2020 XE1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	22 Aug 2026	27.2	1.408 AU	0.490 AU	21h04m	-53°59'	136.4°	29.7°

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 XE1 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.3866204
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.5949321
            i (Inclination)                 : 12.43546
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 71.63486
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 345.18111
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 174.69307
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 57.14884
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -3.15723
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.01            
        

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
2026-08-22 00:00 UT   21 04 26.2   -53 59 44     0.490    1.408  136.4   29.7    21   27.2 
2026-08-22 17:33 UT   21 02 43.7   -54 11 54     0.489    1.404  135.7   30.2    22   27.2 
2026-08-23 00:00 UT   21 02 06.0   -54 16 15     0.489    1.402  135.5   30.4    23   27.2 
2026-08-24 00:00 UT   20 59 45.2   -54 31 54     0.487    1.397  134.6   31.0    25   27.2 
2026-08-25 00:00 UT   20 57 24.4   -54 46 39     0.485    1.391  133.6   31.7    26   27.2 
2026-08-26 00:00 UT   20 55 03.9   -55 00 31     0.484    1.385  132.7   32.4    28   27.2 
2026-08-27 00:00 UT   20 52 44.0   -55 13 29     0.482    1.379  131.8   33.1    30   27.2 
2026-08-28 00:00 UT   20 50 25.0   -55 25 34     0.481    1.374  130.8   33.8    31   27.2 
2026-08-29 00:00 UT   20 48 07.4   -55 36 44     0.480    1.368  129.9   34.5    33   27.2 
2026-08-30 00:00 UT   20 45 51.5   -55 47 01     0.478    1.362  128.9   35.2    35   27.2 
2026-08-31 00:00 UT   20 43 37.6   -55 56 25     0.477    1.357  128.0   35.9    36   27.2 
2026-09-01 00:00 UT   20 41 26.0   -56 04 55     0.476    1.351  127.1   36.6    38   27.2 
2026-09-02 00:00 UT   20 39 17.2   -56 12 33     0.475    1.345  126.1   37.3    39   27.2 
2026-09-03 00:00 UT   20 37 11.4   -56 19 19     0.474    1.339  125.2   38.0    40   27.2 
2026-09-04 00:00 UT   20 35 09.0   -56 25 14     0.473    1.334  124.3   38.7    42   27.2 
2026-09-05 00:00 UT   20 33 10.3   -56 30 19     0.472    1.328  123.3   39.4    43   27.2 
2026-09-06 00:00 UT   20 31 15.5   -56 34 34     0.472    1.322  122.4   40.1    45   27.2 
2026-09-07 00:00 UT   20 29 25.0   -56 38 00     0.471    1.317  121.5   40.7    46   27.2 
2026-09-08 00:00 UT   20 27 39.1   -56 40 39     0.470    1.311  120.6   41.4    47   27.3 
2026-09-09 00:00 UT   20 25 58.0   -56 42 32     0.469    1.305  119.7   42.1    48   27.3 
2026-09-10 00:00 UT   20 24 21.9   -56 43 39     0.469    1.300  118.8   42.8    49   27.3 
2026-09-11 00:00 UT   20 22 51.0   -56 44 03     0.468    1.294  117.9   43.4    51   27.3 
2026-09-12 00:00 UT   20 21 25.7   -56 43 44     0.467    1.288  117.0   44.1    52   27.3 
2026-09-13 00:00 UT   20 20 05.9   -56 42 43     0.467    1.283  116.2   44.8    53   27.3 
2026-09-14 00:00 UT   20 18 51.9   -56 41 03     0.466    1.277  115.3   45.4    54   27.3 
2026-09-15 00:00 UT   20 17 43.7   -56 38 45     0.466    1.271  114.5   46.1    55   27.3 
2026-09-16 00:00 UT   20 16 41.5   -56 35 49     0.465    1.266  113.6   46.7    56   27.3 
2026-09-17 00:00 UT   20 15 45.2   -56 32 18     0.464    1.260  112.8   47.3    57   27.3 
2026-09-18 00:00 UT   20 14 55.1   -56 28 12     0.464    1.255  112.0   48.0    57   27.3 
2026-09-19 00:00 UT   20 14 11.0   -56 23 32     0.463    1.249  111.2   48.6    58   27.3 
2026-09-20 00:00 UT   20 13 32.9   -56 18 21     0.462    1.243  110.4   49.2    59   27.3 
2026-09-21 00:00 UT   20 13 01.0   -56 12 38     0.462    1.238  109.6   49.8    60   27.3 

    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.