2023 KZ2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	7 Jan 2026	31.5	3.717 AU	2.737 AU	07h29m	+26°39'	174.0°	1.6°

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
2026-01-07 00:00 UT   07 29 30.3   +26 39 11     2.737    3.717  174.0    1.6   226   31.5 
2026-01-07 22:28 UT   07 28 30.6   +26 41 49     2.734    3.714  174.6    1.4   216   31.5 
2026-01-08 00:00 UT   07 28 26.5   +26 41 59     2.734    3.714  174.7    1.4   215   31.5 
2026-01-09 00:00 UT   07 27 22.5   +26 44 45     2.731    3.712  175.1    1.3   202   31.4 
2026-01-10 00:00 UT   07 26 18.2   +26 47 26     2.728    3.709  175.2    1.3   187   31.4 
2026-01-11 00:00 UT   07 25 13.7   +26 50 05     2.726    3.707  175.0    1.3   172   31.4 
2026-01-12 00:00 UT   07 24 09.0   +26 52 40     2.724    3.704  174.5    1.5   159   31.4 
2026-01-13 00:00 UT   07 23 04.3   +26 55 11     2.723    3.702  173.8    1.6   149   31.5 
2026-01-14 00:00 UT   07 21 59.6   +26 57 38     2.721    3.699  172.9    1.9   141   31.5 
2026-01-15 00:00 UT   07 20 54.8   +27 00 02     2.720    3.697  171.9    2.1   135   31.5 
2026-01-16 00:00 UT   07 19 50.2   +27 02 22     2.720    3.694  170.9    2.4   130   31.5 
2026-01-17 00:00 UT   07 18 45.7   +27 04 37     2.720    3.692  169.8    2.7   126   31.5 
2026-01-18 00:00 UT   07 17 41.4   +27 06 48     2.720    3.689  168.7    3.0   123   31.5 
2026-01-19 00:00 UT   07 16 37.4   +27 08 55     2.720    3.687  167.5    3.3   120   31.6 
2026-01-20 00:00 UT   07 15 33.6   +27 10 58     2.721    3.684  166.4    3.6   118   31.6 
2026-01-21 00:00 UT   07 14 30.3   +27 12 57     2.722    3.682  165.2    3.9   116   31.6 
2026-01-22 00:00 UT   07 13 27.3   +27 14 51     2.723    3.679  164.0    4.2   114   31.6 
2026-01-23 00:00 UT   07 12 24.8   +27 16 40     2.725    3.677  162.8    4.5   113   31.6 
2026-01-24 00:00 UT   07 11 22.8   +27 18 25     2.727    3.674  161.6    4.9   112   31.6 
2026-01-25 00:00 UT   07 10 21.4   +27 20 05     2.729    3.671  160.4    5.2   111   31.7 
2026-01-26 00:00 UT   07 09 20.7   +27 21 41     2.732    3.669  159.2    5.5   110   31.7 
2026-01-27 00:00 UT   07 08 20.6   +27 23 13     2.735    3.666  158.0    5.8   109   31.7 
2026-01-28 00:00 UT   07 07 21.2   +27 24 39     2.738    3.664  156.8    6.1   108   31.7 
2026-01-29 00:00 UT   07 06 22.6   +27 26 02     2.742    3.661  155.6    6.4   107   31.7 
2026-01-30 00:00 UT   07 05 24.8   +27 27 19     2.745    3.658  154.4    6.7   107   31.7 
2026-01-31 00:00 UT   07 04 27.8   +27 28 33     2.749    3.656  153.2    7.0   106   31.8 
2026-02-01 00:00 UT   07 03 31.7   +27 29 42     2.754    3.653  152.0    7.3   105   31.8 
2026-02-02 00:00 UT   07 02 36.5   +27 30 46     2.759    3.650  150.8    7.6   105   31.8 
2026-02-03 00:00 UT   07 01 42.3   +27 31 46     2.763    3.647  149.6    7.9   104   31.8 
2026-02-04 00:00 UT   07 00 49.1   +27 32 42     2.769    3.645  148.4    8.2   104   31.8 
2026-02-05 00:00 UT   06 59 57.0   +27 33 34     2.774    3.642  147.2    8.4   103   31.8 
2026-02-06 00:00 UT   06 59 05.9   +27 34 21     2.780    3.639  146.0    8.7   103   31.8 

    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.