Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.89 AU
- True anomaly
- 80.56°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.6 AU
- As of
- 21 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
- 09h 36m 36s
- Declination
- -03° 59′ 52″
- Constellation
- Hydra
- Distance from Earth
- 0.6 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 62.18° — well clear of the Sun
Visible from both hemispheres.
From your location
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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
- 0.911 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.0893
- Inclination
- 11.61°
- Orbital period
- 317.4 days
- Perihelion
- 0.829 AU
- Aphelion
- 0.992 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 146.89°
- Argument of periapsis
- 195.72°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 0.2 LD
- 0.0005 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.531
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 1,017
- Data arc
- 364 days
- First observed
- 23 February 2012
- Last observed
- 21 February 2013
- Residual RMS
- 0.23 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 27 July 2026
Physical properties
- Rotation period
- 8.72 hours
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 24.19
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- OAM
- Discovery date
- 23 February 2012
- Discovery site
- La Sagra
The Duende are a race of fairy or goblin-like mythological creature from Iberian folklore. They live inside the walls of homes, especially in the bedroom walls of young children.
Also known as 367943 · 2012 DA14
Listed by JPL impact monitoring; see the Sentry table for current probabilities.
Close approaches 44 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2033-02-22 03:11 UTC close approach of Duende. Catalogue miss distance 52.7 LD · 2.03 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2033-02-19 to 2033-02-25, 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 north 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2033-02-22 03:11:00 | Earth | 0.1355 AU | 52.7 LD | 7.3 km/s |
| 2039-08-14 10:03:00 | Earth | 0.1804 AU | 70.2 LD | 7.9 km/s |
| 2039-08-17 19:17:00 | Venus | 0.1285 AU | 50.0 LD | 6.7 km/s |
| 2046-02-15 06:28:00 | Earth | 0.0149 AU | 5.8 LD | 6.2 km/s |
| 2050-02-10 10:25:00 | Venus | 0.1085 AU | 42.2 LD | 6.6 km/s |
| 2053-02-19 02:42:00 | Earth | 0.0816 AU | 31.8 LD | 6.5 km/s |
| 2060-07-21 04:24:00 | Venus | 0.1145 AU | 44.6 LD | 6.6 km/s |
| 2066-08-29 17:12:00 | Earth | 0.1787 AU | 69.6 LD | 7.8 km/s |
| 2071-01-01 15:46:00 | Venus | 0.1292 AU | 50.3 LD | 6.7 km/s |
| 2073-08-02 14:52:00 | Earth | 0.1786 AU | 69.5 LD | 7.6 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)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB