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2010 GV23

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(2010 GV23)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.975 AU
True anomaly
244.81°
Distance from Earth
1.147 AU
As of
21 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2010 GV23 — 0.975 AU from the Sun 2010 GV23
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2010 GV23 is 1.147 AU from Earth today (9.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
17h 28m 11s
Declination
-20° 33′ 15″
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Distance from Earth
1.15 AU
Elongation from the Sun
53.5° — 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
0.929 AU
Eccentricity
0.2029
Inclination
3.62°
Orbital period
327.3 days
Perihelion
0.741 AU
Aphelion
1.118 AU
Longitude of ascending node
198.45°
Argument of periapsis
233.89°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 1.5 LD
0.0039 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.424

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
63
Data arc
7 days
First observed
9 April 2010
Last observed
16 April 2010
Residual RMS
0.49 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
27.6

Discovery & classification

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

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 99 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2010 GV23 at 2027-04-08 07:09 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-04-08 07:09 UTC close approach of 2010 GV23. Catalogue miss distance 66.6 LD · 2.56 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-04-05 to 2027-04-11, 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. Sun 66.6 LD · 2.56 × 10⁷ km 2027-04-08 07:09 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-04-08 07:09 UTC close approach of 2010 GV23. Catalogue miss distance 66.6 LD · 2.56 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-04-05 to 2027-04-11, 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.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2027-04-08 07:09:00 Earth 0.1712 AU 66.6 LD 10.5 km/s
2027-12-10 02:28:00 Earth 0.2477 AU 96.4 LD 7.8 km/s
2028-07-30 07:28:00 Earth 0.0903 AU 35.2 LD 7.3 km/s
2032-05-16 05:33:00 Venus 0.069 AU 26.9 LD 7 km/s
2036-04-29 18:58:00 Earth 0.0885 AU 34.4 LD 4.2 km/s
2036-10-16 14:28:00 Earth 0.2146 AU 83.5 LD 6.4 km/s
2037-07-18 07:46:00 Earth 0.3651 AU 142.1 LD 16.1 km/s
2042-03-18 14:13:00 Venus 0.0905 AU 35.2 LD 8 km/s
2044-04-08 18:10:00 Earth 0.1868 AU 72.7 LD 11 km/s
2044-12-10 02:18:00 Earth 0.2484 AU 96.7 LD 7.8 km/s

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

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