2020 KU1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	23 Aug 2026	28.1	1.476 AU	1.911 AU	06h42m	+21°41'	49.8°	31.5°

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 KU1 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4788857
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.5507065
            i (Inclination)                 : 6.62823
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 232.47779
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 82.41603
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 276.58505
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 314.84339
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 6.56999
            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
2026-08-23 00:00 UT   06 42 05.4   +21 41 14     1.911    1.476   49.8   31.5   273   28.1 
2026-08-23 20:57 UT   06 44 05.6   +21 36 34     1.911    1.482   50.2   31.6   273   28.1 
2026-08-24 00:00 UT   06 44 23.0   +21 35 52     1.910    1.483   50.2   31.6   273   28.1 
2026-08-25 00:00 UT   06 46 39.3   +21 30 24     1.910    1.490   50.6   31.6   273   28.1 
2026-08-26 00:00 UT   06 48 54.5   +21 24 50     1.909    1.497   51.1   31.7   274   28.1 
2026-08-27 00:00 UT   06 51 08.3   +21 19 10     1.908    1.504   51.5   31.7   274   28.1 
2026-08-28 00:00 UT   06 53 21.0   +21 13 24     1.906    1.510   52.0   31.8   274   28.1 
2026-08-29 00:00 UT   06 55 32.4   +21 07 32     1.905    1.517   52.4   31.8   274   28.2 
2026-08-30 00:00 UT   06 57 42.6   +21 01 35     1.904    1.524   52.9   31.9   274   28.2 
2026-08-31 00:00 UT   06 59 51.6   +20 55 32     1.902    1.531   53.3   31.9   275   28.2 
2026-09-01 00:00 UT   07 01 59.4   +20 49 24     1.900    1.537   53.8   32.0   275   28.2 
2026-09-02 00:00 UT   07 04 05.9   +20 43 11     1.899    1.544   54.2   32.0   275   28.2 
2026-09-03 00:00 UT   07 06 11.3   +20 36 53     1.897    1.551   54.7   32.1   275   28.2 
2026-09-04 00:00 UT   07 08 15.4   +20 30 31     1.895    1.557   55.2   32.1   275   28.2 
2026-09-05 00:00 UT   07 10 18.3   +20 24 04     1.892    1.564   55.7   32.2   276   28.2 
2026-09-06 00:00 UT   07 12 19.9   +20 17 32     1.890    1.570   56.2   32.2   276   28.2 
2026-09-07 00:00 UT   07 14 20.3   +20 10 56     1.887    1.577   56.6   32.3   276   28.2 
2026-09-08 00:00 UT   07 16 19.5   +20 04 16     1.885    1.583   57.1   32.3   276   28.2 

    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.