2023 KX
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	18 Jan 2026	29.6	2.766 AU	1.885 AU	09h01m	+50°36'	147.6°	11.0°

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 KX are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5448952
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.2632678
            i (Inclination)                 : 24.68316
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 62.67038
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 201.40876
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 257.65293
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 82.27876
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -8.76789
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.40            
        

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
2026-01-18 00:00 UT   09 01 32.8   +50 36 34     1.885    2.766  147.6   11.0   208   29.6 
2026-01-18 01:04 UT   09 01 28.7   +50 37 05     1.885    2.766  147.6   11.0   208   29.6 
2026-01-19 00:00 UT   09 00 00.0   +50 47 56     1.880    2.761  147.6   11.0   206   29.6 
2026-01-20 00:00 UT   08 58 25.2   +50 58 60     1.875    2.757  147.6   11.0   203   29.6 
2026-01-21 00:00 UT   08 56 48.5   +51 09 47     1.870    2.752  147.6   11.0   200   29.6 
2026-01-22 00:00 UT   08 55 09.9   +51 20 16     1.866    2.747  147.5   11.1   198   29.6 
2026-01-23 00:00 UT   08 53 29.5   +51 30 25     1.862    2.743  147.4   11.2   195   29.6 
2026-01-24 00:00 UT   08 51 47.6   +51 40 15     1.858    2.738  147.2   11.2   192   29.6 
2026-01-25 00:00 UT   08 50 04.1   +51 49 44     1.855    2.733  147.0   11.3   190   29.6 
2026-01-26 00:00 UT   08 48 19.2   +51 58 52     1.851    2.728  146.7   11.4   187   29.6 
2026-01-27 00:00 UT   08 46 33.0   +52 07 39     1.848    2.724  146.4   11.5   184   29.6 
2026-01-28 00:00 UT   08 44 45.7   +52 16 02     1.846    2.719  146.1   11.7   182   29.6 
2026-01-29 00:00 UT   08 42 57.4   +52 24 03     1.843    2.714  145.7   11.8   179   29.6 
2026-01-30 00:00 UT   08 41 08.2   +52 31 41     1.841    2.709  145.3   12.0   177   29.6 
2026-01-31 00:00 UT   08 39 18.3   +52 38 55     1.839    2.704  144.8   12.1   174   29.6 
2026-02-01 00:00 UT   08 37 27.8   +52 45 45     1.837    2.699  144.3   12.3   172   29.6 
2026-02-02 00:00 UT   08 35 36.8   +52 52 10     1.836    2.694  143.8   12.5   170   29.6 
2026-02-03 00:00 UT   08 33 45.5   +52 58 10     1.835    2.690  143.2   12.7   167   29.6 
2026-02-04 00:00 UT   08 31 54.0   +53 03 46     1.834    2.685  142.6   12.9   165   29.6 
2026-02-05 00:00 UT   08 30 02.6   +53 08 56     1.833    2.680  142.0   13.1   163   29.6 
2026-02-06 00:00 UT   08 28 11.2   +53 13 40     1.833    2.675  141.3   13.3   161   29.6 
2026-02-07 00:00 UT   08 26 20.2   +53 17 60     1.833    2.670  140.7   13.5   159   29.6 
2026-02-08 00:00 UT   08 24 29.6   +53 21 53     1.833    2.665  140.0   13.8   157   29.6 
2026-02-09 00:00 UT   08 22 39.7   +53 25 21     1.833    2.660  139.3   14.0   155   29.6 
2026-02-10 00:00 UT   08 20 50.4   +53 28 24     1.834    2.655  138.5   14.2   153   29.6 
2026-02-11 00:00 UT   08 19 02.1   +53 31 01     1.834    2.650  137.8   14.5   151   29.6 
2026-02-12 00:00 UT   08 17 14.9   +53 33 13     1.835    2.645  137.0   14.7   149   29.6 
2026-02-13 00:00 UT   08 15 28.9   +53 34 60     1.837    2.640  136.2   15.0   148   29.6 
2026-02-14 00:00 UT   08 13 44.2   +53 36 22     1.838    2.634  135.4   15.2   146   29.6 
2026-02-15 00:00 UT   08 12 01.0   +53 37 19     1.840    2.629  134.6   15.5   144   29.6 
2026-02-16 00:00 UT   08 10 19.5   +53 37 52     1.842    2.624  133.8   15.8   143   29.7 

    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.