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2026 BO1

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(2026 BO1)

2026 BO1 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.4 AU to 1.64 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 376.4 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 24 January 2026.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.624 AU
True anomaly
186.69°
Distance from Earth
1.128 AU
As of
3 November 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 — 0.992 AU from the Sun Earth 2026 BO1 — 1.624 AU from the Sun 2026 BO1
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2026 BO1 is 1.128 AU from Earth today (9.4 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
08h 13m 53s
Declination
+18° 21′ 09″
Constellation
Cancer
Distance from Earth
1.12 AU
Elongation from the Sun
100.24° — well clear of the Sun

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

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.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

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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
1.02 AU
Eccentricity
0.6086
Inclination
24.87°
Orbital period
376.4 days
Perihelion
0.399 AU
Aphelion
1.641 AU
Longitude of ascending node
86.84°
Argument of periapsis
170.71°
Epoch · J2000
2461059.5
Orbit class · APO
Apollo
Earth MOID · 113.2 LD
0.2909 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.738

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 8).

Observations used
32
Data arc
7 days
First observed
16 January 2026
Last observed
23 January 2026
Residual RMS
0.4 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
24 January 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
21.48

Discovery & classification

Apollo Near-Earth Object

Sources