2020 KU1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	22 Oct 2026	28.3	1.833 AU	1.644 AU	08h21m	+14°42'	84.2°	32.7°

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 KU1 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4791440
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.5513346
            i (Inclination)                 : 6.63134
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 232.47634
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 82.41275
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 18.04528
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 314.83859
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 6.57303
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.93            
        

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
2026-10-22 00:00 UT   08 21 05.9   +14 42 55     1.644    1.833   84.2   32.7   283   28.3 
2026-10-22 21:34 UT   08 21 57.1   +14 36 19     1.638    1.838   84.8   32.6   283   28.3 
2026-10-23 00:00 UT   08 22 02.8   +14 35 34     1.637    1.839   84.9   32.6   283   28.3 
2026-10-24 00:00 UT   08 22 58.0   +14 28 15     1.629    1.844   85.7   32.5   283   28.3 
2026-10-25 00:00 UT   08 23 51.6   +14 20 59     1.622    1.849   86.4   32.5   283   28.3 
2026-10-26 00:00 UT   08 24 43.4   +14 13 45     1.615    1.854   87.2   32.4   283   28.3 
2026-10-27 00:00 UT   08 25 33.5   +14 06 34     1.607    1.859   87.9   32.3   284   28.3 
2026-10-28 00:00 UT   08 26 21.9   +13 59 26     1.599    1.864   88.7   32.2   284   28.3 
2026-10-29 00:00 UT   08 27 08.5   +13 52 21     1.592    1.869   89.5   32.1   284   28.3 
2026-10-30 00:00 UT   08 27 53.2   +13 45 19     1.584    1.874   90.3   32.0   284   28.3 
2026-10-31 00:00 UT   08 28 36.2   +13 38 20     1.576    1.879   91.1   31.9   284   28.3 
2026-11-01 00:00 UT   08 29 17.3   +13 31 25     1.568    1.884   91.9   31.8   284   28.3 
2026-11-02 00:00 UT   08 29 56.6   +13 24 34     1.561    1.889   92.7   31.7   284   28.3 
2026-11-03 00:00 UT   08 30 33.9   +13 17 46     1.553    1.893   93.5   31.5   284   28.3 
2026-11-04 00:00 UT   08 31 09.3   +13 11 03     1.545    1.898   94.4   31.4   285   28.2 
2026-11-05 00:00 UT   08 31 42.8   +13 04 24     1.537    1.903   95.2   31.3   285   28.2 
2026-11-06 00:00 UT   08 32 14.3   +12 57 49     1.529    1.908   96.0   31.1   285   28.2 
2026-11-07 00:00 UT   08 32 43.7   +12 51 19     1.521    1.912   96.9   31.0   285   28.2 
2026-11-08 00:00 UT   08 33 11.1   +12 44 53     1.513    1.917   97.8   30.8   285   28.2 
2026-11-09 00:00 UT   08 33 36.5   +12 38 33     1.505    1.922   98.6   30.6   285   28.2 
2026-11-10 00:00 UT   08 33 59.7   +12 32 18     1.497    1.926   99.5   30.5   285   28.2 
2026-11-11 00:00 UT   08 34 20.8   +12 26 08     1.488    1.931  100.4   30.3   286   28.2 
2026-11-12 00:00 UT   08 34 39.8   +12 20 04     1.480    1.936  101.3   30.1   286   28.2 
2026-11-13 00:00 UT   08 34 56.6   +12 14 05     1.472    1.940  102.2   29.9   286   28.1 
2026-11-14 00:00 UT   08 35 11.2   +12 08 12     1.464    1.945  103.1   29.7   286   28.1 
2026-11-15 00:00 UT   08 35 23.5   +12 02 26     1.456    1.949  104.0   29.5   286   28.1 
2026-11-16 00:00 UT   08 35 33.6   +11 56 46     1.448    1.953  105.0   29.3   286   28.1 
2026-11-17 00:00 UT   08 35 41.5   +11 51 12     1.440    1.958  105.9   29.1   286   28.1 
2026-11-18 00:00 UT   08 35 47.0   +11 45 44     1.432    1.962  106.9   28.8   287   28.1 
2026-11-19 00:00 UT   08 35 50.3   +11 40 24     1.424    1.967  107.8   28.6   287   28.1 
2026-11-20 00:00 UT   08 35 51.1   +11 35 10     1.416    1.971  108.8   28.3   287   28.1 
2026-11-21 00:00 UT   08 35 49.6   +11 30 04     1.408    1.975  109.8   28.1   287   28.0 

    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.