875207 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.87 AU to 1.19 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 381.7 days. Discovered 26 November 2000 by LINEAR. Orbit from the JPL solution of 14 March 2026.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.981 AU
- True anomaly
- 81.25°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.581 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
- 20h 01m 27s
- Declination
- -52° 42′ 02″
- Constellation
- Telescopium
- Distance from Earth
- 0.58 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 72.14° — well clear of the Sun
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
- 1.03 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1565
- Inclination
- 20.14°
- Orbital period
- 381.7 days
- Perihelion
- 0.869 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.191 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 74.46°
- Argument of periapsis
- 214.54°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 47.0 LD
- 0.1207 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.878
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 302
- Data arc
- 24.07 years
- First observed
- 26 November 2000
- Last observed
- 20 December 2024
- Residual RMS
- 0.52 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 14 March 2026
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 20.44
- Spectral type (SMASS)
- S
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- LINEAR
- Discovery date
- 26 November 2000
- Discovery site
- Socorro
Also known as 2000 WM63
Close approaches 32 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2046-06-08 19:25 UTC close approach of 875207. Catalogue miss distance 53.2 LD · 2.04 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2046-06-05 to 2046-06-11, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2046-06-08 19:25:00 | Earth | 0.1366 AU | 53.2 LD | 11.8 km/s |
| 2047-11-27 15:02:00 | Earth | 0.1572 AU | 61.2 LD | 11.1 km/s |
| 2069-06-01 23:04:00 | Earth | 0.1216 AU | 47.3 LD | 11.9 km/s |
| 2070-11-30 18:31:00 | Earth | 0.16 AU | 62.3 LD | 10.9 km/s |
| 2092-05-25 21:32:00 | Earth | 0.1256 AU | 48.9 LD | 12.2 km/s |
| 2093-12-04 09:31:00 | Earth | 0.1742 AU | 67.8 LD | 10.8 km/s |
| 2115-05-21 12:21:00 | Earth | 0.1481 AU | 57.6 LD | 12.7 km/s |
| 2116-06-22 02:50:00 | Earth | 0.1889 AU | 73.5 LD | 11.8 km/s |
| 2116-12-09 03:40:00 | Earth | 0.1948 AU | 75.8 LD | 10.8 km/s |
| 2117-11-23 09:35:00 | Earth | 0.1781 AU | 69.3 LD | 11.7 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB