    1.232  108.4   50.6   272   26.6 
2026-09-22 00:00 UT   04 38 22.4   -09 24 17     0.463    1.235  109.0   50.3   273   26.6 
2026-09-23 00:00 UT   04 38 11.6   -09 18 41     0.461    1.238  109.9   49.7   273   26.6 
2026-09-24 00:00 UT   04 37 56.8   -09 12 58     0.458    1.242  110.7   49.1   274   26.5 
2026-09-25 00:00 UT   04 37 38.0   -09 07 07     0.456    1.246  111.6   48.5   274   26.5 
2026-09-26 00:00 UT   04 37 15.1   -09 01 09     0.454    1.249  112.6   47.8   275   26.5 
2026-09-27 00:00 UT   04 36 47.9   -08 55 02     0.452    1.253  113.5   47.2   275   26.5 
2026-09-28 00:00 UT   04 36 16.5   -08 48 45     0.450    1.257  114.5   46.5   276   26.5 
2026-09-29 00:00 UT   04 35 40.8   -08 42 19     0.447    1.260  115.4   45.9   277   26.4 
2026-09-30 00:00 UT   04 35 00.6   -08 35 41     0.445    1.264  116.4   45.2   277   26.4 
2026-10-01 00:00 UT   04 34 15.9   -08 28 52     0.443    1.268  117.4   44.5   278   26.4 
2026-10-02 00:00 UT   04 33 26.7   -08 21 50     0.441    1.271  118.4   43.8   278   26.4 
2026-10-03 00:00 UT   04 32 32.9   -08 14 35     0.438    1.275  119.5   43.1   279   26.3 
2026-10-04 00:00 UT   04 31 34.3   -08 07 05     0.436    1.279  120.6   42.4   280   26.3 
2026-10-05 00:00 UT   04 30 31.0   -07 59 21     0.434    1.282  121.6   41.6   280   26.3 
2026-10-06 00:00 UT   04 29 22.8   -07 51 20     0.432    1.286  122.8   40.8   281   26.3 
2026-10-07 00:00 UT   04 28 09.8   -07 43 02     0.430    1.290  123.9   40.1   282   26.2 
2026-10-08 00:00 UT   04 26 51.9   -07 34 25     0.428    1.293  125.0   39.3   282   26.2 
2026-10-09 00:00 UT   04 25 29.1   -07 25 29     0.426    1.297  126.2   38.5   283   26.2 
2026-10-10 00:00 UT   04 24 01.5   -07 16 13     0.424    1.300  127.4   37.6   284   26.2 
2026-10-11 00:00 UT   04 22 28.9   -07 06 36     0.422    1.304  128.6   36.8   285   26.1 
2026-10-12 00:00 UT   04 20 51.5   -06 56 36     0.420    1.308  129.8   35.9   285   26.1 
2026-10-13 00:00 UT   04 19 09.2   -06 46 13     0.418    1.311  131.0   35.1   286   26.1 
2026-10-14 00:00 UT   04 17 22.2   -06 35 26     0.417    1.315  132.3   34.2   287   26.0 
2026-10-15 00:00 UT   04 15 30.5   -06 24 13     0.415    1.318  133.5   33.3   288   26.0 
2026-10-16 00:00 UT   04 13 34.1   -06 12 36     0.414    1.322  134.8   32.4   289   26.0 
2026-10-17 00:00 UT   04 11 33.3   -06 00 32     0.412    1.325  136.1   31.4   290   26.0 
2026-10-18 00:00 UT   04 09 28.1   -05 48 01     0.411    1.329  137.4   30.5   291   25.9 

    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.