886832 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.5 AU to 1.52 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 369.7 days. Discovered 3 October 2021 by Pan-STARRS 2. Orbit from the JPL solution of 19 October 2026.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.368 AU
- True anomaly
- 206.82°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.442 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
- 23h 57m 13s
- Declination
- +17° 39′ 22″
- Constellation
- Pegasus
- Distance from Earth
- 0.44 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 141.91° — 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
- 1.008 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5071
- Inclination
- 11.63°
- Orbital period
- 369.7 days
- Perihelion
- 0.497 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.519 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 4.67°
- Argument of periapsis
- 180.12°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 68.0 LD
- 0.1747 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.905
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).
- Observations used
- 120
- Data arc
- 8.1 years
- First observed
- 11 September 2018
- Last observed
- 19 October 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.52 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 19 October 2026
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 21.48
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- Pan-STARRS 2
- Discovery date
- 3 October 2021
- Discovery site
- Haleakala
Also known as 2021 TJ57
Close approaches 53 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2046-07-30 20:33 UTC close approach of 886832. Catalogue miss distance 71.4 LD · 2.75 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2046-07-27 to 2046-08-02, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2046-07-30 20:33:00 | Earth | 0.1835 AU | 71.4 LD | 14.2 km/s |
| 2047-08-01 10:51:00 | Earth | 0.1752 AU | 68.2 LD | 16.2 km/s |
| 2048-08-02 19:34:00 | Earth | 0.1937 AU | 75.4 LD | 18.2 km/s |
| 2053-05-26 02:47:00 | Venus | 0.1255 AU | 48.8 LD | 16.8 km/s |
| 2075-10-30 21:45:00 | Venus | 0.1423 AU | 55.4 LD | 19.4 km/s |
| 2084-10-05 22:24:00 | Venus | 0.1276 AU | 49.6 LD | 18.9 km/s |
| 2102-11-26 00:11:00 | Earth | 0.1966 AU | 76.5 LD | 18.4 km/s |
| 2103-11-28 11:37:00 | Earth | 0.1768 AU | 68.8 LD | 16.2 km/s |
| 2104-11-29 03:37:00 | Earth | 0.1852 AU | 72.1 LD | 14.1 km/s |
| 2107-03-15 23:30:00 | Venus | 0.136 AU | 52.9 LD | 17.9 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