472263 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.53 AU to 1.54 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 385.2 days. Discovered 6 September 2014 by SONEAR. Orbit from the JPL solution of 1 March 2023.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.223 AU
- True anomaly
- 136.54°
- Distance from Earth
- 2.011 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
- 16h 18m 26s
- Declination
- -31° 36′ 35″
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Distance from Earth
- 2.01 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 27.63° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
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
- 1.036 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4865
- Inclination
- 21.09°
- Orbital period
- 385.2 days
- Perihelion
- 0.532 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.54 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 38.75°
- Argument of periapsis
- 96.52°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 36.6 LD
- 0.0941 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.75
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).
- Observations used
- 115
- Data arc
- 7.95 years
- First observed
- 6 September 2014
- Last observed
- 18 August 2022
- Residual RMS
- 0.5 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 1 March 2023
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 18.31
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- SONEAR
- Discovery date
- 6 September 2014
- Discovery site
- SONEAR
Also known as 2014 RP12
Close approaches 149 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-10-08 17:34 UTC close approach of 472263. Catalogue miss distance 97.3 LD · 3.74 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-10-05 to 2032-10-11, 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-09-24 13:43:00 | Venus | 0.0525 AU | 20.4 LD | 17.6 km/s |
| 2031-10-06 16:30:00 | Venus | 0.0838 AU | 32.6 LD | 20.1 km/s |
| 2032-10-08 17:34:00 | Earth | 0.25 AU | 97.3 LD | 24.4 km/s |
| 2033-10-25 15:19:00 | Earth | 0.1342 AU | 52.2 LD | 16 km/s |
| 2034-12-09 15:47:00 | Earth | 0.4144 AU | 161.3 LD | 14.1 km/s |
| 2035-02-09 15:26:00 | Venus | 0.074 AU | 28.8 LD | 16.9 km/s |
| 2037-03-02 08:27:00 | Earth | 0.494 AU | 192.2 LD | 18.9 km/s |
| 2038-04-15 12:54:00 | Earth | 0.347 AU | 135.0 LD | 15 km/s |
| 2039-02-22 01:43:00 | Venus | 0.096 AU | 37.3 LD | 21.4 km/s |
| 2039-05-20 16:11:00 | Earth | 0.1663 AU | 64.7 LD | 18 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB