2023 KZ2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	7 Dec 2025	32.1	3.785 AU	2.991 AU	07h56m	+25°02'	138.4°	9.9°

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 KZ2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5909106
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.4913911
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.01142
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 64.82718
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 206.83155
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 220.67126
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 91.57044
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -2.25970
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.93            
        

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
2025-12-07 00:00 UT   07 56 08.9   +25 02 36     2.991    3.785  138.4    9.9   276   32.1 
2025-12-07 01:04 UT   07 56 07.3   +25 02 44     2.990    3.785  138.5    9.9   276   32.1 
2025-12-08 00:00 UT   07 55 33.8   +25 05 32     2.979    3.783  139.6    9.7   276   32.1 
2025-12-09 00:00 UT   07 54 57.5   +25 08 30     2.967    3.781  140.7    9.5   276   32.1 
2025-12-10 00:00 UT   07 54 19.8   +25 11 31     2.955    3.779  141.9    9.3   276   32.1 
2025-12-11 00:00 UT   07 53 40.9   +25 14 33     2.943    3.777  143.0    9.0   275   32.1 
2025-12-12 00:00 UT   07 53 00.7   +25 17 38     2.932    3.775  144.2    8.8   275   32.0 
2025-12-13 00:00 UT   07 52 19.3   +25 20 44     2.921    3.773  145.4    8.5   275   32.0 
2025-12-14 00:00 UT   07 51 36.6   +25 23 52     2.910    3.771  146.5    8.3   274   32.0 
2025-12-15 00:00 UT   07 50 52.6   +25 27 02     2.899    3.768  147.7    8.0   274   32.0 
2025-12-16 00:00 UT   07 50 07.5   +25 30 12     2.889    3.766  148.9    7.8   273   32.0 
2025-12-17 00:00 UT   07 49 21.2   +25 33 24     2.879    3.764  150.1    7.5   273   31.9 
2025-12-18 00:00 UT   07 48 33.7   +25 36 37     2.869    3.762  151.3    7.2   272   31.9 
2025-12-19 00:00 UT   07 47 45.1   +25 39 50     2.860    3.760  152.5    7.0   272   31.9 
2025-12-20 00:00 UT   07 46 55.4   +25 43 04     2.851    3.758  153.6    6.7   271   31.9 
2025-12-21 00:00 UT   07 46 04.5   +25 46 19     2.842    3.755  154.8    6.4   271   31.9 
2025-12-22 00:00 UT   07 45 12.7   +25 49 33     2.833    3.753  156.0    6.1   270   31.8 
2025-12-23 00:00 UT   07 44 19.8   +25 52 48     2.825    3.751  157.2    5.8   269   31.8 
2025-12-24 00:00 UT   07 43 25.9   +25 56 02     2.817    3.749  158.4    5.5   268   31.8 
2025-12-25 00:00 UT   07 42 31.1   +25 59 16     2.809    3.747  159.6    5.2   267   31.8 
2025-12-26 00:00 UT   07 41 35.4   +26 02 30     2.802    3.744  160.8    5.0   267   31.8 
2025-12-27 00:00 UT   07 40 38.8   +26 05 42     2.794    3.742  162.0    4.7   265   31.7 
2025-12-28 00:00 UT   07 39 41.3   +26 08 54     2.788    3.740  163.2    4.4   264   31.7 
2025-12-29 00:00 UT   07 38 43.1   +26 12 04     2.781    3.738  164.4    4.1   263   31.7 
2025-12-30 00:00 UT   07 37 44.1   +26 15 13     2.775    3.735  165.6    3.8   261   31.7 
2025-12-31 00:00 UT   07 36 44.4   +26 18 20     2.769    3.733  166.7    3.5   259   31.6 
2026-01-01 00:00 UT   07 35 44.0   +26 21 26     2.764    3.731  167.9    3.2   257   31.6 
2026-01-02 00:00 UT   07 34 43.0   +26 24 29     2.758    3.728  169.0    2.9   254   31.6 
2026-01-03 00:00 UT   07 33 41.5   +26 27 31     2.753    3.726  170.1    2.6   251   31.6 
2026-01-04 00:00 UT   07 32 39.4   +26 30 30     2.749    3.724  171.2    2.3   247   31.5 
2026-01-05 00:00 UT   07 31 36.8   +26 33 26     2.745    3.721  172.2    2.0   242   31.5 
2026-01-06 00:00 UT   07 30 33.7   +26 36 20     2.741    3.719  173.2    1.8   235   31.5 

    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.