2022 GE2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	23 Sep 2026	27.2	1.247 AU	0.407 AU	04h00m	+18°19'	117.8°	45.4°

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 2022 GE2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2589128
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.2115845
            i (Inclination)                 : 10.88251
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 192.59025
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 72.77935
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 3.32579
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 265.07337
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 10.38912
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.33            
        

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
2026-09-23 00:00 UT   04 00 44.0   +18 19 33     0.407    1.247  117.8   45.4   260   27.2 
2026-09-23 04:18 UT   04 00 42.1   +18 14 59     0.407    1.247  118.0   45.3   260   27.2 
2026-09-24 00:00 UT   04 00 31.3   +17 53 56     0.405    1.250  118.9   44.6   260   27.2 
2026-09-25 00:00 UT   04 00 14.2   +17 27 54     0.403    1.254  120.0   43.8   260   27.1 
2026-09-26 00:00 UT   03 59 52.7   +17 01 27     0.401    1.258  121.1   43.0   261   27.1 
2026-09-27 00:00 UT   03 59 26.7   +16 34 35     0.400    1.262  122.3   42.2   261   27.1 
2026-09-28 00:00 UT   03 58 56.2   +16 07 18     0.398    1.266  123.5   41.3   261   27.1 
2026-09-29 00:00 UT   03 58 21.3   +15 39 36     0.396    1.270  124.6   40.5   262   27.0 
2026-09-30 00:00 UT   03 57 41.8   +15 11 30     0.395    1.273  125.8   39.6   262   27.0 
2026-10-01 00:00 UT   03 56 57.8   +14 43 01     0.393    1.277  127.1   38.7   262   27.0 
2026-10-02 00:00 UT   03 56 09.3   +14 14 09     0.391    1.281  128.3   37.8   263   27.0 
2026-10-03 00:00 UT   03 55 16.2   +13 44 55     0.390    1.285  129.5   36.9   263   26.9 
2026-10-04 00:00 UT   03 54 18.6   +13 15 19     0.389    1.288  130.8   36.0   264   26.9 
2026-10-05 00:00 UT   03 53 16.5   +12 45 24     0.387    1.292  132.1   35.1   265   26.9 
2026-10-06 00:00 UT   03 52 09.9   +12 15 09     0.386    1.296  133.4   34.1   265   26.8 
2026-10-07 00:00 UT   03 50 58.8   +11 44 37     0.385    1.299  134.7   33.2   266   26.8 
2026-10-08 00:00 UT   03 49 43.4   +11 13 49     0.384    1.303  136.0   32.2   267   26.8 
2026-10-09 00:00 UT   03 48 23.7   +10 42 46     0.383    1.307  137.3   31.3   267   26.8 

    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.