2020 TW3
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	10 Aug 2026	25.5	1.942 AU	1.201 AU	01h09m	-05°10'	122.3°	26.2°

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 TW3 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6858602
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.0909389
            i (Inclination)                 : 10.82069
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 28.68601
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 87.41426
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 229.63438
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 116.05353
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 10.80954
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.02            
        

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
2026-08-10 00:00 UT   01 09 17.9   -05 10 44     1.201    1.942  122.3   26.2   255   25.5 
2026-08-10 22:15 UT   01 09 48.2   -05 11 03     1.184    1.934  123.1   26.1   255   25.5 
2026-08-11 00:00 UT   01 09 50.5   -05 11 05     1.183    1.933  123.1   26.0   255   25.5 
2026-08-12 00:00 UT   01 10 21.8   -05 11 36     1.165    1.925  123.9   25.9   255   25.4 
2026-08-13 00:00 UT   01 10 51.6   -05 12 17     1.148    1.916  124.8   25.8   256   25.4 
2026-08-14 00:00 UT   01 11 19.9   -05 13 08     1.130    1.907  125.6   25.6   256   25.3 
2026-08-15 00:00 UT   01 11 46.7   -05 14 10     1.113    1.898  126.4   25.4   256   25.3 
2026-08-16 00:00 UT   01 12 11.9   -05 15 23     1.096    1.889  127.2   25.3   257   25.2 
2026-08-17 00:00 UT   01 12 35.5   -05 16 46     1.079    1.880  128.1   25.1   257   25.2 
2026-08-18 00:00 UT   01 12 57.5   -05 18 21     1.061    1.871  128.9   24.9   257   25.1 
2026-08-19 00:00 UT   01 13 17.7   -05 20 07     1.044    1.862  129.8   24.7   258   25.1 
2026-08-20 00:00 UT   01 13 36.1   -05 22 04     1.028    1.853  130.6   24.5   258   25.0 
2026-08-21 00:00 UT   01 13 52.8   -05 24 13     1.011    1.844  131.5   24.3   258   25.0 
2026-08-22 00:00 UT   01 14 07.5   -05 26 34     0.994    1.835  132.4   24.0   259   24.9 
2026-08-23 00:00 UT   01 14 20.3   -05 29 06     0.978    1.826  133.2   23.8   259   24.9 
2026-08-24 00:00 UT   01 14 31.1   -05 31 50     0.961    1.816  134.1   23.6   260   24.8 
2026-08-25 00:00 UT   01 14 39.8   -05 34 47     0.945    1.807  135.0   23.3   260   24.7 
2026-08-26 00:00 UT   01 14 46.3   -05 37 56     0.929    1.798  135.9   23.0   261   24.7 
2026-08-27 00:00 UT   01 14 50.7   -05 41 18     0.913    1.789  136.8   22.7   261   24.6 
2026-08-28 00:00 UT   01 14 52.7   -05 44 53     0.897    1.779  137.7   22.4   262   24.6 
2026-08-29 00:00 UT   01 14 52.4   -05 48 41     0.881    1.770  138.7   22.1   262   24.5 
2026-08-30 00:00 UT   01 14 49.5   -05 52 43     0.866    1.761  139.6   21.8   263   24.5 
2026-08-31 00:00 UT   01 14 44.2   -05 56 58     0.850    1.751  140.5   21.5   263   24.4 
2026-09-01 00:00 UT   01 14 36.1   -06 01 27     0.835    1.742  141.5   21.2   264   24.3 
2026-09-02 00:00 UT   01 14 25.4   -06 06 10     0.819    1.732  142.4   20.8   265   24.3 
2026-09-03 00:00 UT   01 14 11.7   -06 11 07     0.804    1.723  143.4   20.4   265   24.2 
2026-09-04 00:00 UT   01 13 55.1   -06 16 19     0.789    1.713  144.4   20.1   266   24.1 
2026-09-05 00:00 UT   01 13 35.5   -06 21 45     0.775    1.703  145.3   19.7   267   24.1 
2026-09-06 00:00 UT   01 13 12.6   -06 27 26     0.760    1.694  146.3   19.3   268   24.0 
2026-09-07 00:00 UT   01 12 46.5   -06 33 22     0.745    1.684  147.3   18.9   269   23.9 
2026-09-08 00:00 UT   01 12 17.0   -06 39 34     0.731    1.674  148.3   18.4   270   23.9 
2026-09-09 00:00 UT   01 11 43.9   -06 45 60     0.717    1.664  149.3   18.0   271   23.8 

    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.