2019 UR2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	9 Feb 2026	28.9	3.883 AU	4.761 AU	19h49m	-13°22'	24.2°	6.0°

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 UR2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6501989
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.4406970
            i (Inclination)                 : 10.45117
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 228.76890
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 231.13712
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 199.57414
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 279.43690
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -8.11990
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.81            
        

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
2026-02-09 00:00 UT   19 49 26.2   -13 22 47     4.761    3.883   24.2    6.0   277   28.9 
2026-02-09 23:44 UT   19 50 27.5   -13 19 06     4.753    3.881   24.9    6.1   276   28.9 
2026-02-10 00:00 UT   19 50 28.2   -13 19 04     4.753    3.881   24.9    6.2   276   28.9 
2026-02-11 00:00 UT   19 51 30.1   -13 15 18     4.745    3.879   25.6    6.3   275   28.9 
2026-02-12 00:00 UT   19 52 31.7   -13 11 29     4.737    3.877   26.4    6.5   275   28.9 
2026-02-13 00:00 UT   19 53 33.2   -13 07 39     4.728    3.875   27.1    6.7   274   28.9 
2026-02-14 00:00 UT   19 54 34.4   -13 03 46     4.719    3.873   27.8    6.8   274   29.0 
2026-02-15 00:00 UT   19 55 35.5   -12 59 51     4.710    3.871   28.5    7.0   273   29.0 
2026-02-16 00:00 UT   19 56 36.3   -12 55 54     4.701    3.869   29.3    7.2   273   29.0 
2026-02-17 00:00 UT   19 57 36.9   -12 51 55     4.691    3.867   30.0    7.3   272   29.0 
2026-02-18 00:00 UT   19 58 37.2   -12 47 53     4.682    3.865   30.7    7.5   272   29.0 
2026-02-19 00:00 UT   19 59 37.3   -12 43 50     4.672    3.863   31.5    7.7   271   29.0 
2026-02-20 00:00 UT   20 00 37.2   -12 39 44     4.662    3.861   32.2    7.8   271   29.0 
2026-02-21 00:00 UT   20 01 36.7   -12 35 37     4.652    3.859   32.9    8.0   270   29.0 
2026-02-22 00:00 UT   20 02 36.1   -12 31 28     4.641    3.857   33.7    8.2   270   29.0 
2026-02-23 00:00 UT   20 03 35.1   -12 27 16     4.631    3.855   34.4    8.3   270   29.0 
2026-02-24 00:00 UT   20 04 33.9   -12 23 03     4.620    3.853   35.1    8.5   269   29.0 
2026-02-25 00:00 UT   20 05 32.4   -12 18 48     4.609    3.851   35.9    8.7   269   29.0 
2026-02-26 00:00 UT   20 06 30.6   -12 14 31     4.598    3.849   36.6    8.8   269   29.0 
2026-02-27 00:00 UT   20 07 28.6   -12 10 13     4.587    3.847   37.4    9.0   268   29.0 
2026-02-28 00:00 UT   20 08 26.2   -12 05 52     4.575    3.845   38.1    9.1   268   29.0 
2026-03-01 00:00 UT   20 09 23.5   -12 01 30     4.564    3.842   38.8    9.3   268   29.0 
2026-03-02 00:00 UT   20 10 20.5   -11 57 06     4.552    3.840   39.6    9.5   267   29.0 
2026-03-03 00:00 UT   20 11 17.2   -11 52 41     4.540    3.838   40.3    9.6   267   29.0 
2026-03-04 00:00 UT   20 12 13.6   -11 48 14     4.528    3.836   41.1    9.8   267   29.0 
2026-03-05 00:00 UT   20 13 09.6   -11 43 45     4.515    3.834   41.8    9.9   266   29.0 
2026-03-06 00:00 UT   20 14 05.3   -11 39 15     4.503    3.832   42.6   10.1   266   29.0 
2026-03-07 00:00 UT   20 15 00.7   -11 34 43     4.490    3.829   43.3   10.2   266   29.0 
2026-03-08 00:00 UT   20 15 55.8   -11 30 10     4.478    3.827   44.1   10.4   265   29.0 
2026-03-09 00:00 UT   20 16 50.4   -11 25 35     4.465    3.825   44.8   10.5   265   29.0 
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   20 17 44.8   -11 20 58     4.452    3.823   45.6   10.7   265   29.0 
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   20 18 38.7   -11 16 21     4.438    3.820   46.3   10.8   265   29.0 

    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.