Asteroid Near-Earth Potentially hazardous

468910

468910 (2014 KQ76)

468910 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.58 AU to 1.43 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 369.4 days. Discovered 26 May 2014 by Pan-STARRS 1. Orbit from the JPL solution of 14 February 2025.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun: 1.316 AU
True anomaly: 208.62°
Distance from Earth: 1.779 AU
As of: 3 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.

Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 468910 is 1.779 AU from Earth today (14.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension: 17h 52m 10s
Declination: -23° 03′ 02″
Constellation: Sagittarius
Distance from Earth: 1.78 AU
Elongation from the Sun: 46.75° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

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: 1.008 AU
Eccentricity: 0.4233
Inclination: 4.77°
Orbital period: 369.4 days
Perihelion: 0.581 AU
Aphelion: 1.434 AU
Longitude of ascending node: 127.62°
Argument of periapsis: 325.19°
Epoch · J2000: 2461200.5
Orbit class · APO: Apollo
Earth MOID · 16.1 LD: 0.0414 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter): 5.959

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used: 286
Data arc: 21.82 years
First observed: 18 July 2002
Last observed: 14 May 2024
Residual RMS: 0.56 ″
Solution · Otto Matic: 14 February 2025

Physical properties

Rotation period: 2.95 hours

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H): 21.67

Discovery & classification

Discovered by: Pan-STARRS 1
Discovery date: 26 May 2014
Discovery site: Haleakala

Also known as 2014 KQ76

Apollo Near-Earth Object Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

Close approaches 105 on record

When (UTC)	Body	Distance	Lunar distances	Relative speed
2028-04-09 03:45:00	Venus	0.0309 AU	12.0 LD	14.7 km/s
2029-09-28 18:52:00	Mars	0.0941 AU	36.6 LD	6.7 km/s
2031-03-24 02:41:00	Venus	0.1443 AU	56.2 LD	11.4 km/s
2034-03-05 15:09:00	Venus	0.0311 AU	12.1 LD	14.3 km/s
2042-12-10 14:54:00	Mars	0.0838 AU	32.6 LD	6.7 km/s
2045-06-06 23:53:00	Venus	0.1178 AU	45.8 LD	10.2 km/s
2048-05-05 11:33:00	Venus	0.0608 AU	23.6 LD	10.7 km/s
2056-02-21 17:19:00	Mars	0.0836 AU	32.5 LD	7.4 km/s
2059-08-17 23:56:00	Venus	0.0531 AU	20.7 LD	10.9 km/s
2062-07-16 13:50:00	Venus	0.1205 AU	46.9 LD	10.1 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)
orbital elements: JPL SBDB