2023 GH2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	7 Oct 2026	28.1	1.918 AU	2.423 AU	09h53m	+17°04'	48.8°	23.1°

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 2023 GH2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.3865835
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.5618505
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.43885
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 52.53495
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 211.79626
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 191.08566
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 84.21555
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -2.86262
            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
2026-10-07 00:00 UT   09 53 29.1   +17 04 57     2.423    1.918   48.8   23.1   293   28.1 
2026-10-07 19:50 UT   09 55 12.3   +16 57 09     2.413    1.916   49.2   23.3   293   28.1 
2026-10-08 00:00 UT   09 55 33.9   +16 55 31     2.411    1.915   49.3   23.3   293   28.1 
2026-10-09 00:00 UT   09 57 38.8   +16 46 00     2.398    1.911   49.7   23.5   294   28.1 
2026-10-10 00:00 UT   09 59 43.6   +16 36 26     2.386    1.908   50.2   23.7   294   28.1 
2026-10-11 00:00 UT   10 01 48.5   +16 26 48     2.373    1.904   50.7   23.9   294   28.1 
2026-10-12 00:00 UT   10 03 53.4   +16 17 06     2.361    1.901   51.1   24.1   294   28.1 
2026-10-13 00:00 UT   10 05 58.3   +16 07 20     2.348    1.897   51.6   24.3   294   28.1 
2026-10-14 00:00 UT   10 08 03.3   +15 57 30     2.336    1.893   52.1   24.6   294   28.1 
2026-10-15 00:00 UT   10 10 08.2   +15 47 37     2.323    1.890   52.5   24.8   294   28.1 
2026-10-16 00:00 UT   10 12 13.2   +15 37 40     2.310    1.886   53.0   25.0   294   28.0 
2026-10-17 00:00 UT   10 14 18.2   +15 27 39     2.297    1.882   53.4   25.2   294   28.0 
2026-10-18 00:00 UT   10 16 23.3   +15 17 35     2.284    1.878   53.9   25.4   294   28.0 
2026-10-19 00:00 UT   10 18 28.4   +15 07 27     2.271    1.875   54.4   25.6   294   28.0 
2026-10-20 00:00 UT   10 20 33.5   +14 57 16     2.258    1.871   54.8   25.8   294   28.0 
2026-10-21 00:00 UT   10 22 38.7   +14 47 01     2.245    1.867   55.3   26.0   294   28.0 
2026-10-22 00:00 UT   10 24 44.0   +14 36 42     2.232    1.863   55.7   26.2   294   28.0 
2026-10-23 00:00 UT   10 26 49.3   +14 26 20     2.219    1.859   56.2   26.4   294   28.0 

    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.