2019 BE5
ephemeris date magn radius delta ra dec elong phase
Today17 Oct 202527.61.012 AU1.697 AU11h26m+03°29'32.6°32.1°
2019 BE5 - 2025-10-17
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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 2019 BE5 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6591606
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 0.6100371
            i (Inclination)                 : 1.43353
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 308.93488
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 9.85254
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 198.70201
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 318.78440
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 0.24527
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 0.48            
        

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
2025-10-17 00:00 UT   11 26 13.8   +03 29 03     1.697    1.012   32.6   32.1   293   27.6 
2025-10-17 19:55 UT   11 28 34.8   +03 13 30     1.693    1.012   32.8   32.3   293   27.6 
2025-10-18 00:00 UT   11 29 03.8   +03 10 18     1.692    1.012   32.9   32.3   293   27.6 
2025-10-19 00:00 UT   11 31 54.6   +02 51 26     1.688    1.012   33.1   32.5   293   27.6 
2025-10-20 00:00 UT   11 34 46.1   +02 32 26     1.683    1.011   33.3   32.7   293   27.6 
2025-10-21 00:00 UT   11 37 38.5   +02 13 19     1.678    1.011   33.5   32.9   293   27.6 
2025-10-22 00:00 UT   11 40 31.7   +01 54 04     1.673    1.010   33.7   33.2   293   27.6 
2025-10-23 00:00 UT   11 43 25.9   +01 34 42     1.668    1.009   33.9   33.4   293   27.6 
2025-10-24 00:00 UT   11 46 21.2   +01 15 11     1.663    1.007   34.1   33.6   293   27.6 
2025-10-25 00:00 UT   11 49 17.4   +00 55 33     1.657    1.006   34.3   33.9   293   27.6 
2025-10-26 00:00 UT   11 52 14.8   +00 35 46     1.651    1.004   34.5   34.1   293   27.6 
2025-10-27 00:00 UT   11 55 13.4   +00 15 50     1.645    1.003   34.7   34.3   293   27.6 


    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.