2022 CS7
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	10 Mar 2026	34.0	3.019 AU	3.621 AU	20h20m	-19°32'	46.1°	13.7°

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 2022 CS7 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5224993
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.0671863
            i (Inclination)                 : 0.28734
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 97.97934
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 27.27981
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 101.46558
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 125.25886
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 0.13170
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.97            
        

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
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   20 20 57.7   -19 32 49     3.621    3.019   46.1   13.7   257   34.0 
2026-03-10 19:52 UT   20 21 57.7   -19 29 31     3.614    3.021   46.7   13.8   257   34.0 
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   20 22 10.1   -19 28 49     3.612    3.021   46.8   13.9   257   34.0 
2026-03-12 00:00 UT   20 23 21.9   -19 24 50     3.603    3.023   47.5   14.0   256   34.0 
2026-03-13 00:00 UT   20 24 33.2   -19 20 50     3.594    3.025   48.2   14.2   256   34.0 
2026-03-14 00:00 UT   20 25 43.9   -19 16 50     3.585    3.027   49.0   14.3   256   34.0 
2026-03-15 00:00 UT   20 26 54.1   -19 12 50     3.576    3.029   49.7   14.5   256   34.0 
2026-03-16 00:00 UT   20 28 03.8   -19 08 50     3.566    3.031   50.4   14.6   256   34.0 
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   20 29 12.8   -19 04 51     3.557    3.033   51.1   14.8   256   34.0 
2026-03-18 00:00 UT   20 30 21.3   -19 00 51     3.547    3.035   51.8   14.9   256   34.0 
2026-03-19 00:00 UT   20 31 29.2   -18 56 52     3.537    3.036   52.5   15.1   256   34.0 
2026-03-20 00:00 UT   20 32 36.5   -18 52 54     3.527    3.038   53.3   15.2   256   34.0 
2026-03-21 00:00 UT   20 33 43.3   -18 48 56     3.517    3.040   54.0   15.4   256   34.0 
2026-03-22 00:00 UT   20 34 49.4   -18 44 58     3.507    3.042   54.7   15.5   256   34.0 
2026-03-23 00:00 UT   20 35 54.9   -18 41 01     3.497    3.044   55.4   15.6   255   34.0 
2026-03-24 00:00 UT   20 36 59.7   -18 37 05     3.486    3.046   56.2   15.8   255   34.0 
2026-03-25 00:00 UT   20 38 04.0   -18 33 10     3.475    3.047   56.9   15.9   255   34.0 
2026-03-26 00:00 UT   20 39 07.6   -18 29 15     3.465    3.049   57.6   16.0   255   34.0 
2026-03-27 00:00 UT   20 40 10.6   -18 25 22     3.454    3.051   58.4   16.2   255   34.0 
2026-03-28 00:00 UT   20 41 12.9   -18 21 29     3.443    3.053   59.1   16.3   255   34.0 
2026-03-29 00:00 UT   20 42 14.6   -18 17 38     3.432    3.054   59.8   16.4   255   34.0 
2026-03-30 00:00 UT   20 43 15.7   -18 13 47     3.420    3.056   60.6   16.5   255   34.0 
2026-03-31 00:00 UT   20 44 16.0   -18 09 58     3.409    3.058   61.3   16.6   255   34.0 
2026-04-01 00:00 UT   20 45 15.7   -18 06 10     3.398    3.059   62.0   16.8   255   34.0 
2026-04-02 00:00 UT   20 46 14.8   -18 02 24     3.386    3.061   62.8   16.9   255   34.0 
2026-04-03 00:00 UT   20 47 13.1   -17 58 38     3.375    3.063   63.5   17.0   255   34.0 
2026-04-04 00:00 UT   20 48 10.8   -17 54 55     3.363    3.064   64.3   17.1   255   34.0 
2026-04-05 00:00 UT   20 49 07.7   -17 51 13     3.351    3.066   65.0   17.2   254   33.9 
2026-04-06 00:00 UT   20 50 04.0   -17 47 32     3.339    3.068   65.8   17.3   254   33.9 
2026-04-07 00:00 UT   20 50 59.5   -17 43 54     3.327    3.069   66.5   17.4   254   33.9 
2026-04-08 00:00 UT   20 51 54.4   -17 40 17     3.315    3.071   67.3   17.5   254   33.9 
2026-04-09 00:00 UT   20 52 48.4   -17 36 42     3.303    3.072   68.1   17.6   254   33.9 

    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.