443103
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443103 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.84 AU to 1.23 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 384.5 days. Discovered 29 November 2013 by Spacewatch. Orbit from the JPL solution of 14 November 2025.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.199 AU
- True anomaly
- 151.39°
- Distance from Earth
- 2.148 AU
- As of
- 4 November 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 01m 48s
- Declination
- -24° 12′ 53″
- Constellation
- Hydra
- Distance from Earth
- 2.15 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 12.4° — too close to the Sun to observe
Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.
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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
- 1.035 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1921
- Inclination
- 21.47°
- Orbital period
- 384.5 days
- Perihelion
- 0.836 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.234 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 322.75°
- Argument of periapsis
- 99.05°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 5.0 LD
- 0.013 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.843
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 630
- Data arc
- 7.45 years
- First observed
- 29 November 2013
- Last observed
- 13 May 2021
- Residual RMS
- 0.39 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 14 November 2025
Physical properties
- Rotation period
- 5.63 days
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 17.97
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- Spacewatch
- Discovery date
- 29 November 2013
- Discovery site
- Kitt Peak
Also known as 2013 WT67
Close approaches 38 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-08-18 09:03 UTC close approach of 443103. Catalogue miss distance 24.2 LD · 9.29 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-08-15 to 2034-08-21, 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2034-08-18 09:03:00 | Earth | 0.0621 AU | 24.2 LD | 11.5 km/s |
| 2036-02-04 23:06:00 | Earth | 0.189 AU | 73.6 LD | 11.3 km/s |
| 2037-02-19 07:37:00 | Earth | 0.1475 AU | 57.4 LD | 15 km/s |
| 2053-08-11 13:24:00 | Earth | 0.1584 AU | 61.7 LD | 14.8 km/s |
| 2054-08-19 21:20:00 | Earth | 0.1666 AU | 64.8 LD | 10.9 km/s |
| 2056-02-09 23:03:00 | Earth | 0.0796 AU | 31.0 LD | 11.7 km/s |
| 2073-08-13 12:19:00 | Earth | 0.1021 AU | 39.7 LD | 13.7 km/s |
| 2076-02-12 03:25:00 | Earth | 0.0353 AU | 13.8 LD | 12.2 km/s |
| 2093-08-10 05:05:00 | Earth | 0.1904 AU | 74.1 LD | 15.5 km/s |
| 2094-08-19 14:10:00 | Earth | 0.1243 AU | 48.4 LD | 11 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