2020 BD
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	12 May 2026	29.8	2.240 AU	1.450 AU	12h09m	+02°01'	130.3°	20.1°

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 2020 BD are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5684136
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.0467689
            i (Inclination)                 : 1.87883
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 92.87407
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 336.34724
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 9.55370
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 69.23263
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -0.75366
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.93            
        

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
2026-05-12 00:00 UT   12 09 02.9   +02 01 03     1.450    2.240  130.3   20.1   116   29.8 
2026-05-12 04:36 UT   12 09 01.5   +02 00 53     1.453    2.241  130.1   20.2   116   29.8 
2026-05-13 00:00 UT   12 08 56.2   +02 00 07     1.466    2.246  129.3   20.4   116   29.8 
2026-05-14 00:00 UT   12 08 51.3   +01 58 59     1.481    2.252  128.3   20.6   116   29.8 
2026-05-15 00:00 UT   12 08 48.3   +01 57 41     1.497    2.258  127.4   20.8   115   29.9 
2026-05-16 00:00 UT   12 08 47.0   +01 56 12     1.513    2.264  126.4   21.1   115   29.9 
2026-05-17 00:00 UT   12 08 47.6   +01 54 33     1.529    2.271  125.5   21.3   115   29.9 
2026-05-18 00:00 UT   12 08 49.8   +01 52 43     1.545    2.277  124.5   21.5   115   30.0 
2026-05-19 00:00 UT   12 08 53.7   +01 50 43     1.562    2.283  123.6   21.7   115   30.0 
2026-05-20 00:00 UT   12 08 59.3   +01 48 33     1.578    2.289  122.7   21.9   115   30.0 
2026-05-21 00:00 UT   12 09 06.6   +01 46 14     1.595    2.295  121.7   22.0   115   30.1 
2026-05-22 00:00 UT   12 09 15.4   +01 43 45     1.611    2.300  120.8   22.2   115   30.1 
2026-05-23 00:00 UT   12 09 25.8   +01 41 07     1.628    2.306  119.9   22.4   115   30.1 
2026-05-24 00:00 UT   12 09 37.7   +01 38 21     1.645    2.312  119.0   22.5   115   30.2 
2026-05-25 00:00 UT   12 09 51.2   +01 35 25     1.662    2.318  118.1   22.7   115   30.2 
2026-05-26 00:00 UT   12 10 06.1   +01 32 21     1.679    2.324  117.3   22.8   115   30.2 
2026-05-27 00:00 UT   12 10 22.4   +01 29 09     1.696    2.330  116.4   22.9   115   30.3 
2026-05-28 00:00 UT   12 10 40.2   +01 25 49     1.713    2.336  115.5   23.0   115   30.3 
2026-05-29 00:00 UT   12 10 59.3   +01 22 21     1.730    2.341  114.7   23.2   115   30.3 
2026-05-30 00:00 UT   12 11 19.7   +01 18 45     1.747    2.347  113.8   23.3   114   30.4 
2026-05-31 00:00 UT   12 11 41.5   +01 15 02     1.765    2.353  113.0   23.4   114   30.4 
2026-06-01 00:00 UT   12 12 04.5   +01 11 12     1.782    2.359  112.1   23.5   114   30.4 
2026-06-02 00:00 UT   12 12 28.8   +01 07 14     1.799    2.364  111.3   23.6   114   30.5 
2026-06-03 00:00 UT   12 12 54.4   +01 03 10     1.817    2.370  110.4   23.6   114   30.5 
2026-06-04 00:00 UT   12 13 21.1   +00 58 59     1.835    2.376  109.6   23.7   114   30.5 
2026-06-05 00:00 UT   12 13 49.0   +00 54 41     1.852    2.381  108.8   23.8   114   30.5 
2026-06-06 00:00 UT   12 14 18.0   +00 50 17     1.870    2.387  108.0   23.8   114   30.6 
2026-06-07 00:00 UT   12 14 48.2   +00 45 47     1.888    2.393  107.2   23.9   114   30.6 
2026-06-08 00:00 UT   12 15 19.4   +00 41 11     1.906    2.398  106.4   24.0   114   30.6 
2026-06-09 00:00 UT   12 15 51.7   +00 36 28     1.924    2.404  105.6   24.0   114   30.6 
2026-06-10 00:00 UT   12 16 25.1   +00 31 40     1.942    2.409  104.8   24.0   114   30.7 
2026-06-11 00:00 UT   12 16 59.6   +00 26 46     1.959    2.415  104.0   24.1   114   30.7 

    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.