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2000 LG6

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(2000 LG6)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.018 AU
True anomaly
184.76°
Distance from Earth
1.769 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 2000 LG6 — 1.018 AU from the Sun 2000 LG6
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2000 LG6 is 1.769 AU from Earth today (14.7 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
15h 40m 53s
Declination
-19° 59′ 00″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
1.77 AU
Elongation from the Sun
28.87° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

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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
0.917 AU
Eccentricity
0.1106
Inclination
2.83°
Orbital period
320.8 days
Perihelion
0.816 AU
Aphelion
1.019 AU
Longitude of ascending node
72.52°
Argument of periapsis
8.14°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 1.1 LD
0.0029 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.507

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
12
Data arc
3 days
First observed
4 June 2000
Last observed
7 June 2000
Residual RMS
0.94 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
14 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
29

Discovery & classification

Listed by JPL impact monitoring; see the Sentry table for current probabilities.

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 39 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2000 LG6 at 2029-02-11 19:35 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-02-11 19:35 UTC close approach of 2000 LG6. Catalogue miss distance 53.4 LD · 2.05 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-02-08 to 2029-02-14, 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 53.4 LD · 2.05 × 10⁷ km 2029-02-11 19:35 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-02-11 19:35 UTC close approach of 2000 LG6. Catalogue miss distance 53.4 LD · 2.05 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-02-08 to 2029-02-14, 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
2028-03-17 20:16:00 Venus 0.1383 AU 53.8 LD 1.9 km/s
2029-02-11 19:35:00 Earth 0.1371 AU 53.4 LD 3 km/s
2029-07-08 00:12:00 Earth 0.112 AU 43.6 LD 5.1 km/s
2036-06-25 07:41:00 Earth 0.0281 AU 10.9 LD 2.5 km/s
2043-01-17 17:18:00 Earth 0.1648 AU 64.2 LD 4.3 km/s
2043-07-07 12:35:00 Earth 0.2059 AU 80.1 LD 8 km/s
2044-11-01 03:53:00 Venus 0.144 AU 56.1 LD 2.2 km/s
2049-05-16 18:29:00 Earth 0.3185 AU 124.0 LD 11.5 km/s
2050-06-29 23:04:00 Earth 0.4149 AU 161.5 LD 14.4 km/s
2056-05-10 06:26:00 Earth 0.1166 AU 45.4 LD 5.4 km/s

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

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