2020 XB7
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	20 Apr 2026	30.5	3.133 AU	3.660 AU	22h42m	-10°06'	51.3°	14.5°

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 XB7 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5520350
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.1604644
            i (Inclination)                 : 6.07565
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 124.12257
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 0.27389
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 187.16261
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 124.39492
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 0.02899
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.18            
        

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
2026-04-20 00:00 UT   22 42 15.2   -10 06 01     3.660    3.133   51.3   14.5   247   30.5 
2026-04-20 21:50 UT   22 43 14.5   -10 01 02     3.648    3.130   52.0   14.6   247   30.5 
2026-04-21 00:00 UT   22 43 20.4   -10 00 33     3.646    3.130   52.0   14.7   247   30.5 
2026-04-22 00:00 UT   22 44 25.2   -09 55 06     3.632    3.127   52.7   14.8   247   30.5 
2026-04-23 00:00 UT   22 45 29.6   -09 49 41     3.618    3.125   53.4   15.0   247   30.5 
2026-04-24 00:00 UT   22 46 33.8   -09 44 19     3.603    3.122   54.1   15.1   246   30.5 
2026-04-25 00:00 UT   22 47 37.6   -09 38 58     3.589    3.120   54.8   15.3   246   30.5 
2026-04-26 00:00 UT   22 48 41.1   -09 33 39     3.574    3.117   55.5   15.4   246   30.5 
2026-04-27 00:00 UT   22 49 44.2   -09 28 22     3.559    3.114   56.2   15.6   246   30.5 
2026-04-28 00:00 UT   22 50 47.0   -09 23 07     3.545    3.112   56.9   15.7   246   30.5 
2026-04-29 00:00 UT   22 51 49.4   -09 17 54     3.530    3.109   57.6   15.9   246   30.5 
2026-04-30 00:00 UT   22 52 51.5   -09 12 44     3.514    3.106   58.3   16.0   246   30.5 
2026-05-01 00:00 UT   22 53 53.2   -09 07 36     3.499    3.103   59.0   16.2   246   30.5 
2026-05-02 00:00 UT   22 54 54.5   -09 02 30     3.484    3.101   59.7   16.3   246   30.5 
2026-05-03 00:00 UT   22 55 55.4   -08 57 27     3.469    3.098   60.4   16.4   246   30.5 
2026-05-04 00:00 UT   22 56 56.0   -08 52 26     3.453    3.095   61.1   16.6   246   30.5 
2026-05-05 00:00 UT   22 57 56.2   -08 47 27     3.437    3.092   61.8   16.7   246   30.5 
2026-05-06 00:00 UT   22 58 56.0   -08 42 32     3.422    3.089   62.6   16.8   246   30.4 
2026-05-07 00:00 UT   22 59 55.4   -08 37 39     3.406    3.087   63.3   17.0   246   30.4 
2026-05-08 00:00 UT   23 00 54.4   -08 32 48     3.390    3.084   64.0   17.1   246   30.4 
2026-05-09 00:00 UT   23 01 52.9   -08 28 01     3.374    3.081   64.7   17.2   246   30.4 
2026-05-10 00:00 UT   23 02 51.1   -08 23 16     3.358    3.078   65.4   17.4   246   30.4 
2026-05-11 00:00 UT   23 03 48.8   -08 18 35     3.342    3.075   66.1   17.5   246   30.4 
2026-05-12 00:00 UT   23 04 46.1   -08 13 56     3.326    3.072   66.8   17.6   246   30.4 
2026-05-13 00:00 UT   23 05 42.9   -08 09 21     3.309    3.069   67.6   17.7   246   30.4 
2026-05-14 00:00 UT   23 06 39.3   -08 04 49     3.293    3.066   68.3   17.8   246   30.4 
2026-05-15 00:00 UT   23 07 35.2   -08 00 21     3.276    3.063   69.0   17.9   246   30.4 
2026-05-16 00:00 UT   23 08 30.6   -07 55 56     3.260    3.060   69.7   18.1   246   30.4 
2026-05-17 00:00 UT   23 09 25.6   -07 51 34     3.243    3.057   70.5   18.2   246   30.4 
2026-05-18 00:00 UT   23 10 20.0   -07 47 16     3.226    3.054   71.2   18.3   246   30.3 
2026-05-19 00:00 UT   23 11 14.0   -07 43 02     3.210    3.051   71.9   18.4   246   30.3 
2026-05-20 00:00 UT   23 12 07.4   -07 38 52     3.193    3.048   72.6   18.5   246   30.3 

    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.