Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.805 AU
- True anomaly
- 98.21°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.995 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
- 10h 25m 38s
- Declination
- -11° 58′ 20″
- Constellation
- Hydra
- Distance from Earth
- 1 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 47.89° — 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
- 0.864 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.3365
- Inclination
- 26.54°
- Orbital period
- 293.3 days
- Perihelion
- 0.573 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.155 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 162.23°
- Argument of periapsis
- 187.51°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 60.8 LD
- 0.1562 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.71
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 264
- Data arc
- 24.01 years
- First observed
- 24 February 2002
- Last observed
- 26 February 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.51 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 6 March 2026
Physical properties
- Mean radius
- 0.16 km
Visual & observation
- Geometric albedo
- 0.123
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 20.53
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- CSS
- Discovery date
- 24 February 2006
- Discovery site
- Catalina
Also known as 2006 DS14
Close approaches 29 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2059-03-08 09:10 UTC close approach of 388189. Catalogue miss distance 69.5 LD · 2.67 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2059-03-05 to 2059-03-11, 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2059-03-08 09:10:00 | Earth | 0.1785 AU | 69.5 LD | 14.1 km/s |
| 2063-03-03 23:35:00 | Earth | 0.1616 AU | 62.9 LD | 14.1 km/s |
| 2067-02-27 20:10:00 | Earth | 0.1559 AU | 60.7 LD | 14.1 km/s |
| 2071-02-23 22:30:00 | Earth | 0.1639 AU | 63.8 LD | 14.4 km/s |
| 2075-02-20 09:02:00 | Earth | 0.1864 AU | 72.5 LD | 14.9 km/s |
| 2116-03-08 12:20:00 | Earth | 0.1773 AU | 69.0 LD | 14.1 km/s |
| 2120-03-04 02:09:00 | Earth | 0.1607 AU | 62.5 LD | 14.1 km/s |
| 2124-02-28 22:54:00 | Earth | 0.1559 AU | 60.7 LD | 14.2 km/s |
| 2128-02-25 00:15:00 | Earth | 0.1651 AU | 64.3 LD | 14.4 km/s |
| 2132-02-21 12:04:00 | Earth | 0.189 AU | 73.5 LD | 15 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