2020 KO1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	15 Nov 2026	28.4	2.558 AU	1.585 AU	04h14m	+18°18'	166.8°	5.1°

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 KO1 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4853549
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.9833289
            i (Inclination)                 : 1.88206
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 132.37411
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 140.74597
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 48.23951
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 93.13523
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 1.19076
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.79            
        

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
2026-11-15 00:00 UT   04 14 56.9   +18 18 32     1.585    2.558  166.8    5.1   272   28.4 
2026-11-15 03:38 UT   04 14 44.5   +18 18 00     1.585    2.559  167.0    5.0   272   28.4 
2026-11-16 00:00 UT   04 13 35.0   +18 15 03     1.586    2.562  168.1    4.6   274   28.4 
2026-11-17 00:00 UT   04 12 12.8   +18 11 34     1.587    2.565  169.4    4.1   275   28.4 
2026-11-18 00:00 UT   04 10 50.4   +18 08 03     1.588    2.569  170.7    3.6   277   28.3 
2026-11-19 00:00 UT   04 09 27.7   +18 04 32     1.590    2.573  172.0    3.1   280   28.3 
2026-11-20 00:00 UT   04 08 05.0   +18 00 60     1.592    2.576  173.2    2.6   284   28.3 
2026-11-21 00:00 UT   04 06 42.3   +17 57 27     1.595    2.580  174.4    2.1   290   28.3 
2026-11-22 00:00 UT   04 05 19.7   +17 53 54     1.597    2.583  175.5    1.7   298   28.2 
2026-11-23 00:00 UT   04 03 57.2   +17 50 21     1.600    2.587  176.4    1.4   312   28.2 
2026-11-24 00:00 UT   04 02 35.1   +17 46 48     1.604    2.590  177.0    1.1   333   28.2 
2026-11-25 00:00 UT   04 01 13.2   +17 43 15     1.608    2.594  177.1    1.1   359   28.2 
2026-11-26 00:00 UT   03 59 51.9   +17 39 44     1.611    2.597  176.6    1.3    22   28.2 
2026-11-27 00:00 UT   03 58 31.0   +17 36 13     1.616    2.601  175.7    1.6    37   28.3 
2026-11-28 00:00 UT   03 57 10.8   +17 32 44     1.620    2.604  174.6    2.0    46   28.3 
2026-11-29 00:00 UT   03 55 51.2   +17 29 16     1.625    2.608  173.5    2.5    53   28.3 
2026-11-30 00:00 UT   03 54 32.4   +17 25 50     1.630    2.611  172.3    2.9    57   28.4 
2026-12-01 00:00 UT   03 53 14.4   +17 22 26     1.636    2.615  171.0    3.4    60   28.4 
2026-12-02 00:00 UT   03 51 57.4   +17 19 04     1.642    2.618  169.7    3.8    62   28.5 
2026-12-03 00:00 UT   03 50 41.3   +17 15 45     1.648    2.621  168.5    4.3    64   28.5 
2026-12-04 00:00 UT   03 49 26.3   +17 12 29     1.654    2.625  167.2    4.8    65   28.5 
2026-12-05 00:00 UT   03 48 12.4   +17 09 16     1.661    2.628  165.9    5.2    66   28.6 
2026-12-06 00:00 UT   03 46 59.7   +17 06 07     1.668    2.631  164.6    5.7    67   28.6 
2026-12-07 00:00 UT   03 45 48.3   +17 03 01     1.676    2.635  163.3    6.2    68   28.6 
2026-12-08 00:00 UT   03 44 38.2   +16 59 59     1.683    2.638  162.1    6.6    69   28.7 
2026-12-09 00:00 UT   03 43 29.5   +16 57 01     1.691    2.641  160.8    7.1    69   28.7 
2026-12-10 00:00 UT   03 42 22.3   +16 54 08     1.699    2.644  159.5    7.5    70   28.7 
2026-12-11 00:00 UT   03 41 16.5   +16 51 19     1.708    2.648  158.2    7.9    70   28.8 
2026-12-12 00:00 UT   03 40 12.3   +16 48 35     1.717    2.651  157.0    8.4    71   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.