2015 KJ122
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	9 Sep 2026	24.6	1.071 AU	1.382 AU	14h20m	-10°00'	50.3°	46.4°

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 2015 KJ122 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.7503348
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 0.7852419
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.05738
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 187.83105
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 229.84734
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 148.33747
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 237.56820
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -3.86341
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 0.70            
        

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
2026-09-09 00:00 UT   14 20 34.2   -10 00 45     1.382    1.071   50.3   46.4   106   24.6 
2026-09-09 03:43 UT   14 20 49.9   -10 02 19     1.382    1.069   50.2   46.4   106   24.6 
2026-09-10 00:00 UT   14 22 16.1   -10 10 51     1.381    1.061   49.8   46.5   106   24.6 
2026-09-11 00:00 UT   14 23 58.5   -10 20 56     1.380    1.052   49.3   46.5   106   24.6 
2026-09-12 00:00 UT   14 25 41.4   -10 31 02     1.379    1.042   48.8   46.6   105   24.6 
2026-09-13 00:00 UT   14 27 24.8   -10 41 08     1.378    1.032   48.2   46.7   105   24.5 
2026-09-14 00:00 UT   14 29 08.7   -10 51 13     1.376    1.022   47.7   46.8   105   24.5 
2026-09-15 00:00 UT   14 30 53.1   -11 01 18     1.374    1.011   47.2   46.9   105   24.5 
2026-09-16 00:00 UT   14 32 38.0   -11 11 23     1.372    1.001   46.7   47.0   105   24.5 
2026-09-17 00:00 UT   14 34 23.3   -11 21 27     1.370    0.990   46.2   47.1   105   24.5 
2026-09-18 00:00 UT   14 36 09.1   -11 31 31     1.367    0.979   45.7   47.3   105   24.4 
2026-09-19 00:00 UT   14 37 55.3   -11 41 35     1.364    0.968   45.2   47.4   104   24.4 
2026-09-20 00:00 UT   14 39 41.9   -11 51 38     1.360    0.957   44.7   47.6   104   24.4 
2026-09-21 00:00 UT   14 41 28.8   -12 01 40     1.356    0.945   44.1   47.7   104   24.3 
2026-09-22 00:00 UT   14 43 16.2   -12 11 42     1.352    0.933   43.6   47.9   104   24.3 
2026-09-23 00:00 UT   14 45 03.8   -12 21 44     1.347    0.921   43.1   48.1   104   24.3 
2026-09-24 00:00 UT   14 46 51.7   -12 31 45     1.342    0.909   42.6   48.4   104   24.3 
2026-09-25 00:00 UT   14 48 39.9   -12 41 45     1.337    0.897   42.1   48.6   103   24.2 
2026-09-26 00:00 UT   14 50 28.2   -12 51 44     1.331    0.884   41.6   48.9   103   24.2 
2026-09-27 00:00 UT   14 52 16.8   -13 01 43     1.325    0.871   41.1   49.1   103   24.2 

    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.