2018 BA3
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	14 Apr 2026	31.6	2.472 AU	3.397 AU	00h22m	-01°18'	19.2°	7.7°

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 2018 BA3 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5208915
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.0544475
            i (Inclination)                 : 6.13542
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 126.04992
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 10.50906
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 226.30347
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 136.50011
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 1.11698
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.94            
        

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
2026-04-14 00:00 UT   00 22 59.9   -01 18 10     3.397    2.472   19.2    7.7   237   31.6 
2026-04-14 11:57 UT   00 23 47.5   -01 13 25     3.392    2.470   19.5    7.8   237   31.6 
2026-04-15 00:00 UT   00 24 35.5   -01 08 39     3.388    2.467   19.8    7.9   237   31.6 
2026-04-16 00:00 UT   00 26 11.3   +00 59 07     3.379    2.463   20.3    8.1   237   31.6 
2026-04-17 00:00 UT   00 27 47.2   +00 49 35     3.370    2.458   20.9    8.4   237   31.6 
2026-04-18 00:00 UT   00 29 23.3   +00 40 04     3.360    2.453   21.4    8.6   238   31.6 
2026-04-19 00:00 UT   00 30 59.7   +00 30 32     3.351    2.448   22.0    8.8   238   31.6 
2026-04-20 00:00 UT   00 32 36.2   +00 21 00     3.341    2.443   22.5    9.0   238   31.6 
2026-04-21 00:00 UT   00 34 12.9   +00 11 29     3.331    2.438   23.0    9.3   238   31.6 
2026-04-22 00:00 UT   00 35 49.7   +00 01 57     3.321    2.433   23.6    9.5   239   31.6 
2026-04-23 00:00 UT   00 37 26.8   +00 07 34     3.311    2.428   24.1    9.7   239   31.6 
2026-04-24 00:00 UT   00 39 04.1   +00 17 05     3.301    2.423   24.6   10.0   239   31.6 
2026-04-25 00:00 UT   00 40 41.6   +00 26 36     3.291    2.418   25.2   10.2   239   31.6 
2026-04-26 00:00 UT   00 42 19.2   +00 36 07     3.280    2.413   25.7   10.4   239   31.6 
2026-04-27 00:00 UT   00 43 57.1   +00 45 38     3.270    2.408   26.2   10.6   240   31.6 
2026-04-28 00:00 UT   00 45 35.2   +00 55 08     3.259    2.403   26.8   10.9   240   31.6 
2026-04-29 00:00 UT   00 47 13.5   +01 04 38     3.248    2.398   27.3   11.1   240   31.5 
2026-04-30 00:00 UT   00 48 51.9   +01 14 08     3.237    2.393   27.8   11.3   240   31.5 
2026-05-01 00:00 UT   00 50 30.7   +01 23 37     3.226    2.388   28.3   11.6   240   31.5 
2026-05-02 00:00 UT   00 52 09.6   +01 33 06     3.215    2.383   28.9   11.8   240   31.5 
2026-05-03 00:00 UT   00 53 48.7   +01 42 34     3.204    2.378   29.4   12.0   241   31.5 

    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.