2020 YG2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	15 Oct 2025	30.6	3.228 AU	4.216 AU	12h53m	-05°53'	6.9°	2.1°

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 YG2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6320248
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.5044035
            i (Inclination)                 : 0.71905
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 204.90760
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 199.96359
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 44.45078
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 224.86974
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -0.24549
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.96            
        

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. A more printer-friendly version of the same chart can be found below.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2025-10-15 00:00 UT   12 53 48.0   -05 53 09     4.216    3.228    6.9    2.1   292   30.6 
2025-10-15 14:18 UT   12 54 30.3   -05 57 31     4.217    3.231    7.3    2.2   292   30.7 
2025-10-16 00:00 UT   12 54 58.9   -06 00 29     4.218    3.233    7.6    2.3   292   30.7 
2025-10-17 00:00 UT   12 56 09.7   -06 07 47     4.220    3.237    8.2    2.5   292   30.7 
2025-10-18 00:00 UT   12 57 20.3   -06 15 03     4.223    3.242    8.9    2.7   292   30.7 
2025-10-19 00:00 UT   12 58 30.7   -06 22 17     4.225    3.247    9.6    2.9   292   30.7 
2025-10-20 00:00 UT   12 59 40.9   -06 29 30     4.226    3.251   10.3    3.1   292   30.7 
2025-10-21 00:00 UT   13 00 51.0   -06 36 40     4.228    3.256   10.9    3.3   292   30.8 
2025-10-22 00:00 UT   13 02 00.9   -06 43 49     4.229    3.261   11.6    3.5   292   30.8 
2025-10-23 00:00 UT   13 03 10.6   -06 50 56     4.230    3.265   12.3    3.7   292   30.8 
2025-10-24 00:00 UT   13 04 20.1   -06 58 00     4.231    3.270   13.0    3.9   292   30.8 
2025-10-25 00:00 UT   13 05 29.4   -07 05 03     4.232    3.274   13.7    4.1   292   30.8 
2025-10-26 00:00 UT   13 06 38.5   -07 12 04     4.233    3.279   14.4    4.3   292   30.8 
2025-10-27 00:00 UT   13 07 47.4   -07 19 02     4.233    3.284   15.1    4.5   292   30.8 
2025-10-28 00:00 UT   13 08 56.1   -07 25 59     4.233    3.288   15.7    4.7   292   30.9 
2025-10-29 00:00 UT   13 10 04.6   -07 32 53     4.233    3.293   16.4    4.9   292   30.9 
2025-10-30 00:00 UT   13 11 12.8   -07 39 45     4.233    3.297   17.1    5.1   292   30.9 
2025-10-31 00:00 UT   13 12 20.9   -07 46 35     4.233    3.302   17.8    5.3   292   30.9 
2025-11-01 00:00 UT   13 13 28.7   -07 53 23     4.232    3.306   18.5    5.5   292   30.9 
2025-11-02 00:00 UT   13 14 36.3   -08 00 08     4.231    3.311   19.2    5.7   292   30.9 
2025-11-03 00:00 UT   13 15 43.7   -08 06 51     4.230    3.315   19.9    5.9   292   30.9 
2025-11-04 00:00 UT   13 16 50.8   -08 13 32     4.229    3.320   20.6    6.0   292   30.9 
2025-11-05 00:00 UT   13 17 57.7   -08 20 11     4.228    3.324   21.3    6.2   292   31.0 
2025-11-06 00:00 UT   13 19 04.4   -08 26 47     4.226    3.328   22.0    6.4   292   31.0 
2025-11-07 00:00 UT   13 20 10.8   -08 33 21     4.225    3.333   22.7    6.6   292   31.0 
2025-11-08 00:00 UT   13 21 17.0   -08 39 52     4.223    3.337   23.5    6.8   292   31.0 
2025-11-09 00:00 UT   13 22 22.9   -08 46 21     4.221    3.342   24.2    7.0   292   31.0 
2025-11-10 00:00 UT   13 23 28.5   -08 52 48     4.218    3.346   24.9    7.2   292   31.0 
2025-11-11 00:00 UT   13 24 33.9   -08 59 12     4.216    3.350   25.6    7.3   292   31.0 

    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.