Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.254 AU
- True anomaly
- 150.43°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.721 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 11h 08m 18s
- Declination
- +07° 01′ 32″
- Constellation
- Leo
- Distance from Earth
- 1.72 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 46.01° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Visible from both hemispheres.
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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
- 0.968 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4149
- Inclination
- 18.11°
- Orbital period
- 347.9 days
- Perihelion
- 0.566 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.37 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 124.82°
- Argument of periapsis
- 215.61°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 48.7 LD
- 0.1251 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.121
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 4,250
- Data arc
- 26.31 years
- First observed
- 25 January 2000
- Last observed
- 16 May 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.32 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 2 September 2026
Physical properties
- Rotation period
- 6.61 hours
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 18.44
- Spectral type (SMASS)
- Xk
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- LINEAR
- Discovery date
- 2 February 2000
- Discovery site
- Socorro
Also known as 2000 CK33
Close approaches 35 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2040-01-08 12:30 UTC close approach of 86450. Catalogue miss distance 71.6 LD · 2.75 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2040-01-05 to 2040-01-11, 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. At closest approach the object is south of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2040-01-08 12:30:00 | Earth | 0.1839 AU | 71.6 LD | 18.3 km/s |
| 2041-01-10 04:09:00 | Earth | 0.1798 AU | 70.0 LD | 12.6 km/s |
| 2042-08-21 10:25:00 | Venus | 0.1216 AU | 47.3 LD | 16 km/s |
| 2060-01-08 23:01:00 | Earth | 0.195 AU | 75.9 LD | 18.8 km/s |
| 2061-01-09 11:56:00 | Earth | 0.1706 AU | 66.4 LD | 12.8 km/s |
| 2072-02-29 16:25:00 | Venus | 0.1206 AU | 46.9 LD | 16.1 km/s |
| 2081-01-08 23:42:00 | Earth | 0.1623 AU | 63.2 LD | 12.9 km/s |
| 2101-01-09 12:01:00 | Earth | 0.1546 AU | 60.2 LD | 13.1 km/s |
| 2101-09-10 00:20:00 | Venus | 0.1202 AU | 46.8 LD | 16.2 km/s |
| 2112-03-11 18:12:00 | Venus | 0.1448 AU | 56.3 LD | 15.9 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- physical properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB