Zoozve
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Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.957 AU
- True anomaly
- 154.82°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.106 AU
- As of
- 11 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
- 11h 29m 05s
- Declination
- +53° 58′ 59″
- Constellation
- Ursa Major
- Distance from Earth
- 0.1 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 64.85° — well clear of the Sun
Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.
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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
- 0.724 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4101
- Inclination
- 9.04°
- Orbital period
- 224.8 days
- Perihelion
- 0.427 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.02 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 231.46°
- Argument of periapsis
- 355.4°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 9.9 LD
- 0.0255 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 7.863
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 610
- Data arc
- 20.87 years
- First observed
- 11 November 2002
- Last observed
- 24 September 2023
- Residual RMS
- 0.29 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 25 September 2023
Physical properties
- Rotation period
- 13.5 hours
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 20.54
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- LONEOS
- Discovery date
- 11 November 2002
- Discovery site
- Anderson Mesa
This object is the first-identified quasi-satellite of a major planet (Venus). When artist Alex Foster drew this object on a solar system poster for children, he mistook the initial characters of the provisional designation as letters, thus coining an odd and memorable moniker. Name suggested by Latif Nasser.
Also known as 524522 · 2002 VE68
Close approaches 273 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-11-02 19:10 UTC close approach of Zoozve. Catalogue miss distance 15.7 LD · 6.02 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-10-30 to 2026-11-05, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 19:10:00 | Earth | 0.0402 AU | 15.7 LD | 8.7 km/s |
| 2028-06-02 11:24:00 | Merc | 0.0596 AU | 23.2 LD | 20 km/s |
| 2028-06-02 11:24:00 | Mercury | 0.0596 AU | 23.2 LD | 20 km/s |
| 2029-10-26 13:10:00 | Earth | 0.3887 AU | 151.3 LD | 21.6 km/s |
| 2031-07-22 22:47:00 | Earth | 0.4846 AU | 188.6 LD | 13.6 km/s |
| 2031-11-29 08:06:00 | Earth | 0.2661 AU | 103.6 LD | 17.3 km/s |
| 2033-12-17 04:29:00 | Merc | 0.0616 AU | 24.0 LD | 20.1 km/s |
| 2033-12-17 04:29:00 | Mercury | 0.0616 AU | 24.0 LD | 20.1 km/s |
| 2034-10-31 23:59:00 | Earth | 0.0432 AU | 16.8 LD | 8.8 km/s |
| 2037-10-26 23:24:00 | Earth | 0.4009 AU | 156.0 LD | 22 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