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2019 BE5

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(2019 BE5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.991 AU
True anomaly
188.57°
Distance from Earth
1.763 AU
As of
15 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 — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2019 BE5 — 0.991 AU from the Sun 2019 BE5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2019 BE5 is 1.763 AU from Earth today (14.7 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 43m 08s
Declination
+01° 32′ 37″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.76 AU
Elongation from the Sun
27.53° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

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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
0.61 AU
Eccentricity
0.6592
Inclination
1.43°
Orbital period
174 days
Perihelion
0.208 AU
Aphelion
1.012 AU
Longitude of ascending node
308.93°
Argument of periapsis
9.86°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.0 LD
0.0001 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
9.044

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).

Observations used
86
Data arc
363 days
First observed
31 January 2019
Last observed
29 January 2020
Residual RMS
0.45 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
23 September 2026

Physical properties

Rotation period
0 hours

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.1

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 330 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2019 BE5 at 2029-01-27 18:09 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-01-27 18:09 UTC close approach of 2019 BE5. Catalogue miss distance 4.28 LD · 1.65 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-01-24 to 2029-01-30, 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 25 Jan 29 Jan 4.28 LD · 1.65 × 10⁶ km 2029-01-27 18:09 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-01-27 18:09 UTC close approach of 2019 BE5. Catalogue miss distance 4.28 LD · 1.65 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-01-24 to 2029-01-30, 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
2026-12-11 10:37:00 Mercury 0.0822 AU 32.0 LD 30.9 km/s
2026-12-11 10:37:00 Merc 0.0822 AU 32.0 LD 30.9 km/s
2027-06-03 14:07:00 Mercury 0.0417 AU 16.2 LD 35.8 km/s
2027-06-03 14:07:00 Merc 0.0417 AU 16.2 LD 35.8 km/s
2027-07-20 07:54:00 Venus 0.0362 AU 14.1 LD 25.2 km/s
2027-11-25 00:40:00 Merc 0.0287 AU 11.2 LD 40.8 km/s
2027-11-25 00:40:00 Mercury 0.0287 AU 11.2 LD 40.8 km/s
2028-05-17 14:00:00 Mercury 0.0618 AU 24.0 LD 45.9 km/s
2028-05-17 14:00:00 Merc 0.0618 AU 24.0 LD 45.9 km/s
2029-01-27 18:09:00 Earth 0.011 AU 4.3 LD 14 km/s

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

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