2023 GH2
ephemeris date magn radius delta ra dec elong phase
Today28 Oct 202524.81.665 AU0.700 AU01h00m+00°09'158.7°12.5°
2023 GH2 - 2025-10-28
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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 2023 GH2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.3866192
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.5613280
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.43811
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 52.53980
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 211.78466
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 90.23377
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 84.20885
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -2.86130
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.95            
        

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
2025-10-28 00:00 UT   01 00 20.4   +00 09 39     0.700    1.665  158.7   12.5    52   24.8 
2025-10-28 15:03 UT   00 59 33.5   +00 10 19     0.705    1.668  158.0   12.9    53   24.8 
2025-10-29 00:00 UT   00 59 06.2   +00 10 45     0.709    1.670  157.5   13.1    53   24.8 
2025-10-30 00:00 UT   00 57 55.2   +00 12 05     0.717    1.675  156.3   13.8    55   24.9 
2025-10-31 00:00 UT   00 56 47.5   +00 13 39     0.726    1.680  155.1   14.4    55   24.9 
2025-11-01 00:00 UT   00 55 43.0   +00 15 26     0.736    1.685  154.0   15.0    56   25.0 
2025-11-02 00:00 UT   00 54 41.7   +00 17 27     0.745    1.690  152.8   15.6    57   25.1 
2025-11-03 00:00 UT   00 53 43.7   +00 19 41     0.755    1.695  151.6   16.2    58   25.1 
2025-11-04 00:00 UT   00 52 48.9   +00 22 08     0.764    1.699  150.5   16.7    58   25.2 
2025-11-05 00:00 UT   00 51 57.2   +00 24 48     0.774    1.704  149.3   17.3    59   25.2 
2025-11-06 00:00 UT   00 51 08.8   +00 27 40     0.785    1.709  148.2   17.8    60   25.3 
2025-11-07 00:00 UT   00 50 23.4   +00 30 44     0.795    1.713  147.0   18.3    60   25.3 
2025-11-08 00:00 UT   00 49 41.2   +00 34 00     0.805    1.718  145.9   18.9    61   25.4 
2025-11-09 00:00 UT   00 49 02.0   +00 37 28     0.816    1.723  144.8   19.4    61   25.4 
2025-11-10 00:00 UT   00 48 25.9   +00 41 07     0.827    1.727  143.7   19.8    61   25.5 
2025-11-11 00:00 UT   00 47 52.8   +00 44 58     0.838    1.732  142.6   20.3    62   25.5 
2025-11-12 00:00 UT   00 47 22.6   +00 48 59     0.849    1.737  141.5   20.8    62   25.6 
2025-11-13 00:00 UT   00 46 55.4   +00 53 12     0.860    1.741  140.5   21.2    62   25.6 
2025-11-14 00:00 UT   00 46 31.0   +00 57 35     0.871    1.746  139.4   21.6    63   25.7 
2025-11-15 00:00 UT   00 46 09.5   +01 02 08     0.883    1.750  138.4   22.1    63   25.7 
2025-11-16 00:00 UT   00 45 50.8   +01 06 51     0.894    1.755  137.3   22.5    63   25.8 
2025-11-17 00:00 UT   00 45 34.8   +01 11 45     0.906    1.759  136.3   22.8    63   25.8 
2025-11-18 00:00 UT   00 45 21.6   +01 16 48     0.918    1.764  135.3   23.2    64   25.8 
2025-11-19 00:00 UT   00 45 11.0   +01 22 00     0.930    1.768  134.3   23.6    64   25.9 
2025-11-20 00:00 UT   00 45 03.1   +01 27 22     0.942    1.773  133.3   23.9    64   25.9 
2025-11-21 00:00 UT   00 44 57.7   +01 32 53     0.955    1.777  132.3   24.3    64   26.0 
2025-11-22 00:00 UT   00 44 54.9   +01 38 33     0.967    1.781  131.3   24.6    64   26.0 
2025-11-23 00:00 UT   00 44 54.5   +01 44 21     0.980    1.786  130.4   24.9    65   26.1 
2025-11-24 00:00 UT   00 44 56.6   +01 50 18     0.992    1.790  129.4   25.2    65   26.1 
2025-11-25 00:00 UT   00 45 01.1   +01 56 23     1.005    1.794  128.4   25.5    65   26.1 
2025-11-26 00:00 UT   00 45 07.9   +02 02 37     1.018    1.798  127.5   25.8    65   26.2 
2025-11-27 00:00 UT   00 45 17.0   +02 08 57     1.031    1.803  126.6   26.1    65   26.2 


    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.