2019 BE5
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	25 May 2026	27.0	0.800 AU	1.108 AU	07h15m	+21°37'	44.0°	61.6°

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)                : 0.6591878
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 0.6100268
            i (Inclination)                 : 1.43338
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 308.93297
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 9.85290
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 252.42324
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 318.78285
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 0.24525
            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
2026-05-25 00:00 UT   07 15 26.6   +21 37 49     1.108    0.800   44.0   61.6    98   27.0 
2026-05-25 19:05 UT   07 17 05.7   +21 34 29     1.105    0.792   43.7   62.0    98   27.0 
2026-05-26 00:00 UT   07 17 31.0   +21 33 37     1.104    0.790   43.6   62.1    98   27.0 
2026-05-27 00:00 UT   07 19 33.3   +21 29 24     1.100    0.780   43.1   62.5    98   27.0 
2026-05-28 00:00 UT   07 21 33.4   +21 25 09     1.095    0.769   42.6   63.0    99   27.0 
2026-05-29 00:00 UT   07 23 31.0   +21 20 54     1.090    0.759   42.1   63.6    99   26.9 
2026-05-30 00:00 UT   07 25 26.1   +21 16 39     1.084    0.748   41.6   64.1    99   26.9 
2026-05-31 00:00 UT   07 27 18.3   +21 12 26     1.079    0.736   41.1   64.7    99   26.9 
2026-06-01 00:00 UT   07 29 07.6   +21 08 15     1.072    0.725   40.5   65.4    99   26.9 
2026-06-02 00:00 UT   07 30 53.7   +21 04 07     1.066    0.713   40.0   66.1   100   26.8 
2026-06-03 00:00 UT   07 32 36.2   +21 00 03     1.059    0.701   39.5   66.8   100   26.8 
2026-06-04 00:00 UT   07 34 15.0   +20 56 04     1.051    0.688   38.9   67.6   100   26.8 
2026-06-05 00:00 UT   07 35 49.6   +20 52 13     1.044    0.676   38.3   68.5   100   26.7 
2026-06-06 00:00 UT   07 37 19.6   +20 48 30     1.035    0.663   37.7   69.5   100   26.7 
2026-06-07 00:00 UT   07 38 44.6   +20 44 56     1.027    0.649   37.1   70.5   101   26.7 
2026-06-08 00:00 UT   07 40 04.1   +20 41 35     1.018    0.635   36.4   71.6   101   26.7 
2026-06-09 00:00 UT   07 41 17.6   +20 38 28     1.008    0.621   35.8   72.7   101   26.6 
2026-06-10 00:00 UT   07 42 24.2   +20 35 37     0.998    0.607   35.1   74.0   101   26.6 
2026-06-11 00:00 UT   07 43 23.4   +20 33 05     0.988    0.592   34.4   75.4   101   26.6 
2026-06-12 00:00 UT   07 44 14.2   +20 30 55     0.977    0.577   33.6   76.9   101   26.5 
2026-06-13 00:00 UT   07 44 55.6   +20 29 11     0.966    0.562   32.8   78.5   101   26.5 
2026-06-14 00:00 UT   07 45 26.5   +20 27 56     0.954    0.546   32.0   80.3   101   26.5 
2026-06-15 00:00 UT   07 45 45.5   +20 27 14     0.942    0.529   31.1   82.2   101   26.5 
2026-06-16 00:00 UT   07 45 51.2   +20 27 11     0.929    0.513   30.2   84.3   101   26.4 
2026-06-17 00:00 UT   07 45 41.7   +20 27 52     0.916    0.496   29.2   86.6   102   26.4 
2026-06-18 00:00 UT   07 45 15.0   +20 29 21     0.903    0.479   28.1   89.1   102   26.4 
2026-06-19 00:00 UT   07 44 28.8   +20 31 47     0.890    0.461   27.0   92.0   102   26.4 
2026-06-20 00:00 UT   07 43 20.4   +20 35 15     0.876    0.443   25.7   95.1   101   26.4 
2026-06-21 00:00 UT   07 41 46.7   +20 39 53     0.862    0.425   24.4   98.5   101   26.5 
2026-06-22 00:00 UT   07 39 44.3   +20 45 48     0.849    0.406   23.0  102.3   101   26.5 
2026-06-23 00:00 UT   07 37 09.3   +20 53 06     0.835    0.387   21.4  106.6   101   26.6 
2026-06-24 00:00 UT   07 33 57.6   +21 01 54     0.822    0.368   19.7  111.5   101   26.8 

    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.