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Trash neo 5 EP

256412 (2007 BT2)

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Score breakdown

· 2 badges
5 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Near-Earth object +5
  • Catalogue designation only +0
Total score 5

10 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Near-Earth object · +5
  • Catalogue designation only

Trivia

How we found it

  • Designation. Known only by its catalogue designation — no name yet.

Cosmic context

  • Size. Roughly 4.4 km across.
  • Ancient. A leftover from the Solar System's birth, older than every continent on Earth.

Properties

diameter km
4.444
eccentricity
0.2238
h mag
16.93
inclination
26.86
name
256412 (2007 BT2)
number only
yes
orbit class
AMO
perihelion au
1.2668
semi major au
1.632

About 256412 (2007 BT2)

256412 (2007 BT2) is a trash neo. It swings within 1.267 AU of the Sun at perihelion.

Roughly 4.4 km across.

How to see it

Like any astronomical target, 256412 (2007 BT2) is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. Because it moves against the background stars, the live position panel on this page tracks where it is right now. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.

Why 256412 (2007 BT2) is a trash neo

256412 (2007 BT2) scores 5 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 2 science badges — Near-Earth object and Catalogue designation only — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.

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Sky imagery and survey data courtesy of Aladin Lite & CDS, Strasbourg. Object data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, JPL Small-Body Database, and the ATNF Pulsar Catalogue.