2022 QN47
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	31 Jul 2026	24.1	1.910 AU	0.926 AU	19h40m	-34°04'	159.5°	10.7°

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 2022 QN47 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6059893
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.5611380
            i (Inclination)                 : 8.40572
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 74.38263
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 330.17928
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 265.71480
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 44.82816
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -4.16876
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.10            
        

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
2026-07-31 00:00 UT   19 40 27.3   -34 04 50     0.926    1.910  159.5   10.7    44   24.1 
2026-07-31 18:04 UT   19 39 08.7   -34 11 28     0.923    1.904  158.7   11.2    45   24.1 
2026-08-01 00:00 UT   19 38 42.8   -34 13 37     0.922    1.902  158.4   11.3    46   24.1 
2026-08-02 00:00 UT   19 36 58.0   -34 22 10     0.917    1.894  157.3   11.9    48   24.1 
2026-08-03 00:00 UT   19 35 13.2   -34 30 28     0.913    1.887  156.1   12.6    50   24.1 
2026-08-04 00:00 UT   19 33 28.6   -34 38 30     0.910    1.879  154.9   13.2    52   24.1 
2026-08-05 00:00 UT   19 31 44.2   -34 46 17     0.906    1.871  153.8   13.9    53   24.1 
2026-08-06 00:00 UT   19 30 00.2   -34 53 46     0.903    1.863  152.6   14.5    55   24.1 
2026-08-07 00:00 UT   19 28 16.8   -35 00 59     0.900    1.855  151.4   15.2    56   24.1 
2026-08-08 00:00 UT   19 26 34.2   -35 07 55     0.897    1.847  150.2   15.9    58   24.1 
2026-08-09 00:00 UT   19 24 52.6   -35 14 33     0.894    1.839  148.9   16.5    59   24.1 
2026-08-10 00:00 UT   19 23 12.1   -35 20 53     0.892    1.830  147.7   17.2    60   24.1 
2026-08-11 00:00 UT   19 21 32.8   -35 26 55     0.889    1.822  146.5   17.9    61   24.1 
2026-08-12 00:00 UT   19 19 55.0   -35 32 39     0.887    1.814  145.3   18.5    62   24.1 
2026-08-13 00:00 UT   19 18 18.9   -35 38 05     0.885    1.806  144.1   19.2    63   24.2 
2026-08-14 00:00 UT   19 16 44.5   -35 43 13     0.883    1.798  142.9   19.9    64   24.2 
2026-08-15 00:00 UT   19 15 12.0   -35 48 03     0.882    1.790  141.7   20.5    65   24.2 
2026-08-16 00:00 UT   19 13 41.7   -35 52 34     0.880    1.782  140.5   21.2    66   24.2 
2026-08-17 00:00 UT   19 12 13.6   -35 56 48     0.879    1.774  139.3   21.9    67   24.2 
2026-08-18 00:00 UT   19 10 47.8   -36 00 45     0.878    1.766  138.1   22.5    67   24.2 
2026-08-19 00:00 UT   19 09 24.5   -36 04 24     0.877    1.758  136.9   23.2    68   24.2 
2026-08-20 00:00 UT   19 08 03.9   -36 07 45     0.876    1.750  135.7   23.8    69   24.2 
2026-08-21 00:00 UT   19 06 45.9   -36 10 51     0.876    1.741  134.5   24.5    70   24.2 
2026-08-22 00:00 UT   19 05 30.8   -36 13 39     0.875    1.733  133.4   25.1    70   24.2 
2026-08-23 00:00 UT   19 04 18.7   -36 16 12     0.875    1.725  132.2   25.7    71   24.2 
2026-08-24 00:00 UT   19 03 09.5   -36 18 29     0.874    1.717  131.1   26.3    71   24.2 
2026-08-25 00:00 UT   19 02 03.5   -36 20 30     0.874    1.709  129.9   27.0    72   24.2 
2026-08-26 00:00 UT   19 01 00.7   -36 22 17     0.874    1.701  128.8   27.6    73   24.3 

    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.