2000 AG6 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.82 AU to 1.21 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 374.4 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 14 April 2021.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.834 AU
- True anomaly
- 338.09°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.696 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
- 13h 19m 30s
- Declination
- -09° 38′ 08″
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 1.7 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 19.76° — too close to the Sun to observe
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
- 1.017 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1891
- Inclination
- 2.44°
- Orbital period
- 374.4 days
- Perihelion
- 0.824 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.209 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 282.8°
- Argument of periapsis
- 276.88°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 1.6 LD
- 0.0042 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.985
Orbit quality
Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).
- Observations used
- 74
- Data arc
- 7 days
- First observed
- 3 January 2000
- Last observed
- 10 January 2000
- Residual RMS
- 0.57 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 14 April 2021
Physical properties
- Rotation period
- 0.08 hours
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 25.3
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 70 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2037-12-22 19:15 UTC close approach of 2000 AG6. Catalogue miss distance 160.0 LD · 6.15 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2037-12-19 to 2037-12-25, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2028-12-29 21:13:00 | Venus | 0.1371 AU | 53.4 LD | 2.9 km/s |
| 2032-01-27 23:37:00 | Venus | 0.1388 AU | 54.0 LD | 2.9 km/s |
| 2035-02-25 07:22:00 | Venus | 0.1409 AU | 54.8 LD | 3 km/s |
| 2037-12-22 19:15:00 | Earth | 0.411 AU | 160.0 LD | 18.3 km/s |
| 2038-03-26 02:28:00 | Venus | 0.1446 AU | 56.3 LD | 3 km/s |
| 2038-12-29 19:08:00 | Earth | 0.2582 AU | 100.5 LD | 13.6 km/s |
| 2040-01-05 13:12:00 | Earth | 0.1042 AU | 40.6 LD | 9 km/s |
| 2041-01-10 11:00:00 | Earth | 0.046 AU | 17.9 LD | 4.5 km/s |
| 2041-11-28 14:05:00 | Earth | 0.1686 AU | 65.6 LD | 4.6 km/s |
| 2042-03-10 12:07:00 | Earth | 0.1595 AU | 62.1 LD | 5.2 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