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2015 BE92

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(2015 BE92)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.782 AU
True anomaly
354.67°
Distance from Earth
1.758 AU
As of
24 October 2026

Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.

Sun Earth — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth 2015 BE92 — 0.782 AU from the Sun 2015 BE92
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 BE92 is 1.758 AU from Earth today (14.6 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 25m 49s
Declination
-14° 52′ 36″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
1.76 AU
Elongation from the Sun
7.41° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis
0.973 AU
Eccentricity
0.1973
Inclination
1.04°
Orbital period
350.7 days
Perihelion
0.781 AU
Aphelion
1.165 AU
Longitude of ascending node
290.08°
Argument of periapsis
303.26°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 2.2 LD
0.0056 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.194

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 3).

Observations used
76
Data arc
14 days
First observed
14 January 2015
Last observed
28 January 2015
Residual RMS
0.42 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
28.1

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 120 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2015 BE92 at 2034-09-20 12:28 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-09-20 12:28 UTC close approach of 2015 BE92. Catalogue miss distance 140.5 LD · 5.4 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-09-17 to 2034-09-23, with a mark at UTC midnights and an arrow for the direction of motion. The circle is the Moon’s mean orbit; the Moon is plotted at closest approach. A ray shows the Sun’s direction. The labelled distance is the full separation. The drawn radius is the part that lies in the ecliptic plane. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 140.5 LD · 5.4 × 10⁷ km 2034-09-20 12:28 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-09-20 12:28 UTC close approach of 2015 BE92. Catalogue miss distance 140.5 LD · 5.4 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-09-17 to 2034-09-23, with a mark at UTC midnights and an arrow for the direction of motion. The circle is the Moon’s mean orbit; the Moon is plotted at closest approach. A ray shows the Sun’s direction. The labelled distance is the full separation. The drawn radius is the part that lies in the ecliptic plane. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2027-10-14 16:12:00 Venus 0.096 AU 37.4 LD 4.7 km/s
2034-09-20 12:28:00 Earth 0.3611 AU 140.5 LD 17.1 km/s
2035-09-11 05:16:00 Earth 0.1207 AU 47.0 LD 9.8 km/s
2036-09-25 14:51:00 Earth 0.1131 AU 44.0 LD 4.1 km/s
2037-06-07 21:36:00 Earth 0.2236 AU 87.0 LD 7.1 km/s
2037-11-22 02:53:00 Earth 0.1776 AU 69.1 LD 5.4 km/s
2038-04-22 05:38:00 Earth 0.2171 AU 84.5 LD 6.9 km/s
2039-01-22 20:28:00 Earth 0.08 AU 31.1 LD 4.1 km/s
2040-01-24 09:50:00 Earth 0.1606 AU 62.5 LD 11.1 km/s
2041-01-13 20:34:00 Earth 0.4022 AU 156.5 LD 18.6 km/s

Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.

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