(88264) 2001 KN20
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	20 Apr 2026	19.0	1.876 AU	0.923 AU	13h50m	+15°15'	153.4°	13.9°

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 2001 KN20 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4533185
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.1468723
            i (Inclination)                 : 12.07960
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 104.92070
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 201.45020
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 264.10644
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 125.93782
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -4.38906
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.15            
        

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
2026-04-20 00:00 UT   13 50 09.6   +15 15 47     0.923    1.876  153.4   13.9   180   19.0 
2026-04-20 05:51 UT   13 49 50.7   +15 17 54     0.922    1.875  153.3   13.9   179   19.0 
2026-04-21 00:00 UT   13 48 51.7   +15 24 19     0.919    1.870  152.9   14.2   177   19.0 
2026-04-22 00:00 UT   13 47 33.0   +15 32 29     0.915    1.864  152.3   14.5   175   19.0 
2026-04-23 00:00 UT   13 46 13.8   +15 40 15     0.911    1.858  151.7   14.8   172   19.0 
2026-04-24 00:00 UT   13 44 54.1   +15 47 36     0.907    1.853  151.1   15.2   170   19.0 
2026-04-25 00:00 UT   13 43 34.0   +15 54 32     0.904    1.847  150.4   15.6   168   19.0 
2026-04-26 00:00 UT   13 42 13.7   +16 01 02     0.901    1.841  149.7   16.0   165   19.0 
2026-04-27 00:00 UT   13 40 53.2   +16 07 06     0.898    1.835  149.0   16.4   163   19.0 
2026-04-28 00:00 UT   13 39 32.8   +16 12 42     0.895    1.829  148.2   16.9   161   19.0 
2026-04-29 00:00 UT   13 38 12.4   +16 17 51     0.892    1.823  147.4   17.3   159   19.0 
2026-04-30 00:00 UT   13 36 52.3   +16 22 31     0.890    1.817  146.6   17.8   157   19.0 
2026-05-01 00:00 UT   13 35 32.6   +16 26 43     0.888    1.811  145.8   18.2   155   19.0 
2026-05-02 00:00 UT   13 34 13.3   +16 30 25     0.886    1.805  144.9   18.7   154   19.0 
2026-05-03 00:00 UT   13 32 54.6   +16 33 38     0.884    1.799  144.0   19.2   152   19.0 
2026-05-04 00:00 UT   13 31 36.6   +16 36 20     0.882    1.793  143.1   19.7   151   19.0 
2026-05-05 00:00 UT   13 30 19.4   +16 38 32     0.880    1.788  142.2   20.2   149   19.0 
2026-05-06 00:00 UT   13 29 03.2   +16 40 14     0.879    1.782  141.3   20.7   148   19.0 
2026-05-07 00:00 UT   13 27 48.0   +16 41 25     0.878    1.776  140.4   21.2   146   19.0 
2026-05-08 00:00 UT   13 26 33.9   +16 42 05     0.877    1.770  139.5   21.7   145   19.0 
2026-05-09 00:00 UT   13 25 21.1   +16 42 14     0.876    1.764  138.5   22.3   144   19.0 
2026-05-10 00:00 UT   13 24 09.6   +16 41 52     0.875    1.758  137.6   22.8   142   19.0 
2026-05-11 00:00 UT   13 22 59.6   +16 40 58     0.875    1.752  136.7   23.3   141   19.0 
2026-05-12 00:00 UT   13 21 51.2   +16 39 34     0.874    1.746  135.7   23.8   140   19.0 
2026-05-13 00:00 UT   13 20 44.4   +16 37 38     0.874    1.740  134.8   24.4   139   19.1 
2026-05-14 00:00 UT   13 19 39.4   +16 35 11     0.874    1.734  133.8   24.9   138   19.1 
2026-05-15 00:00 UT   13 18 36.3   +16 32 14     0.874    1.728  132.9   25.4   137   19.1 
2026-05-16 00:00 UT   13 17 35.1   +16 28 45     0.874    1.722  131.9   25.9   136   19.1 
2026-05-17 00:00 UT   13 16 35.9   +16 24 47     0.874    1.716  131.0   26.4   135   19.1 
2026-05-18 00:00 UT   13 15 38.8   +16 20 18     0.874    1.710  130.0   26.9   134   19.1 

    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.