2020 MX
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	25 Oct 2026	25.5	0.787 AU	0.460 AU	17h24m	-15°36'	50.5°	102.7°

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 MX are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2776045
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 0.8328613
            i (Inclination)                 : 4.44728
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 282.49253
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 177.03300
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 118.13671
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 279.53445
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 0.22996
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 0.76            
        

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
2026-10-25 00:00 UT   17 24 17.2   -15 36 38     0.460    0.787   50.5  102.7    87   25.5 
2026-10-25 05:06 UT   17 24 27.5   -15 36 14     0.459    0.786   50.4  102.9    87   25.5 
2026-10-26 00:00 UT   17 25 03.2   -15 34 46     0.455    0.781   49.7  103.9    87   25.5 
2026-10-27 00:00 UT   17 25 42.5   -15 32 57     0.451    0.776   48.9  105.1    87   25.6 
2026-10-28 00:00 UT   17 26 14.5   -15 31 13     0.447    0.770   48.1  106.4    86   25.6 
2026-10-29 00:00 UT   17 26 38.9   -15 29 33     0.442    0.765   47.2  107.8    86   25.6 
2026-10-30 00:00 UT   17 26 55.3   -15 27 60     0.438    0.760   46.3  109.2    86   25.7 
2026-10-31 00:00 UT   17 27 03.2   -15 26 34     0.433    0.754   45.3  110.6    86   25.7 
2026-11-01 00:00 UT   17 27 02.2   -15 25 17     0.428    0.749   44.3  112.1    85   25.8 
2026-11-02 00:00 UT   17 26 51.9   -15 24 09     0.424    0.743   43.3  113.7    85   25.8 
2026-11-03 00:00 UT   17 26 31.8   -15 23 12     0.419    0.738   42.2  115.3    85   25.9 
2026-11-04 00:00 UT   17 26 01.3   -15 22 28     0.414    0.733   41.1  117.0    84   26.0 
2026-11-05 00:00 UT   17 25 20.1   -15 21 56     0.410    0.727   40.0  118.8    84   26.1 
2026-11-06 00:00 UT   17 24 27.5   -15 21 39     0.405    0.722   38.8  120.6    84   26.2 
2026-11-07 00:00 UT   17 23 23.3   -15 21 38     0.401    0.717   37.6  122.5    83   26.3 
2026-11-08 00:00 UT   17 22 06.8   -15 21 53     0.396    0.711   36.3  124.5    83   26.4 
2026-11-09 00:00 UT   17 20 37.7   -15 22 25     0.392    0.706   35.0  126.5    83   26.5 
2026-11-10 00:00 UT   17 18 55.6   -15 23 16     0.388    0.701   33.6  128.6    82   26.7 
2026-11-11 00:00 UT   17 17 00.1   -15 24 27     0.384    0.696   32.1  130.8    82   26.9 
2026-11-12 00:00 UT   17 14 50.9   -15 25 57     0.380    0.691   30.7  133.1    82   27.1 
2026-11-13 00:00 UT   17 12 27.9   -15 27 48     0.376    0.686   29.1  135.4    81   27.3 
2026-11-14 00:00 UT   17 09 50.9   -15 29 60     0.373    0.681   27.5  137.8    81   27.6 
2026-11-15 00:00 UT   17 07 00.1   -15 32 32     0.369    0.676   25.9  140.4    80   27.8 
2026-11-16 00:00 UT   17 03 55.5   -15 35 26     0.367    0.672   24.2  142.9    79   28.2 
2026-11-17 00:00 UT   17 00 37.4   -15 38 41     0.364    0.667   22.4  145.6    78   28.5 
2026-11-18 00:00 UT   16 57 06.5   -15 42 16     0.362    0.663   20.6  148.3    77   29.0 
2026-11-19 00:00 UT   16 53 23.3   -15 46 10     0.360    0.658   18.8  151.1    76   29.5 
2026-11-20 00:00 UT   16 49 28.8   -15 50 24     0.358    0.654   16.9  153.9    75   30.0 

    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.