2022 BN
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	4 Jun 2026	32.1	2.607 AU	1.623 AU	18h03m	-26°41'	161.9°	6.9°

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 2022 BN are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.5966874
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.8952190
            i (Inclination)                 : 3.18725
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 303.43188
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 113.55590
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 183.93643
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 237.02029
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 2.92142
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.61            
        

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
2026-06-04 00:00 UT   18 03 44.5   -26 41 32     1.623    2.607  161.9    6.9   280   32.1 
2026-06-04 18:01 UT   18 02 44.5   -26 41 39     1.617    2.603  162.8    6.6   280   32.1 
2026-06-05 00:00 UT   18 02 24.4   -26 41 41     1.615    2.602  163.2    6.5   281   32.1 
2026-06-06 00:00 UT   18 01 02.7   -26 41 44     1.607    2.598  164.4    6.0   282   32.0 
2026-06-07 00:00 UT   17 59 39.5   -26 41 43     1.599    2.594  165.6    5.6   283   32.0 
2026-06-08 00:00 UT   17 58 14.9   -26 41 37     1.591    2.590  166.9    5.1   284   32.0 
2026-06-09 00:00 UT   17 56 48.8   -26 41 25     1.584    2.585  168.1    4.6   286   31.9 
2026-06-10 00:00 UT   17 55 21.4   -26 41 08     1.576    2.581  169.3    4.2   288   31.9 
2026-06-11 00:00 UT   17 53 52.8   -26 40 46     1.570    2.576  170.5    3.7   291   31.9 
2026-06-12 00:00 UT   17 52 23.0   -26 40 18     1.563    2.572  171.7    3.2   294   31.8 
2026-06-13 00:00 UT   17 50 52.1   -26 39 43     1.557    2.568  172.9    2.8   298   31.8 
2026-06-14 00:00 UT   17 49 20.2   -26 39 03     1.551    2.563  174.0    2.4   304   31.7 
2026-06-15 00:00 UT   17 47 47.4   -26 38 17     1.545    2.559  175.1    1.9   312   31.7 
2026-06-16 00:00 UT   17 46 13.8   -26 37 25     1.540    2.554  176.0    1.6   325   31.7 
2026-06-17 00:00 UT   17 44 39.5   -26 36 26     1.535    2.550  176.6    1.4   343   31.6 
2026-06-18 00:00 UT   17 43 04.6   -26 35 21     1.530    2.545  176.8    1.3     6   31.6 
2026-06-19 00:00 UT   17 41 29.2   -26 34 10     1.526    2.541  176.5    1.4    27   31.6 
2026-06-20 00:00 UT   17 39 53.3   -26 32 52     1.522    2.536  175.7    1.7    44   31.6 
2026-06-21 00:00 UT   17 38 17.2   -26 31 28     1.518    2.532  174.8    2.1    55   31.6 
2026-06-22 00:00 UT   17 36 40.8   -26 29 57     1.514    2.527  173.7    2.5    62   31.7 
2026-06-23 00:00 UT   17 35 04.4   -26 28 20     1.511    2.522  172.5    3.0    68   31.7 
2026-06-24 00:00 UT   17 33 27.9   -26 26 37     1.508    2.518  171.3    3.5    72   31.7 
2026-06-25 00:00 UT   17 31 51.5   -26 24 48     1.506    2.513  170.1    4.0    75   31.7 
2026-06-26 00:00 UT   17 30 15.4   -26 22 52     1.503    2.508  168.8    4.5    77   31.7 
2026-06-27 00:00 UT   17 28 39.5   -26 20 51     1.501    2.503  167.6    5.0    79   31.8 
2026-06-28 00:00 UT   17 27 04.0   -26 18 43     1.499    2.499  166.3    5.5    80   31.8 

    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.