2020 AO
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	13 Jun 2026	28.9	2.057 AU	2.992 AU	04h01m	+24°28'	18.9°	9.2°

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 2020 AO are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6080088
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.4251422
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.70270
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 307.30109
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 264.61736
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 128.83710
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 31.89184
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -5.67747
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.70            
        

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
2026-06-13 00:00 UT   04 01 18.7   +24 28 02     2.992    2.057   18.9    9.2   270   28.9 
2026-06-13 01:47 UT   04 01 27.7   +24 28 26     2.991    2.057   18.9    9.2   270   28.9 
2026-06-14 00:00 UT   04 03 20.7   +24 33 28     2.983    2.053   19.3    9.4   270   28.9 
2026-06-15 00:00 UT   04 05 23.0   +24 38 50     2.975    2.049   19.8    9.7   269   28.9 
2026-06-16 00:00 UT   04 07 25.9   +24 44 07     2.967    2.044   20.3    9.9   269   28.9 
2026-06-17 00:00 UT   04 09 29.1   +24 49 19     2.958    2.040   20.8   10.2   269   28.9 
2026-06-18 00:00 UT   04 11 32.8   +24 54 27     2.949    2.036   21.2   10.4   269   28.9 
2026-06-19 00:00 UT   04 13 36.9   +24 59 30     2.940    2.031   21.7   10.7   269   28.9 
2026-06-20 00:00 UT   04 15 41.5   +25 04 29     2.931    2.027   22.2   10.9   269   28.9 
2026-06-21 00:00 UT   04 17 46.5   +25 09 23     2.922    2.023   22.6   11.1   269   28.9 
2026-06-22 00:00 UT   04 19 51.9   +25 14 11     2.913    2.018   23.1   11.4   269   28.8 
2026-06-23 00:00 UT   04 21 57.8   +25 18 55     2.904    2.013   23.6   11.6   269   28.8 
2026-06-24 00:00 UT   04 24 04.1   +25 23 34     2.894    2.009   24.0   11.9   269   28.8 
2026-06-25 00:00 UT   04 26 11.0   +25 28 08     2.885    2.004   24.5   12.1   269   28.8 
2026-06-26 00:00 UT   04 28 18.2   +25 32 37     2.875    2.000   25.0   12.4   269   28.8 
2026-06-27 00:00 UT   04 30 26.0   +25 37 00     2.865    1.995   25.4   12.6   269   28.8 
2026-06-28 00:00 UT   04 32 34.2   +25 41 19     2.855    1.990   25.9   12.9   269   28.8 
2026-06-29 00:00 UT   04 34 42.9   +25 45 32     2.845    1.985   26.3   13.1   269   28.8 
2026-06-30 00:00 UT   04 36 52.1   +25 49 39     2.834    1.981   26.8   13.4   269   28.8 

    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.