About (2012 BM86)
(2012 BM86) is a rare neo. It swings within 0.779 AU of the Sun at perihelion.
Its orbit passes close enough to Earth's to be officially monitored.
Rare neo 33 EP
(2012 BM86)
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Live ephemeris
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Score breakdown
· 4 badgesRare 46 pts → Epic
- Potentially hazardous +16
- Crosses Earth's orbit +12
- Near-Earth object +5
- Catalogue designation only +0
Total score 33
13 more points to reach Epic.
Badges
- Near-Earth object · +5
- Potentially hazardous · +16
- Crosses Earth's orbit · +12
- Catalogue designation only
Trivia
What makes it special
- Potentially hazardous. Its orbit passes close enough to Earth's to be officially monitored.
How we found it
- Designation. Known only by its catalogue designation — no name yet.
Cosmic context
- Ancient. A leftover from the Solar System's birth, older than every continent on Earth.
Properties
- eccentricity
- 0.6366
- h mag
- 21.88
- inclination
- 11.37
- name
- (2012 BM86)
- number only
- yes
- orbit class
- APO
- perihelion au
- 0.7795
- pha
- yes
- semi major au
- 2.145
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, (2012 BM86) 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 (2012 BM86) is a rare neo
(2012 BM86) scores 33 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 13 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Near-Earth object, Potentially hazardous, Crosses Earth's orbit 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.