Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.05 AU
- True anomaly
- 217.67°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.966 AU
- As of
- 19 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
- 14h 46m 52s
- Declination
- -12° 04′ 10″
- Constellation
- Libra
- Distance from Earth
- 1.96 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 16.29° — too close to the Sun to observe
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
- 0.859 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5946
- Inclination
- 14.29°
- Orbital period
- 291 days
- Perihelion
- 0.348 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.37 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 208.3°
- Argument of periapsis
- 172.49°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 51.9 LD
- 0.1333 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.688
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 2,444
- Data arc
- 36.1 years
- First observed
- 11 May 1988
- Last observed
- 17 June 2024
- Residual RMS
- 0.43 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 7 November 2024
Physical properties
- Mean radius
- 0.37 km
- Rotation period
- 2.24 days
Visual & observation
- Geometric albedo
- 0.349
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 17.54
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- LINEAR
- Discovery date
- 30 March 2000
- Discovery site
- Socorro
Also known as 2000 FO10 · 1988 JP1
Close approaches 202 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-03-05 10:31 UTC close approach of 86667. Catalogue miss distance 86.6 LD · 3.33 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-03-02 to 2027-03-08, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-03-05 10:31:00 | Earth | 0.2226 AU | 86.6 LD | 14.8 km/s |
| 2028-05-18 19:15:00 | Earth | 0.1493 AU | 58.1 LD | 16.2 km/s |
| 2031-03-11 03:25:00 | Earth | 0.2666 AU | 103.8 LD | 14.1 km/s |
| 2032-05-18 22:13:00 | Earth | 0.1346 AU | 52.4 LD | 18.4 km/s |
| 2035-03-18 02:05:00 | Earth | 0.3073 AU | 119.6 LD | 14.1 km/s |
| 2035-09-29 00:04:00 | Mercury | 0.0695 AU | 27.0 LD | 23.1 km/s |
| 2035-09-29 00:04:00 | Merc | 0.0695 AU | 27.0 LD | 23.1 km/s |
| 2036-05-17 04:35:00 | Earth | 0.172 AU | 66.9 LD | 21.1 km/s |
| 2039-03-25 06:08:00 | Earth | 0.339 AU | 131.9 LD | 14.3 km/s |
| 2040-05-14 06:45:00 | Earth | 0.2431 AU | 94.6 LD | 24.1 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)
- physical properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB