2019 UK6
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	21 May 2026	28.3	2.969 AU	2.112 AU	18h35m	-20°39'	141.3°	12.3°

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 2019 UK6 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5733545
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.3908923
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.34532
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 246.35730
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 162.96573
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 226.56583
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 229.39284
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 1.56380
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.70            
        

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
2026-05-21 00:00 UT   18 35 21.0   -20 39 25     2.112    2.969  141.3   12.3   263   28.3 
2026-05-21 10:41 UT   18 35 05.1   -20 38 50     2.106    2.967  141.8   12.2   263   28.3 
2026-05-22 00:00 UT   18 34 44.8   -20 38 07     2.098    2.965  142.4   12.0   263   28.3 
2026-05-23 00:00 UT   18 34 07.1   -20 36 51     2.085    2.960  143.5   11.7   263   28.3 
2026-05-24 00:00 UT   18 33 27.7   -20 35 34     2.071    2.955  144.6   11.5   263   28.2 
2026-05-25 00:00 UT   18 32 46.6   -20 34 18     2.058    2.951  145.7   11.2   263   28.2 
2026-05-26 00:00 UT   18 32 04.0   -20 33 02     2.046    2.946  146.8   10.8   263   28.2 
2026-05-27 00:00 UT   18 31 19.8   -20 31 47     2.033    2.941  147.9   10.5   263   28.1 
2026-05-28 00:00 UT   18 30 34.0   -20 30 32     2.021    2.936  149.1   10.2   262   28.1 
2026-05-29 00:00 UT   18 29 46.7   -20 29 17     2.009    2.932  150.2    9.9   262   28.1 
2026-05-30 00:00 UT   18 28 57.8   -20 28 02     1.997    2.927  151.3    9.6   262   28.1 
2026-05-31 00:00 UT   18 28 07.3   -20 26 47     1.985    2.922  152.5    9.2   262   28.0 
2026-06-01 00:00 UT   18 27 15.4   -20 25 33     1.974    2.917  153.6    8.9   262   28.0 
2026-06-02 00:00 UT   18 26 22.0   -20 24 18     1.963    2.912  154.8    8.5   261   28.0 
2026-06-03 00:00 UT   18 25 27.1   -20 23 03     1.952    2.908  156.0    8.2   261   27.9 
2026-06-04 00:00 UT   18 24 30.8   -20 21 49     1.941    2.903  157.1    7.8   261   27.9 
2026-06-05 00:00 UT   18 23 33.1   -20 20 34     1.931    2.898  158.3    7.4   260   27.9 
2026-06-06 00:00 UT   18 22 34.0   -20 19 19     1.921    2.893  159.5    7.1   260   27.8 
2026-06-07 00:00 UT   18 21 33.6   -20 18 04     1.911    2.888  160.6    6.7   259   27.8 
2026-06-08 00:00 UT   18 20 31.9   -20 16 49     1.902    2.883  161.8    6.3   259   27.8 
2026-06-09 00:00 UT   18 19 28.9   -20 15 33     1.892    2.878  163.0    5.9   258   27.7 
2026-06-10 00:00 UT   18 18 24.7   -20 14 17     1.883    2.873  164.2    5.5   257   27.7 
2026-06-11 00:00 UT   18 17 19.4   -20 13 01     1.874    2.868  165.3    5.1   256   27.7 
2026-06-12 00:00 UT   18 16 12.9   -20 11 44     1.866    2.863  166.5    4.7   255   27.6 
2026-06-13 00:00 UT   18 15 05.3   -20 10 27     1.858    2.858  167.7    4.3   254   27.6 
2026-06-14 00:00 UT   18 13 56.7   -20 09 10     1.850    2.853  168.9    3.9   252   27.6 
2026-06-15 00:00 UT   18 12 47.2   -20 07 52     1.842    2.848  170.0    3.5   250   27.5 
2026-06-16 00:00 UT   18 11 36.7   -20 06 33     1.835    2.843  171.2    3.1   247   27.5 
2026-06-17 00:00 UT   18 10 25.4   -20 05 14     1.828    2.838  172.3    2.8   244   27.5 
2026-06-18 00:00 UT   18 09 13.4   -20 03 55     1.821    2.833  173.4    2.4   239   27.4 
2026-06-19 00:00 UT   18 08 00.6   -20 02 34     1.815    2.828  174.4    2.0   232   27.4 
2026-06-20 00:00 UT   18 06 47.1   -20 01 14     1.809    2.823  175.3    1.7   223   27.3 

    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.