1998 BR26
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	31 Mar 2026	30.8	2.271 AU	3.214 AU	23h49m	-07°00'	16.0°	7.0°

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)                : 0.4896202
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.6422427
            i (Inclination)                 : 12.21479
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 129.83935
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 62.19713
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 63.00223
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 191.49168
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 10.78663
            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
2026-03-31 00:00 UT   23 49 42.0   -07 00 07     3.214    2.271   16.0    7.0   227   30.8 
2026-03-31 05:05 UT   23 50 03.3   -06 58 16     3.214    2.271   16.1    7.0   227   30.8 
2026-04-01 00:00 UT   23 51 22.5   -06 51 24     3.213    2.274   16.5    7.2   228   30.8 
2026-04-02 00:00 UT   23 53 02.7   -06 42 42     3.213    2.276   17.0    7.4   228   30.9 
2026-04-03 00:00 UT   23 54 42.7   -06 34 03     3.212    2.279   17.6    7.6   229   30.9 
2026-04-04 00:00 UT   23 56 22.4   -06 25 25     3.211    2.282   18.1    7.8   229   30.9 
2026-04-05 00:00 UT   23 58 01.8   -06 16 49     3.210    2.285   18.6    8.0   230   30.9 
2026-04-06 00:00 UT   23 59 41.0   -06 08 15     3.209    2.288   19.2    8.3   230   30.9 
2026-04-07 00:00 UT   00 01 19.8   -05 59 44     3.208    2.291   19.7    8.5   230   30.9 
2026-04-08 00:00 UT   00 02 58.5   -05 51 14     3.206    2.293   20.2    8.7   231   30.9 
2026-04-09 00:00 UT   00 04 36.8   -05 42 47     3.205    2.296   20.8    8.9   231   30.9 
2026-04-10 00:00 UT   00 06 14.9   -05 34 22     3.203    2.299   21.3    9.1   232   30.9 
2026-04-11 00:00 UT   00 07 52.8   -05 25 59     3.201    2.302   21.9    9.3   232   31.0 
2026-04-12 00:00 UT   00 09 30.3   -05 17 39     3.199    2.304   22.4    9.5   232   31.0 
2026-04-13 00:00 UT   00 11 07.6   -05 09 21     3.197    2.307   22.9    9.8   232   31.0 
2026-04-14 00:00 UT   00 12 44.7   -05 01 05     3.195    2.310   23.5   10.0   233   31.0 
2026-04-15 00:00 UT   00 14 21.5   -04 52 52     3.192    2.312   24.0   10.2   233   31.0 
2026-04-16 00:00 UT   00 15 58.0   -04 44 42     3.189    2.315   24.6   10.4   233   31.0 
2026-04-17 00:00 UT   00 17 34.3   -04 36 34     3.187    2.317   25.1   10.6   234   31.0 
2026-04-18 00:00 UT   00 19 10.3   -04 28 30     3.184    2.320   25.7   10.8   234   31.0 
2026-04-19 00:00 UT   00 20 46.0   -04 20 28     3.180    2.322   26.2   11.0   234   31.0 

    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.