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2009 FG44

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(2009 FG44)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.854 AU
True anomaly
1.73°
Distance from Earth
0.236 AU
As of
22 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 2009 FG44 — 0.854 AU from the Sun 2009 FG44
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2009 FG44 is 0.236 AU from Earth today (2.0 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 36m 23s
Declination
+14° 47′ 30″
Constellation
Hercules
Distance from Earth
0.24 AU
Elongation from the Sun
48.42° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
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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
0.964 AU
Eccentricity
0.1141
Inclination
31.61°
Orbital period
345.8 days
Perihelion
0.854 AU
Aphelion
1.074 AU
Longitude of ascending node
6.71°
Argument of periapsis
15.77°
Epoch · J2000
2454922.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 27.6 LD
0.071 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.125

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 8).

Observations used
19
Data arc
3 days
First observed
30 March 2009
Last observed
2 April 2009
Residual RMS
0.5 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
22.5

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Sources