2024 MK
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	24 Oct 2025	27.9	3.284 AU	3.055 AU	07h52m	+20°48'	94.3°	17.6°

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 2024 MK are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5422986
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.2043027
            i (Inclination)                 : 8.40239
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 277.81797
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 14.74425
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 149.71040
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 292.41075
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 2.13128
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.27            
        

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
2025-10-24 00:00 UT   07 52 27.6   +20 48 29     3.055    3.284   94.3   17.6   281   27.9 
2025-10-24 19:53 UT   07 52 42.2   +20 46 53     3.044    3.286   95.1   17.5   281   27.9 
2025-10-25 00:00 UT   07 52 45.1   +20 46 33     3.042    3.286   95.3   17.5   281   27.9 
2025-10-26 00:00 UT   07 53 01.5   +20 44 41     3.028    3.288   96.2   17.5   281   27.9 
2025-10-27 00:00 UT   07 53 16.5   +20 42 51     3.015    3.290   97.1   17.4   281   27.9 
2025-10-28 00:00 UT   07 53 30.3   +20 41 04     3.001    3.291   98.1   17.4   281   27.9 
2025-10-29 00:00 UT   07 53 42.9   +20 39 20     2.988    3.293   99.0   17.3   281   27.9 
2025-10-30 00:00 UT   07 53 54.1   +20 37 38     2.974    3.295  100.0   17.3   281   27.9 
2025-10-31 00:00 UT   07 54 04.1   +20 35 60     2.961    3.296  100.9   17.2   281   27.9 
2025-11-01 00:00 UT   07 54 12.7   +20 34 24     2.948    3.298  101.9   17.1   281   27.9 
2025-11-02 00:00 UT   07 54 20.0   +20 32 51     2.934    3.300  102.8   17.0   281   27.9 
2025-11-03 00:00 UT   07 54 26.0   +20 31 21     2.921    3.302  103.8   17.0   281   27.8 
2025-11-04 00:00 UT   07 54 30.6   +20 29 54     2.908    3.303  104.8   16.9   281   27.8 
2025-11-05 00:00 UT   07 54 33.9   +20 28 30     2.894    3.305  105.8   16.8   281   27.8 
2025-11-06 00:00 UT   07 54 35.8   +20 27 10     2.881    3.306  106.8   16.7   281   27.8 
2025-11-07 00:00 UT   07 54 36.3   +20 25 52     2.868    3.308  107.8   16.6   281   27.8 
2025-11-08 00:00 UT   07 54 35.4   +20 24 37     2.855    3.310  108.8   16.5   281   27.8 
2025-11-09 00:00 UT   07 54 33.2   +20 23 26     2.842    3.311  109.8   16.4   281   27.8 
2025-11-10 00:00 UT   07 54 29.5   +20 22 18     2.829    3.313  110.8   16.2   281   27.8 
2025-11-11 00:00 UT   07 54 24.3   +20 21 13     2.816    3.314  111.8   16.1   281   27.7 
2025-11-12 00:00 UT   07 54 17.7   +20 20 11     2.804    3.316  112.8   16.0   281   27.7 
2025-11-13 00:00 UT   07 54 09.7   +20 19 13     2.791    3.317  113.9   15.8   281   27.7 
2025-11-14 00:00 UT   07 54 00.2   +20 18 18     2.778    3.319  114.9   15.7   281   27.7 
2025-11-15 00:00 UT   07 53 49.2   +20 17 26     2.766    3.320  116.0   15.5   281   27.7 
2025-11-16 00:00 UT   07 53 36.7   +20 16 38     2.754    3.322  117.0   15.4   281   27.7 
2025-11-17 00:00 UT   07 53 22.7   +20 15 53     2.741    3.323  118.1   15.2   281   27.7 
2025-11-18 00:00 UT   07 53 07.3   +20 15 12     2.729    3.325  119.1   15.1   281   27.6 
2025-11-19 00:00 UT   07 52 50.3   +20 14 34     2.717    3.326  120.2   14.9   281   27.6 
2025-11-20 00:00 UT   07 52 31.8   +20 13 59     2.706    3.328  121.3   14.7   281   27.6 
2025-11-21 00:00 UT   07 52 11.8   +20 13 27     2.694    3.329  122.4   14.5   281   27.6 
2025-11-22 00:00 UT   07 51 50.3   +20 12 59     2.682    3.331  123.5   14.3   281   27.6 
2025-11-23 00:00 UT   07 51 27.3   +20 12 34     2.671    3.332  124.6   14.1   281   27.6 

    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.