2023 KZ2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	22 Jan 2026	31.6	3.679 AU	2.723 AU	07h13m	+27°14'	164.0°	4.2°

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 KZ2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5909106
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.4913911
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.01142
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 64.82718
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 206.83155
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 220.67126
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 91.57044
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -2.25970
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.93            
        

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
2026-01-22 00:00 UT   07 13 27.3   +27 14 51     2.723    3.679  164.0    4.2   114   31.6 
2026-01-22 02:50 UT   07 13 19.9   +27 15 04     2.723    3.679  163.9    4.3   114   31.6 
2026-01-23 00:00 UT   07 12 24.8   +27 16 40     2.725    3.677  162.8    4.5   113   31.6 
2026-01-24 00:00 UT   07 11 22.8   +27 18 25     2.727    3.674  161.6    4.9   112   31.6 
2026-01-25 00:00 UT   07 10 21.4   +27 20 05     2.729    3.671  160.4    5.2   111   31.7 
2026-01-26 00:00 UT   07 09 20.7   +27 21 41     2.732    3.669  159.2    5.5   110   31.7 
2026-01-27 00:00 UT   07 08 20.6   +27 23 13     2.735    3.666  158.0    5.8   109   31.7 
2026-01-28 00:00 UT   07 07 21.2   +27 24 39     2.738    3.664  156.8    6.1   108   31.7 
2026-01-29 00:00 UT   07 06 22.6   +27 26 02     2.742    3.661  155.6    6.4   107   31.7 
2026-01-30 00:00 UT   07 05 24.8   +27 27 19     2.745    3.658  154.4    6.7   107   31.7 
2026-01-31 00:00 UT   07 04 27.8   +27 28 33     2.749    3.656  153.2    7.0   106   31.8 
2026-02-01 00:00 UT   07 03 31.7   +27 29 42     2.754    3.653  152.0    7.3   105   31.8 
2026-02-02 00:00 UT   07 02 36.5   +27 30 46     2.759    3.650  150.8    7.6   105   31.8 
2026-02-03 00:00 UT   07 01 42.3   +27 31 46     2.763    3.647  149.6    7.9   104   31.8 
2026-02-04 00:00 UT   07 00 49.1   +27 32 42     2.769    3.645  148.4    8.2   104   31.8 
2026-02-05 00:00 UT   06 59 57.0   +27 33 34     2.774    3.642  147.2    8.4   103   31.8 
2026-02-06 00:00 UT   06 59 05.9   +27 34 21     2.780    3.639  146.0    8.7   103   31.8 
2026-02-07 00:00 UT   06 58 15.9   +27 35 04     2.786    3.636  144.8    9.0   103   31.9 
2026-02-08 00:00 UT   06 57 27.0   +27 35 44     2.792    3.634  143.6    9.3   102   31.9 
2026-02-09 00:00 UT   06 56 39.3   +27 36 19     2.799    3.631  142.4    9.5   102   31.9 
2026-02-10 00:00 UT   06 55 52.8   +27 36 50     2.806    3.628  141.3    9.8   102   31.9 
2026-02-11 00:00 UT   06 55 07.5   +27 37 18     2.813    3.625  140.1   10.1   101   31.9 
2026-02-12 00:00 UT   06 54 23.5   +27 37 42     2.820    3.622  138.9   10.3   101   31.9 
2026-02-13 00:00 UT   06 53 40.7   +27 38 02     2.827    3.620  137.8   10.6   101   31.9 
2026-02-14 00:00 UT   06 52 59.3   +27 38 19     2.835    3.617  136.6   10.8   100   32.0 
2026-02-15 00:00 UT   06 52 19.1   +27 38 32     2.843    3.614  135.5   11.1   100   32.0 
2026-02-16 00:00 UT   06 51 40.3   +27 38 42     2.851    3.611  134.3   11.3   100   32.0 
2026-02-17 00:00 UT   06 51 02.9   +27 38 49     2.859    3.608  133.2   11.5    99   32.0 
2026-02-18 00:00 UT   06 50 26.9   +27 38 52     2.868    3.605  132.0   11.7    99   32.0 
2026-02-19 00:00 UT   06 49 52.2   +27 38 52     2.877    3.602  130.9   12.0    99   32.0 
2026-02-20 00:00 UT   06 49 19.0   +27 38 49     2.886    3.599  129.8   12.2    99   32.0 
2026-02-21 00:00 UT   06 48 47.1   +27 38 43     2.895    3.596  128.7   12.4    99   32.1 

    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.