790064 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.81 AU to 1.22 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 375.5 days. Discovered 11 June 2018 by Mount Lemmon Survey. Orbit from the JPL solution of 27 July 2026.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.967 AU
- True anomaly
- 273.01°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.982 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 18h 43m 00s
- Declination
- -41° 20′ 23″
- Constellation
- Corona Australis
- Distance from Earth
- 0.98 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 58.56° — 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
- 1.019 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.2012
- Inclination
- 32.24°
- Orbital period
- 375.5 days
- Perihelion
- 0.814 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.224 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 131.23°
- Argument of periapsis
- 303.11°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 30.4 LD
- 0.0781 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.841
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 1,321
- Data arc
- 8.12 years
- First observed
- 11 June 2018
- Last observed
- 26 July 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.4 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 27 July 2026
Physical properties
- Rotation period
- 40.6 hours
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 18.71
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- Mount Lemmon Survey
- Discovery date
- 11 June 2018
- Discovery site
- Mount Lemmon
Also known as 2018 LM4
Close approaches 37 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2057-08-04 15:16 UTC close approach of 790064. Catalogue miss distance 58.8 LD · 2.26 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2057-08-01 to 2057-08-07, 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 south 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2057-08-04 15:16:00 | Earth | 0.1512 AU | 58.8 LD | 18.1 km/s |
| 2058-08-06 13:45:00 | Earth | 0.0825 AU | 32.1 LD | 16.4 km/s |
| 2059-08-06 11:31:00 | Earth | 0.1927 AU | 75.0 LD | 15.8 km/s |
| 2062-01-31 07:37:00 | Earth | 0.1096 AU | 42.7 LD | 18.2 km/s |
| 2063-02-11 05:24:00 | Earth | 0.1613 AU | 62.8 LD | 19.8 km/s |
| 2094-08-05 11:45:00 | Earth | 0.1265 AU | 49.2 LD | 17.7 km/s |
| 2095-08-07 00:53:00 | Earth | 0.0975 AU | 38.0 LD | 16.1 km/s |
| 2098-01-22 18:17:00 | Earth | 0.1961 AU | 76.3 LD | 17.9 km/s |
| 2099-02-03 11:19:00 | Earth | 0.1014 AU | 39.5 LD | 18.5 km/s |
| 2100-02-14 08:23:00 | Earth | 0.1982 AU | 77.2 LD | 20.4 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