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877685

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877685 (2010 VD72)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.89 AU
True anomaly
269.32°
Distance from Earth
0.871 AU
As of
21 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.

Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 877685 — 0.89 AU from the Sun 877685
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 877685 is 0.871 AU from Earth today (7.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 02m 59s
Declination
-01° 21′ 32″
Constellation
Sextans
Distance from Earth
0.87 AU
Elongation from the Sun
56.39° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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
0.918 AU
Eccentricity
0.1813
Inclination
19.2°
Orbital period
321.5 days
Perihelion
0.752 AU
Aphelion
1.085 AU
Longitude of ascending node
224.05°
Argument of periapsis
310.32°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 5.1 LD
0.0132 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.446

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
82
Data arc
14.97 years
First observed
9 November 2010
Last observed
28 October 2025
Residual RMS
0.48 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
14 March 2026

Physical properties

Mean radius
0.06 km

Visual & observation

Geometric albedo
0.29
Absolute magnitude (H)
21.55

Discovery & classification

Discovered by
CSS
Discovery date
9 November 2010
Discovery site
Catalina

Also known as 2010 VD72

Aten Near-Earth Object Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

Close approaches 51 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 877685 at 2032-11-06 15:51 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-11-06 15:51 UTC close approach of 877685. Catalogue miss distance 23.8 LD · 9.14 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-11-03 to 2032-11-09, 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. Sun 23.8 LD · 9.14 × 10⁶ km 2032-11-06 15:51 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-11-06 15:51 UTC close approach of 877685. Catalogue miss distance 23.8 LD · 9.14 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-11-03 to 2032-11-09, 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.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2031-06-14 00:14:00 Venus 0.1269 AU 49.4 LD 15.9 km/s
2032-11-06 15:51:00 Earth 0.0611 AU 23.8 LD 10.1 km/s
2047-11-07 13:18:00 Earth 0.0883 AU 34.4 LD 12 km/s
2054-11-02 20:43:00 Earth 0.1692 AU 65.8 LD 10 km/s
2057-11-25 14:10:00 Venus 0.1446 AU 56.3 LD 13.4 km/s
2064-01-20 01:30:00 Venus 0.0861 AU 33.5 LD 13.7 km/s
2069-11-07 13:55:00 Earth 0.0231 AU 9.0 LD 10.9 km/s
2070-03-16 09:02:00 Venus 0.079 AU 30.7 LD 14.5 km/s
2076-05-10 10:26:00 Venus 0.0821 AU 31.9 LD 14.6 km/s
2076-11-02 10:24:00 Earth 0.1665 AU 64.8 LD 10 km/s

Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.

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