2020 KP
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	20 Nov 2025	30.1	1.961 AU	1.015 AU	05h19m	+24°08'	156.7°	11.5°

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 KP are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5374098
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.8219175
            i (Inclination)                 : 3.59311
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 60.96768
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 239.26167
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 68.11197
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 120.17980
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -3.08779
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.46            
        

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
2025-11-20 00:00 UT   05 19 59.8   +24 08 34     1.015    1.961  156.7   11.5   264   30.1 
2025-11-20 16:05 UT   05 18 44.0   +24 08 49     1.016    1.966  157.6   11.0   263   30.1 
2025-11-21 00:00 UT   05 18 06.5   +24 08 56     1.016    1.968  158.1   10.8   263   30.1 
2025-11-22 00:00 UT   05 16 12.1   +24 09 10     1.018    1.974  159.5   10.1   263   30.1 
2025-11-23 00:00 UT   05 14 16.8   +24 09 17     1.020    1.980  161.0    9.4   262   30.0 
2025-11-24 00:00 UT   05 12 20.8   +24 09 15     1.023    1.986  162.4    8.6   262   30.0 
2025-11-25 00:00 UT   05 10 24.1   +24 09 06     1.025    1.993  163.9    7.9   261   30.0 
2025-11-26 00:00 UT   05 08 27.1   +24 08 50     1.028    1.999  165.3    7.2   260   30.0 
2025-11-27 00:00 UT   05 06 29.8   +24 08 25     1.031    2.005  166.8    6.5   259   30.0 
2025-11-28 00:00 UT   05 04 32.4   +24 07 53     1.035    2.011  168.2    5.8   258   30.0 
2025-11-29 00:00 UT   05 02 35.1   +24 07 13     1.039    2.017  169.7    5.0   257   29.9 
2025-11-30 00:00 UT   05 00 38.1   +24 06 26     1.043    2.023  171.1    4.3   255   29.9 
2025-12-01 00:00 UT   04 58 41.5   +24 05 31     1.047    2.029  172.5    3.6   253   29.9 
2025-12-02 00:00 UT   04 56 45.4   +24 04 30     1.052    2.035  173.9    2.9   250   29.9 
2025-12-03 00:00 UT   04 54 50.1   +24 03 22     1.057    2.041  175.3    2.3   245   29.8 
2025-12-04 00:00 UT   04 52 55.7   +24 02 07     1.062    2.047  176.7    1.6   237   29.8 
2025-12-05 00:00 UT   04 51 02.3   +24 00 47     1.068    2.053  177.8    1.0   219   29.8 
2025-12-06 00:00 UT   04 49 10.1   +23 59 20     1.074    2.059  178.5    0.7   177   29.7 
2025-12-07 00:00 UT   04 47 19.1   +23 57 48     1.080    2.065  177.9    1.0   133   29.8 
2025-12-08 00:00 UT   04 45 29.6   +23 56 11     1.086    2.071  176.8    1.5   113   29.9 
2025-12-09 00:00 UT   04 43 41.6   +23 54 30     1.093    2.076  175.5    2.1   104   29.9 

    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.