2020 KR1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	15 Jan 2026	27.2	2.319 AU	1.336 AU	07h50m	+24°00'	176.9°	1.3°

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 KR1 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.3892184
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.6782558
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.84512
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 97.99722
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 189.52570
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 170.62883
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 107.47429
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -0.96568
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.17            
        

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
2026-01-15 00:00 UT   07 50 58.3   +24 00 19     1.336    2.319  176.9    1.3   205   27.2 
2026-01-15 20:13 UT   07 49 38.8   +24 05 40     1.335    2.318  177.0    1.3   182   27.2 
2026-01-16 00:00 UT   07 49 24.0   +24 06 40     1.335    2.318  176.9    1.3   178   27.2 
2026-01-17 00:00 UT   07 47 49.4   +24 12 55     1.335    2.317  176.3    1.6   156   27.3 
2026-01-18 00:00 UT   07 46 14.7   +24 19 04     1.335    2.317  175.4    2.0   142   27.3 
2026-01-19 00:00 UT   07 44 39.9   +24 25 07     1.335    2.316  174.3    2.4   133   27.3 
2026-01-20 00:00 UT   07 43 05.4   +24 31 03     1.335    2.315  173.0    3.0   127   27.4 
2026-01-21 00:00 UT   07 41 31.0   +24 36 52     1.336    2.314  171.8    3.5   122   27.4 
2026-01-22 00:00 UT   07 39 57.1   +24 42 33     1.337    2.313  170.5    4.0   119   27.4 
2026-01-23 00:00 UT   07 38 23.6   +24 48 06     1.338    2.312  169.1    4.6   117   27.5 
2026-01-24 00:00 UT   07 36 50.8   +24 53 31     1.340    2.312  167.8    5.2   115   27.5 
2026-01-25 00:00 UT   07 35 18.7   +24 58 49     1.342    2.311  166.5    5.7   113   27.5 
2026-01-26 00:00 UT   07 33 47.5   +25 03 57     1.344    2.310  165.1    6.3   112   27.5 
2026-01-27 00:00 UT   07 32 17.3   +25 08 57     1.347    2.309  163.8    6.8   111   27.6 
2026-01-28 00:00 UT   07 30 48.1   +25 13 48     1.350    2.308  162.4    7.4   110   27.6 
2026-01-29 00:00 UT   07 29 20.1   +25 18 30     1.353    2.307  161.1    7.9   109   27.6 
2026-01-30 00:00 UT   07 27 53.4   +25 23 03     1.356    2.306  159.8    8.5   108   27.7 
2026-01-31 00:00 UT   07 26 28.1   +25 27 27     1.360    2.305  158.4    9.0   107   27.7 
2026-02-01 00:00 UT   07 25 04.3   +25 31 41     1.364    2.304  157.1    9.6   107   27.7 
2026-02-02 00:00 UT   07 23 42.1   +25 35 47     1.368    2.302  155.8   10.1   106   27.7 
2026-02-03 00:00 UT   07 22 21.4   +25 39 43     1.372    2.301  154.5   10.6   106   27.8 
2026-02-04 00:00 UT   07 21 02.6   +25 43 31     1.377    2.300  153.2   11.1   105   27.8 
2026-02-05 00:00 UT   07 19 45.5   +25 47 09     1.382    2.299  151.9   11.7   105   27.8 
2026-02-06 00:00 UT   07 18 30.3   +25 50 38     1.387    2.298  150.6   12.2   104   27.8 
2026-02-07 00:00 UT   07 17 17.0   +25 53 59     1.393    2.297  149.3   12.7   104   27.9 
2026-02-08 00:00 UT   07 16 05.8   +25 57 11     1.398    2.295  148.0   13.2   103   27.9 
2026-02-09 00:00 UT   07 14 56.7   +26 00 14     1.404    2.294  146.8   13.6   103   27.9 

    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.