1998 BR26
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	28 May 2026	31.2	2.400 AU	2.950 AU	01h19m	+00°07'	48.4°	18.4°

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 1998 BR26 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4896202
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.6422427
            i (Inclination)                 : 12.21479
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 129.83935
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 62.19713
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 63.00223
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 191.49168
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 10.78663
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.10            
        

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
2026-05-28 00:00 UT   01 19 28.9   +00 07 37     2.950    2.400   48.4   18.4   241   31.2 
2026-05-28 03:29 UT   01 19 41.2   +00 08 25     2.949    2.400   48.5   18.4   241   31.2 
2026-05-29 00:00 UT   01 20 53.4   +00 13 06     2.941    2.401   49.0   18.6   241   31.2 
2026-05-30 00:00 UT   01 22 17.5   +00 18 29     2.933    2.403   49.6   18.7   241   31.2 
2026-05-31 00:00 UT   01 23 41.4   +00 23 48     2.924    2.404   50.2   18.9   241   31.2 
2026-06-01 00:00 UT   01 25 04.8   +00 29 01     2.915    2.406   50.8   19.1   242   31.2 
2026-06-02 00:00 UT   01 26 28.0   +00 34 10     2.906    2.407   51.4   19.2   242   31.2 
2026-06-03 00:00 UT   01 27 50.8   +00 39 13     2.897    2.409   52.0   19.4   242   31.2 
2026-06-04 00:00 UT   01 29 13.3   +00 44 12     2.888    2.410   52.6   19.5   242   31.2 
2026-06-05 00:00 UT   01 30 35.4   +00 49 05     2.878    2.411   53.2   19.7   242   31.2 
2026-06-06 00:00 UT   01 31 57.1   +00 53 52     2.869    2.412   53.8   19.8   242   31.2 
2026-06-07 00:00 UT   01 33 18.5   +00 58 35     2.859    2.414   54.4   20.0   242   31.2 
2026-06-08 00:00 UT   01 34 39.5   +01 03 12     2.850    2.415   55.0   20.1   243   31.2 
2026-06-09 00:00 UT   01 36 00.2   +01 07 43     2.840    2.416   55.6   20.3   243   31.2 
2026-06-10 00:00 UT   01 37 20.5   +01 12 09     2.830    2.417   56.2   20.4   243   31.2 
2026-06-11 00:00 UT   01 38 40.4   +01 16 29     2.820    2.419   56.8   20.6   243   31.2 
2026-06-12 00:00 UT   01 39 59.9   +01 20 44     2.810    2.420   57.4   20.7   243   31.2 
2026-06-13 00:00 UT   01 41 19.0   +01 24 52     2.800    2.421   58.1   20.9   243   31.2 
2026-06-14 00:00 UT   01 42 37.6   +01 28 55     2.789    2.422   58.7   21.0   244   31.2 
2026-06-15 00:00 UT   01 43 55.9   +01 32 52     2.779    2.423   59.3   21.1   244   31.2 
2026-06-16 00:00 UT   01 45 13.7   +01 36 43     2.768    2.424   59.9   21.3   244   31.2 
2026-06-17 00:00 UT   01 46 31.2   +01 40 28     2.758    2.425   60.5   21.4   244   31.2 
2026-06-18 00:00 UT   01 47 48.1   +01 44 06     2.747    2.426   61.2   21.5   244   31.2 
2026-06-19 00:00 UT   01 49 04.6   +01 47 39     2.736    2.427   61.8   21.6   244   31.2 
2026-06-20 00:00 UT   01 50 20.7   +01 51 05     2.725    2.428   62.4   21.8   244   31.2 
2026-06-21 00:00 UT   01 51 36.3   +01 54 25     2.714    2.429   63.1   21.9   245   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.