2011 BV11
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	5 Oct 2026	28.9	3.318 AU	2.491 AU	03h04m	+26°06'	139.7°	11.2°

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 2011 BV11 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6704232
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.9909424
            i (Inclination)                 : 6.32229
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 309.33302
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 267.74298
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 148.91220
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 37.06220
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -6.31737
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.81            
        

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
2026-10-05 00:00 UT   03 04 15.0   +26 06 53     2.491    3.318  139.7   11.2   244   28.9 
2026-10-05 13:25 UT   03 03 47.0   +26 06 12     2.486    3.318  140.3   11.1   243   28.8 
2026-10-06 00:00 UT   03 03 24.5   +26 05 38     2.481    3.317  140.8   11.0   243   28.8 
2026-10-07 00:00 UT   03 02 32.7   +26 04 14     2.472    3.317  142.0   10.7   243   28.8 
2026-10-08 00:00 UT   03 01 39.5   +26 02 42     2.462    3.316  143.1   10.4   242   28.8 
2026-10-09 00:00 UT   03 00 44.9   +26 01 00     2.453    3.316  144.3   10.1   241   28.8 
2026-10-10 00:00 UT   02 59 49.0   +25 59 10     2.444    3.315  145.4    9.8   241   28.8 
2026-10-11 00:00 UT   02 58 51.8   +25 57 10     2.435    3.314  146.6    9.6   240   28.7 
2026-10-12 00:00 UT   02 57 53.4   +25 55 02     2.427    3.314  147.7    9.3   239   28.7 
2026-10-13 00:00 UT   02 56 53.8   +25 52 44     2.418    3.313  148.9    9.0   239   28.7 
2026-10-14 00:00 UT   02 55 53.0   +25 50 18     2.410    3.312  150.1    8.6   238   28.7 
2026-10-15 00:00 UT   02 54 51.1   +25 47 42     2.403    3.312  151.2    8.3   237   28.7 
2026-10-16 00:00 UT   02 53 48.1   +25 44 57     2.395    3.311  152.4    8.0   236   28.6 
2026-10-17 00:00 UT   02 52 44.0   +25 42 03     2.388    3.310  153.5    7.7   235   28.6 
2026-10-18 00:00 UT   02 51 39.0   +25 38 59     2.381    3.310  154.7    7.4   234   28.6 
2026-10-19 00:00 UT   02 50 33.0   +25 35 46     2.375    3.309  155.8    7.1   233   28.6 
2026-10-20 00:00 UT   02 49 26.1   +25 32 25     2.368    3.308  157.0    6.8   231   28.5 
2026-10-21 00:00 UT   02 48 18.4   +25 28 53     2.362    3.307  158.1    6.4   230   28.5 
2026-10-22 00:00 UT   02 47 09.9   +25 25 13     2.357    3.306  159.3    6.1   228   28.5 
2026-10-23 00:00 UT   02 46 00.6   +25 21 24     2.351    3.306  160.4    5.8   226   28.5 
2026-10-24 00:00 UT   02 44 50.7   +25 17 26     2.346    3.305  161.5    5.5   224   28.5 
2026-10-25 00:00 UT   02 43 40.1   +25 13 19     2.341    3.304  162.6    5.2   222   28.4 
2026-10-26 00:00 UT   02 42 29.0   +25 09 03     2.337    3.303  163.7    4.9   220   28.4 
2026-10-27 00:00 UT   02 41 17.3   +25 04 39     2.333    3.302  164.7    4.6   217   28.4 
2026-10-28 00:00 UT   02 40 05.2   +25 00 06     2.329    3.301  165.7    4.3   214   28.4 
2026-10-29 00:00 UT   02 38 52.7   +24 55 25     2.325    3.300  166.7    4.0   210   28.4 
2026-10-30 00:00 UT   02 37 39.9   +24 50 36     2.322    3.299  167.6    3.7   206   28.3 
2026-10-31 00:00 UT   02 36 26.7   +24 45 38     2.319    3.298  168.4    3.5   201   28.3 
2026-11-01 00:00 UT   02 35 13.4   +24 40 33     2.317    3.297  169.2    3.2   196   28.3 
2026-11-02 00:00 UT   02 33 59.9   +24 35 20     2.315    3.296  169.8    3.0   189   28.3 
2026-11-03 00:00 UT   02 32 46.3   +24 29 60     2.313    3.295  170.4    2.9   182   28.3 
2026-11-04 00:00 UT   02 31 32.6   +24 24 33     2.311    3.294  170.7    2.8   175   28.3 

    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.