2011 BV11
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	14 Nov 2026	28.4	3.282 AU	2.314 AU	02h19m	+23°24'	165.9°	4.2°

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
2026-11-14 00:00 UT   02 19 29.2   +23 24 34     2.314    3.282  165.9    4.2   110   28.4 
2026-11-14 04:33 UT   02 19 16.0   +23 23 21     2.314    3.282  165.7    4.3   109   28.4 
2026-11-15 00:00 UT   02 18 19.6   +23 18 09     2.316    3.281  164.9    4.5   106   28.4 
2026-11-16 00:00 UT   02 17 10.6   +23 11 41     2.318    3.280  163.9    4.8   103   28.4 
2026-11-17 00:00 UT   02 16 02.5   +23 05 11     2.321    3.279  162.8    5.1   101   28.4 
2026-11-18 00:00 UT   02 14 55.2   +22 58 38     2.324    3.277  161.7    5.4    99   28.4 
2026-11-19 00:00 UT   02 13 48.8   +22 52 04     2.327    3.276  160.5    5.8    97   28.4 
2026-11-20 00:00 UT   02 12 43.3   +22 45 28     2.331    3.275  159.4    6.1    95   28.5 
2026-11-21 00:00 UT   02 11 38.8   +22 38 50     2.335    3.273  158.3    6.4    93   28.5 
2026-11-22 00:00 UT   02 10 35.4   +22 32 13     2.339    3.272  157.1    6.7    92   28.5 
2026-11-23 00:00 UT   02 09 33.0   +22 25 34     2.344    3.270  155.9    7.1    90   28.5 
2026-11-24 00:00 UT   02 08 31.7   +22 18 56     2.349    3.269  154.7    7.4    89   28.5 
2026-11-25 00:00 UT   02 07 31.5   +22 12 19     2.354    3.267  153.6    7.7    88   28.6 
2026-11-26 00:00 UT   02 06 32.6   +22 05 42     2.359    3.266  152.4    8.1    87   28.6 
2026-11-27 00:00 UT   02 05 34.9   +21 59 06     2.365    3.265  151.2    8.4    86   28.6 
2026-11-28 00:00 UT   02 04 38.4   +21 52 32     2.371    3.263  150.0    8.7    85   28.6 
2026-11-29 00:00 UT   02 03 43.2   +21 45 60     2.377    3.262  148.8    9.0    84   28.6 
2026-11-30 00:00 UT   02 02 49.3   +21 39 30     2.384    3.260  147.6    9.3    84   28.6 
2026-12-01 00:00 UT   02 01 56.8   +21 33 03     2.391    3.258  146.4    9.6    83   28.7 
2026-12-02 00:00 UT   02 01 05.7   +21 26 38     2.398    3.257  145.2    9.9    82   28.7 
2026-12-03 00:00 UT   02 00 15.9   +21 20 17     2.405    3.255  144.1   10.2    82   28.7 
2026-12-04 00:00 UT   01 59 27.6   +21 13 59     2.413    3.254  142.9   10.5    81   28.7 
2026-12-05 00:00 UT   01 58 40.7   +21 07 46     2.421    3.252  141.7   10.8    80   28.7 
2026-12-06 00:00 UT   01 57 55.3   +21 01 37     2.429    3.250  140.5   11.1    80   28.7 
2026-12-07 00:00 UT   01 57 11.4   +20 55 32     2.437    3.249  139.3   11.4    79   28.8 
2026-12-08 00:00 UT   01 56 29.0   +20 49 32     2.446    3.247  138.2   11.7    79   28.8 
2026-12-09 00:00 UT   01 55 48.1   +20 43 37     2.455    3.245  137.0   11.9    78   28.8 
2026-12-10 00:00 UT   01 55 08.7   +20 37 48     2.464    3.244  135.8   12.2    78   28.8 
2026-12-11 00:00 UT   01 54 30.9   +20 32 04     2.473    3.242  134.7   12.5    78   28.8 
2026-12-12 00:00 UT   01 53 54.7   +20 26 26     2.482    3.240  133.5   12.7    77   28.8 
2026-12-13 00:00 UT   01 53 20.0   +20 20 55     2.492    3.238  132.4   13.0    77   28.9 
2026-12-14 00:00 UT   01 52 46.9   +20 15 29     2.502    3.237  131.2   13.2    76   28.9 

    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.