2017 BN92
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	11 Jun 2026	30.8	2.840 AU	2.277 AU	21h53m	-13°10'	113.6°	19.1°

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 2017 BN92 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4820823
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.9183710
            i (Inclination)                 : 1.13053
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 322.52392
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 161.81917
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 111.69053
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 304.34640
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 0.35272
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.66            
        

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
2026-06-11 00:00 UT   21 53 54.6   -13 10 30     2.277    2.840  113.6   19.1   250   30.8 
2026-06-11 17:40 UT   21 53 55.6   -13 10 21     2.267    2.840  114.3   19.0   250   30.7 
2026-06-12 00:00 UT   21 53 55.8   -13 10 18     2.263    2.840  114.6   19.0   250   30.7 
2026-06-13 00:00 UT   21 53 55.6   -13 10 14     2.250    2.840  115.5   18.8   250   30.7 
2026-06-14 00:00 UT   21 53 53.9   -13 10 18     2.237    2.839  116.5   18.7   250   30.7 
2026-06-15 00:00 UT   21 53 50.7   -13 10 29     2.223    2.839  117.5   18.5   250   30.7 
2026-06-16 00:00 UT   21 53 46.0   -13 10 48     2.210    2.839  118.5   18.3   250   30.7 
2026-06-17 00:00 UT   21 53 39.8   -13 11 15     2.197    2.838  119.4   18.2   250   30.6 
2026-06-18 00:00 UT   21 53 32.1   -13 11 50     2.185    2.838  120.4   18.0   250   30.6 
2026-06-19 00:00 UT   21 53 22.8   -13 12 33     2.172    2.837  121.4   17.8   250   30.6 
2026-06-20 00:00 UT   21 53 11.9   -13 13 24     2.159    2.837  122.4   17.6   250   30.6 
2026-06-21 00:00 UT   21 52 59.5   -13 14 22     2.147    2.836  123.4   17.4   250   30.6 
2026-06-22 00:00 UT   21 52 45.6   -13 15 29     2.134    2.836  124.4   17.2   250   30.5 
2026-06-23 00:00 UT   21 52 30.0   -13 16 44     2.122    2.835  125.5   17.0   251   30.5 
2026-06-24 00:00 UT   21 52 12.9   -13 18 06     2.110    2.835  126.5   16.8   251   30.5 
2026-06-25 00:00 UT   21 51 54.2   -13 19 37     2.098    2.834  127.5   16.5   251   30.5 
2026-06-26 00:00 UT   21 51 33.9   -13 21 16     2.086    2.834  128.6   16.3   251   30.5 
2026-06-27 00:00 UT   21 51 12.0   -13 23 02     2.075    2.833  129.6   16.0   251   30.4 
2026-06-28 00:00 UT   21 50 48.5   -13 24 57     2.063    2.832  130.7   15.8   251   30.4 
2026-06-29 00:00 UT   21 50 23.4   -13 26 60     2.052    2.832  131.7   15.5   251   30.4 
2026-06-30 00:00 UT   21 49 56.7   -13 29 10     2.041    2.831  132.8   15.3   251   30.4 
2026-07-01 00:00 UT   21 49 28.3   -13 31 29     2.030    2.831  133.9   15.0   251   30.4 
2026-07-02 00:00 UT   21 48 58.4   -13 33 55     2.019    2.830  134.9   14.7   251   30.3 
2026-07-03 00:00 UT   21 48 26.8   -13 36 30     2.008    2.829  136.0   14.4   251   30.3 
2026-07-04 00:00 UT   21 47 53.7   -13 39 12     1.997    2.828  137.1   14.2   251   30.3 
2026-07-05 00:00 UT   21 47 18.9   -13 42 01     1.987    2.828  138.2   13.9   251   30.3 
2026-07-06 00:00 UT   21 46 42.5   -13 44 59     1.977    2.827  139.3   13.6   251   30.2 
2026-07-07 00:00 UT   21 46 04.5   -13 48 04     1.967    2.826  140.5   13.2   251   30.2 
2026-07-08 00:00 UT   21 45 24.9   -13 51 16     1.957    2.825  141.6   12.9   251   30.2 
2026-07-09 00:00 UT   21 44 43.8   -13 54 36     1.948    2.825  142.7   12.6   251   30.2 
2026-07-10 00:00 UT   21 44 01.0   -13 58 03     1.939    2.824  143.8   12.3   251   30.2 
2026-07-11 00:00 UT   21 43 16.7   -14 01 37     1.929    2.823  145.0   11.9   251   30.1 

    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.