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2020 KS3

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(2020 KS3)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.234 AU
True anomaly
171.63°
Distance from Earth
2.173 AU
As of
24 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 — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth 2020 KS3 — 1.234 AU from the Sun 2020 KS3
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2020 KS3 is 2.173 AU from Earth today (18.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 14m 19s
Declination
-02° 13′ 15″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
2.17 AU
Elongation from the Sun
14.35° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

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
0.968 AU
Eccentricity
0.2798
Inclination
11.25°
Orbital period
348.1 days
Perihelion
0.697 AU
Aphelion
1.239 AU
Longitude of ascending node
61.82°
Argument of periapsis
313.09°
Epoch · J2000
2458991.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 19.7 LD
0.0507 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.186

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 8).

Observations used
19
Data arc
6 days
First observed
21 May 2020
Last observed
27 May 2020
Residual RMS
0.45 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
23.5

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Sources