Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.96 AU
- True anomaly
- 151.22°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.853 AU
- As of
- 15 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
- 14h 37m 28s
- Declination
- -14° 58′ 19″
- Constellation
- Libra
- Distance from Earth
- 1.86 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 18.39° — too close to the Sun to observe
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
- 0.72 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4958
- Inclination
- 0.77°
- Orbital period
- 223.2 days
- Perihelion
- 0.363 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.077 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 165.65°
- Argument of periapsis
- 283.1°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 4.4 LD
- 0.0113 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 7.872
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 287
- Data arc
- 22.08 years
- First observed
- 9 June 2002
- Last observed
- 8 July 2024
- Residual RMS
- 0.41 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 3 July 2025
Physical properties
- Mean radius
- 0.07 km
Visual & observation
- Geometric albedo
- 0.136
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 22.14
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- LINEAR
- Discovery date
- 9 June 2002
- Discovery site
- Socorro
Also known as 2002 LT24
Close approaches 213 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-05-26 21:01 UTC close approach of 469445. Catalogue miss distance 36.1 LD · 1.39 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-05-23 to 2027-05-29, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-05-26 21:01:00 | Earth | 0.0928 AU | 36.1 LD | 13.2 km/s |
| 2032-07-12 23:40:00 | Earth | 0.1814 AU | 70.6 LD | 16.3 km/s |
| 2035-06-28 03:16:00 | Earth | 0.0569 AU | 22.2 LD | 9 km/s |
| 2038-05-26 16:30:00 | Earth | 0.0996 AU | 38.8 LD | 13.5 km/s |
| 2043-07-13 22:29:00 | Earth | 0.1747 AU | 68.0 LD | 16.1 km/s |
| 2044-11-30 02:41:00 | Merc | 0.0916 AU | 35.6 LD | 7.3 km/s |
| 2044-11-30 02:41:00 | Mercury | 0.0916 AU | 35.6 LD | 7.3 km/s |
| 2046-06-27 01:22:00 | Earth | 0.058 AU | 22.6 LD | 9 km/s |
| 2049-05-26 12:42:00 | Earth | 0.1031 AU | 40.1 LD | 13.6 km/s |
| 2052-11-13 02:06:00 | Mercury | 0.072 AU | 28.0 LD | 6.8 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