Asteroid
Near-Earth
101873
101873 (1999 NC5)
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.8 AU
- True anomaly
- 96.87°
- As of
- 29 August 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.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 2.029 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.3931
- Inclination
- 45.79°
- Orbital period
- 2.89 years
- Perihelion
- 1.232 AU
- Aphelion
- 2.827 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 128.77°
- Argument of periapsis
- 295.27°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461000.5
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 16.39
- Spectral type
- AMO
Discovery & classification
Near-Earth Object
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB