2020 CH
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	22 Sep 2026	28.9	1.765 AU	1.518 AU	06h09m	+13°34'	86.3°	34.6°

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 CH are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4547968
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.7514094
            i (Inclination)                 : 8.70203
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 133.52009
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 41.66125
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 250.42302
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 174.85213
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 5.77200
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.32            
        

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
2026-09-22 00:00 UT   06 09 48.5   +13 34 53     1.518    1.765   86.3   34.6   270   28.9 
2026-09-22 14:40 UT   06 11 05.5   +13 32 41     1.509    1.761   86.6   34.7   271   28.9 
2026-09-23 00:00 UT   06 11 54.5   +13 31 15     1.503    1.759   86.7   34.7   271   28.8 
2026-09-24 00:00 UT   06 14 00.8   +13 27 28     1.488    1.753   87.2   34.9   271   28.8 
2026-09-25 00:00 UT   06 16 07.4   +13 23 34     1.473    1.747   87.6   35.0   271   28.8 
2026-09-26 00:00 UT   06 18 14.2   +13 19 31     1.458    1.741   88.1   35.1   272   28.8 
2026-09-27 00:00 UT   06 20 21.2   +13 15 21     1.443    1.735   88.5   35.3   272   28.7 
2026-09-28 00:00 UT   06 22 28.6   +13 11 02     1.428    1.730   89.0   35.4   272   28.7 
2026-09-29 00:00 UT   06 24 36.2   +13 06 34     1.413    1.724   89.4   35.5   272   28.7 
2026-09-30 00:00 UT   06 26 44.1   +13 01 59     1.398    1.718   89.9   35.7   273   28.7 
2026-10-01 00:00 UT   06 28 52.4   +12 57 15     1.383    1.711   90.3   35.8   273   28.6 
2026-10-02 00:00 UT   06 31 00.9   +12 52 22     1.368    1.705   90.8   35.9   273   28.6 
2026-10-03 00:00 UT   06 33 09.7   +12 47 22     1.353    1.699   91.2   36.1   274   28.6 
2026-10-04 00:00 UT   06 35 18.8   +12 42 12     1.338    1.693   91.6   36.2   274   28.6 
2026-10-05 00:00 UT   06 37 28.2   +12 36 55     1.323    1.687   92.1   36.3   274   28.5 
2026-10-06 00:00 UT   06 39 38.0   +12 31 28     1.308    1.681   92.5   36.5   274   28.5 
2026-10-07 00:00 UT   06 41 48.0   +12 25 54     1.294    1.675   92.9   36.6   275   28.5 
2026-10-08 00:00 UT   06 43 58.4   +12 20 10     1.279    1.669   93.4   36.7   275   28.4 

    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.