2020 YG2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	4 Nov 2025	30.9	3.320 AU	4.229 AU	13h16m	-08°13'	20.6°	6.0°

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 2020 YG2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6319457
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.5043753
            i (Inclination)                 : 0.71904
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 204.90645
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 199.96720
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 94.19598
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 224.87220
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -0.24553
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.96            
        

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
2025-11-04 00:00 UT   13 16 51.0   -08 13 33     4.229    3.320   20.6    6.0   292   30.9 
2025-11-04 21:14 UT   13 17 50.2   -08 19 26     4.228    3.323   21.3    6.2   292   30.9 
2025-11-05 00:00 UT   13 17 57.9   -08 20 11     4.228    3.324   21.3    6.2   292   31.0 
2025-11-06 00:00 UT   13 19 04.5   -08 26 48     4.226    3.328   22.0    6.4   292   31.0 
2025-11-07 00:00 UT   13 20 10.9   -08 33 21     4.225    3.333   22.7    6.6   292   31.0 
2025-11-08 00:00 UT   13 21 17.1   -08 39 53     4.223    3.337   23.5    6.8   292   31.0 
2025-11-09 00:00 UT   13 22 23.0   -08 46 22     4.221    3.342   24.2    7.0   292   31.0 
2025-11-10 00:00 UT   13 23 28.7   -08 52 49     4.218    3.346   24.9    7.2   292   31.0 
2025-11-11 00:00 UT   13 24 34.1   -08 59 13     4.216    3.350   25.6    7.3   292   31.0 
2025-11-12 00:00 UT   13 25 39.2   -09 05 34     4.213    3.355   26.3    7.5   292   31.0 
2025-11-13 00:00 UT   13 26 44.1   -09 11 53     4.210    3.359   27.0    7.7   292   31.0 
2025-11-14 00:00 UT   13 27 48.7   -09 18 10     4.207    3.363   27.8    7.9   291   31.0 
2025-11-15 00:00 UT   13 28 53.0   -09 24 24     4.204    3.368   28.5    8.1   291   31.1 
2025-11-16 00:00 UT   13 29 57.0   -09 30 35     4.200    3.372   29.2    8.2   291   31.1 
2025-11-17 00:00 UT   13 31 00.7   -09 36 44     4.197    3.376   29.9    8.4   291   31.1 
2025-11-18 00:00 UT   13 32 04.1   -09 42 50     4.193    3.380   30.7    8.6   291   31.1 
2025-11-19 00:00 UT   13 33 07.2   -09 48 53     4.189    3.385   31.4    8.7   291   31.1 
2025-11-20 00:00 UT   13 34 10.0   -09 54 54     4.185    3.389   32.1    8.9   291   31.1 
2025-11-21 00:00 UT   13 35 12.4   -10 00 51     4.180    3.393   32.9    9.1   291   31.1 
2025-11-22 00:00 UT   13 36 14.6   -10 06 46     4.176    3.397   33.6    9.3   291   31.1 
2025-11-23 00:00 UT   13 37 16.4   -10 12 38     4.171    3.401   34.3    9.4   291   31.1 
2025-11-24 00:00 UT   13 38 17.8   -10 18 27     4.166    3.406   35.1    9.6   291   31.1 
2025-11-25 00:00 UT   13 39 18.9   -10 24 13     4.161    3.410   35.8    9.8   291   31.1 
2025-11-26 00:00 UT   13 40 19.6   -10 29 56     4.155    3.414   36.6    9.9   291   31.1 
2025-11-27 00:00 UT   13 41 20.0   -10 35 36     4.150    3.418   37.3   10.1   291   31.1 
2025-11-28 00:00 UT   13 42 20.0   -10 41 13     4.144    3.422   38.1   10.2   291   31.1 
2025-11-29 00:00 UT   13 43 19.6   -10 46 47     4.138    3.426   38.8   10.4   291   31.2 
2025-11-30 00:00 UT   13 44 18.9   -10 52 18     4.132    3.430   39.6   10.6   291   31.2 
2025-12-01 00:00 UT   13 45 17.7   -10 57 46     4.126    3.434   40.3   10.7   291   31.2 
2025-12-02 00:00 UT   13 46 16.2   -11 03 10     4.120    3.438   41.1   10.9   291   31.2 
2025-12-03 00:00 UT   13 47 14.2   -11 08 32     4.113    3.442   41.8   11.0   291   31.2 
2025-12-04 00:00 UT   13 48 11.9   -11 13 50     4.107    3.446   42.6   11.2   291   31.2 

    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.