2020 BC9
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	14 Aug 2026	27.9	2.488 AU	2.033 AU	02h25m	+06°59'	104.5°	23.2°

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 BC9 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5668419
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.3338634
            i (Inclination)                 : 10.30820
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 159.55991
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 343.68672
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 222.05500
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 143.49625
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -2.88108
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.57            
        

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
2026-08-14 00:00 UT   02 25 11.2   +06 59 54     2.033    2.488  104.5   23.2   253   27.9 
2026-08-14 01:15 UT   02 25 13.5   +06 59 49     2.032    2.487  104.5   23.2   253   27.9 
2026-08-15 00:00 UT   02 25 55.0   +06 58 17     2.015    2.482  105.3   23.2   253   27.9 
2026-08-16 00:00 UT   02 26 37.9   +06 56 30     1.996    2.476  106.1   23.1   253   27.9 
2026-08-17 00:00 UT   02 27 19.7   +06 54 34     1.978    2.470  106.8   23.1   253   27.9 
2026-08-18 00:00 UT   02 28 00.6   +06 52 27     1.960    2.464  107.6   23.1   254   27.8 
2026-08-19 00:00 UT   02 28 40.6   +06 50 10     1.942    2.458  108.5   23.0   254   27.8 
2026-08-20 00:00 UT   02 29 19.4   +06 47 42     1.924    2.452  109.3   22.9   254   27.8 
2026-08-21 00:00 UT   02 29 57.3   +06 45 04     1.906    2.445  110.1   22.9   254   27.7 
2026-08-22 00:00 UT   02 30 34.1   +06 42 16     1.888    2.439  110.9   22.8   254   27.7 
2026-08-23 00:00 UT   02 31 09.8   +06 39 17     1.870    2.433  111.7   22.7   255   27.7 
2026-08-24 00:00 UT   02 31 44.3   +06 36 07     1.853    2.427  112.6   22.6   255   27.7 
2026-08-25 00:00 UT   02 32 17.8   +06 32 46     1.835    2.421  113.4   22.5   255   27.6 
2026-08-26 00:00 UT   02 32 50.0   +06 29 13     1.818    2.415  114.2   22.4   255   27.6 
2026-08-27 00:00 UT   02 33 21.1   +06 25 30     1.800    2.409  115.1   22.3   255   27.6 
2026-08-28 00:00 UT   02 33 51.0   +06 21 35     1.783    2.403  115.9   22.2   256   27.5 
2026-08-29 00:00 UT   02 34 19.6   +06 17 28     1.765    2.396  116.8   22.1   256   27.5 
2026-08-30 00:00 UT   02 34 47.0   +06 13 10     1.748    2.390  117.6   22.0   256   27.5 
2026-08-31 00:00 UT   02 35 13.0   +06 08 39     1.731    2.384  118.5   21.8   256   27.4 
2026-09-01 00:00 UT   02 35 37.7   +06 03 57     1.714    2.378  119.4   21.7   257   27.4 
2026-09-02 00:00 UT   02 36 01.1   +05 59 02     1.697    2.371  120.2   21.6   257   27.4 
2026-09-03 00:00 UT   02 36 23.1   +05 53 55     1.680    2.365  121.1   21.4   257   27.4 
2026-09-04 00:00 UT   02 36 43.6   +05 48 35     1.664    2.359  122.0   21.3   258   27.3 
2026-09-05 00:00 UT   02 37 02.7   +05 43 02     1.647    2.352  122.9   21.1   258   27.3 
2026-09-06 00:00 UT   02 37 20.3   +05 37 17     1.631    2.346  123.8   20.9   258   27.3 
2026-09-07 00:00 UT   02 37 36.3   +05 31 18     1.614    2.340  124.7   20.7   258   27.2 
2026-09-08 00:00 UT   02 37 50.8   +05 25 06     1.598    2.333  125.6   20.5   259   27.2 
2026-09-09 00:00 UT   02 38 03.7   +05 18 41     1.582    2.327  126.5   20.4   259   27.2 
2026-09-10 00:00 UT   02 38 15.0   +05 12 03     1.566    2.321  127.5   20.1   259   27.1 
2026-09-11 00:00 UT   02 38 24.7   +05 05 12     1.550    2.314  128.4   19.9   260   27.1 
2026-09-12 00:00 UT   02 38 32.6   +04 58 06     1.534    2.308  129.3   19.7   260   27.0 
2026-09-13 00:00 UT   02 38 38.9   +04 50 48     1.519    2.301  130.3   19.5   261   27.0 

    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.