2023 KT1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	28 Nov 2025	30.2	1.858 AU	2.122 AU	12h16m	-01°50'	61.1°	27.7°

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 2023 KT1 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5018641
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.0173051
            i (Inclination)                 : 1.02467
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 159.35753
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 109.46067
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 305.05697
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 88.82108
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 0.96613
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.87            
        

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
2025-11-28 00:00 UT   12 16 42.0   -01 50 55     2.122    1.858   61.1   27.7   293   30.2 
2025-11-28 18:47 UT   12 18 22.1   -02 01 27     2.110    1.853   61.4   27.9   293   30.2 
2025-11-29 00:00 UT   12 18 50.0   -02 04 23     2.106    1.851   61.5   27.9   293   30.2 
2025-11-30 00:00 UT   12 20 58.6   -02 17 54     2.090    1.845   61.9   28.2   293   30.2 
2025-12-01 00:00 UT   12 23 07.8   -02 31 27     2.075    1.838   62.4   28.4   293   30.2 
2025-12-02 00:00 UT   12 25 17.7   -02 45 03     2.059    1.832   62.8   28.6   293   30.2 
2025-12-03 00:00 UT   12 27 28.2   -02 58 41     2.043    1.825   63.2   28.8   293   30.2 
2025-12-04 00:00 UT   12 29 39.4   -03 12 22     2.027    1.818   63.6   29.1   293   30.1 
2025-12-05 00:00 UT   12 31 51.3   -03 26 06     2.011    1.812   64.1   29.3   293   30.1 
2025-12-06 00:00 UT   12 34 03.8   -03 39 53     1.995    1.805   64.5   29.5   293   30.1 
2025-12-07 00:00 UT   12 36 17.2   -03 53 42     1.980    1.798   64.9   29.7   293   30.1 
2025-12-08 00:00 UT   12 38 31.2   -04 07 34     1.964    1.792   65.3   30.0   293   30.1 
2025-12-09 00:00 UT   12 40 46.0   -04 21 28     1.948    1.785   65.7   30.2   293   30.0 
2025-12-10 00:00 UT   12 43 01.6   -04 35 25     1.932    1.778   66.1   30.4   293   30.0 
2025-12-11 00:00 UT   12 45 18.0   -04 49 24     1.916    1.772   66.5   30.7   293   30.0 
2025-12-12 00:00 UT   12 47 35.2   -05 03 26     1.901    1.765   66.9   30.9   293   30.0 

    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.