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2020 KK

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(2020 KK)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.863 AU
True anomaly
228.06°
Distance from Earth
1.107 AU
As of
20 October 2026

Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.

Sun Earth — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2020 KK — 0.863 AU from the Sun 2020 KK
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2020 KK is 1.107 AU from Earth today (9.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 39m 14s
Declination
-38° 03′ 36″
Constellation
Scorpius
Distance from Earth
1.1 AU
Elongation from the Sun
47.85° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis
0.889 AU
Eccentricity
0.6909
Inclination
20.79°
Orbital period
306.3 days
Perihelion
0.275 AU
Aphelion
1.504 AU
Longitude of ascending node
56.51°
Argument of periapsis
31.93°
Epoch · J2000
2458985.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 15.3 LD
0.0392 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.411

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 9).

Observations used
19
Data arc
5 days
First observed
14 May 2020
Last observed
19 May 2020
Residual RMS
0.33 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
8 September 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.65

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Sources