2010 LK34
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	8 Nov 2025	26.8	2.185 AU	2.871 AU	12h29m	-00°21'	38.5°	16.4°

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 2010 LK34 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.8072543
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.8286926
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.31991
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 130.05725
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 249.31491
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 64.27004
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 199.29029
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -4.97607
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.47            
        

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
2025-11-08 00:00 UT   12 29 56.8   +00 21 49     2.871    2.185   38.5   16.4   297   26.8 
2025-11-08 09:28 UT   12 30 27.2   +00 24 34     2.871    2.188   38.8   16.5   297   26.8 
2025-11-09 00:00 UT   12 31 13.7   +00 28 46     2.870    2.193   39.2   16.6   296   26.8 
2025-11-10 00:00 UT   12 32 29.8   +00 35 37     2.868    2.202   39.9   16.8   296   26.8 
2025-11-11 00:00 UT   12 33 45.4   +00 42 23     2.867    2.210   40.5   16.9   296   26.8 
2025-11-12 00:00 UT   12 35 00.2   +00 49 04     2.865    2.218   41.2   17.1   296   26.8 
2025-11-13 00:00 UT   12 36 14.4   +00 55 40     2.863    2.226   41.9   17.3   296   26.8 
2025-11-14 00:00 UT   12 37 28.0   -01 02 10     2.860    2.234   42.6   17.4   296   26.9 
2025-11-15 00:00 UT   12 38 40.8   -01 08 35     2.858    2.242   43.2   17.6   296   26.9 
2025-11-16 00:00 UT   12 39 53.0   -01 14 55     2.855    2.250   43.9   17.8   296   26.9 
2025-11-17 00:00 UT   12 41 04.5   -01 21 09     2.853    2.258   44.6   17.9   296   26.9 
2025-11-18 00:00 UT   12 42 15.3   -01 27 17     2.850    2.266   45.3   18.1   296   26.9 
2025-11-19 00:00 UT   12 43 25.3   -01 33 20     2.846    2.274   46.0   18.2   296   26.9 
2025-11-20 00:00 UT   12 44 34.7   -01 39 17     2.843    2.282   46.7   18.4   296   26.9 
2025-11-21 00:00 UT   12 45 43.4   -01 45 09     2.839    2.290   47.4   18.5   296   26.9 
2025-11-22 00:00 UT   12 46 51.3   -01 50 55     2.836    2.298   48.1   18.7   296   26.9 
2025-11-23 00:00 UT   12 47 58.6   -01 56 35     2.832    2.305   48.9   18.8   296   26.9 
2025-11-24 00:00 UT   12 49 05.0   -02 02 09     2.828    2.313   49.6   19.0   295   27.0 
2025-11-25 00:00 UT   12 50 10.8   -02 07 37     2.823    2.321   50.3   19.1   295   27.0 
2025-11-26 00:00 UT   12 51 15.8   -02 12 59     2.819    2.328   51.0   19.2   295   27.0 
2025-11-27 00:00 UT   12 52 20.0   -02 18 15     2.814    2.336   51.8   19.4   295   27.0 
2025-11-28 00:00 UT   12 53 23.5   -02 23 25     2.809    2.343   52.5   19.5   295   27.0 
2025-11-29 00:00 UT   12 54 26.3   -02 28 29     2.805    2.351   53.2   19.6   295   27.0 
2025-11-30 00:00 UT   12 55 28.2   -02 33 27     2.799    2.358   54.0   19.8   295   27.0 
2025-12-01 00:00 UT   12 56 29.4   -02 38 19     2.794    2.366   54.7   19.9   295   27.0 
2025-12-02 00:00 UT   12 57 29.7   -02 43 04     2.789    2.373   55.5   20.0   295   27.0 
2025-12-03 00:00 UT   12 58 29.3   -02 47 43     2.783    2.381   56.2   20.1   295   27.0 
2025-12-04 00:00 UT   12 59 28.1   -02 52 16     2.777    2.388   57.0   20.3   295   27.0 
2025-12-05 00:00 UT   13 00 26.1   -02 56 43     2.771    2.395   57.7   20.4   295   27.0 
2025-12-06 00:00 UT   13 01 23.2   -03 01 03     2.765    2.402   58.5   20.5   295   27.0 

    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.