1992 JD is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 1 AU to 1.07 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 385.2 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 14 April 2021.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.006 AU
- True anomaly
- 336.57°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.374 AU
- As of
- 4 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
- 11h 30m 16s
- Declination
- -07° 32′ 41″
- Constellation
- Crater
- Distance from Earth
- 1.37 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 46.98° — 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
- 1.036 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.0313
- Inclination
- 13.56°
- Orbital period
- 385.2 days
- Perihelion
- 1.004 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.068 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 222.4°
- Argument of periapsis
- 290.28°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 6.3 LD
- 0.0162 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.889
Orbit quality
Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).
- Observations used
- 23
- Data arc
- 6 days
- First observed
- 3 May 1992
- Last observed
- 9 May 1992
- Residual RMS
- 0.88 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 14 April 2021
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 25
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 37 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2049-11-20 23:07 UTC close approach of 1992 JD. Catalogue miss distance 132.6 LD · 5.1 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2049-11-17 to 2049-11-23, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2049-11-20 23:07:00 | Earth | 0.3408 AU | 132.6 LD | 11.9 km/s |
| 2050-05-01 06:56:00 | Earth | 0.2545 AU | 99.0 LD | 9.7 km/s |
| 2050-11-07 04:45:00 | Earth | 0.0572 AU | 22.3 LD | 7.1 km/s |
| 2051-05-04 11:53:00 | Earth | 0.0754 AU | 29.4 LD | 7.4 km/s |
| 2052-05-13 05:21:00 | Earth | 0.4092 AU | 159.3 LD | 14.2 km/s |
| 2149-11-20 02:24:00 | Earth | 0.3049 AU | 118.7 LD | 11.1 km/s |
| 2150-05-01 14:38:00 | Earth | 0.2222 AU | 86.5 LD | 9.1 km/s |
| 2150-11-06 11:14:00 | Earth | 0.0536 AU | 20.9 LD | 7 km/s |
| 2151-05-05 22:54:00 | Earth | 0.1012 AU | 39.4 LD | 7.7 km/s |
| 2189-11-12 01:54:00 | Earth | 0.1184 AU | 46.1 LD | 7.8 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