1998 BR26
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	25 Oct 2026	29.3	2.352 AU	1.397 AU	02h06m	-08°59'	158.9°	8.7°

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 1998 BR26 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4896590
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.6421065
            i (Inclination)                 : 12.22350
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 129.84320
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 62.17739
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 156.50097
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 191.47475
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 10.79231
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.10            
        

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
2026-10-25 00:00 UT   02 06 37.3   -08 59 55     1.397    2.352  158.9    8.7   353   29.3 
2026-10-25 11:32 UT   02 05 56.8   -09 03 57     1.396    2.351  158.8    8.8   355   29.3 
2026-10-26 00:00 UT   02 05 12.9   -09 08 13     1.396    2.350  158.6    8.9   357   29.3 
2026-10-27 00:00 UT   02 03 48.4   -09 16 16     1.396    2.348  158.1    9.1     0   29.3 
2026-10-28 00:00 UT   02 02 23.7   -09 24 02     1.396    2.346  157.6    9.3     3   29.3 
2026-10-29 00:00 UT   02 00 59.1   -09 31 32     1.396    2.343  157.1    9.5     7   29.3 
2026-10-30 00:00 UT   01 59 34.6   -09 38 44     1.397    2.341  156.4    9.8    10   29.3 
2026-10-31 00:00 UT   01 58 10.3   -09 45 38     1.398    2.339  155.7   10.0    13   29.4 
2026-11-01 00:00 UT   01 56 46.3   -09 52 15     1.399    2.337  155.0   10.3    15   29.4 
2026-11-02 00:00 UT   01 55 22.7   -09 58 32     1.400    2.334  154.2   10.7    18   29.4 
2026-11-03 00:00 UT   01 53 59.5   -10 04 31     1.402    2.332  153.4   11.0    20   29.4 
2026-11-04 00:00 UT   01 52 37.0   -10 10 11     1.404    2.329  152.5   11.3    23   29.4 
2026-11-05 00:00 UT   01 51 15.1   -10 15 31     1.406    2.327  151.7   11.7    25   29.4 
2026-11-06 00:00 UT   01 49 54.0   -10 20 31     1.409    2.325  150.7   12.0    27   29.4 
2026-11-07 00:00 UT   01 48 33.7   -10 25 11     1.411    2.322  149.8   12.4    29   29.4 
2026-11-08 00:00 UT   01 47 14.4   -10 29 31     1.414    2.320  148.8   12.8    31   29.5 
2026-11-09 00:00 UT   01 45 56.2   -10 33 30     1.418    2.317  147.8   13.2    32   29.5 
2026-11-10 00:00 UT   01 44 39.0   -10 37 09     1.421    2.315  146.8   13.5    34   29.5 
2026-11-11 00:00 UT   01 43 23.1   -10 40 27     1.425    2.312  145.8   13.9    35   29.5 
2026-11-12 00:00 UT   01 42 08.4   -10 43 24     1.429    2.309  144.8   14.3    37   29.5 
2026-11-13 00:00 UT   01 40 55.1   -10 46 01     1.433    2.307  143.8   14.7    38   29.5 
2026-11-14 00:00 UT   01 39 43.2   -10 48 17     1.437    2.304  142.7   15.1    39   29.6 
2026-11-15 00:00 UT   01 38 32.8   -10 50 12     1.442    2.301  141.7   15.5    41   29.6 
2026-11-16 00:00 UT   01 37 24.0   -10 51 47     1.447    2.299  140.6   15.8    42   29.6 
2026-11-17 00:00 UT   01 36 16.8   -10 53 02     1.452    2.296  139.5   16.2    43   29.6 
2026-11-18 00:00 UT   01 35 11.2   -10 53 56     1.457    2.293  138.5   16.6    44   29.6 
2026-11-19 00:00 UT   01 34 07.3   -10 54 30     1.463    2.290  137.4   17.0    45   29.7 
2026-11-20 00:00 UT   01 33 05.3   -10 54 45     1.469    2.288  136.3   17.3    46   29.7 

    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.