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2010 GK65

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(2010 GK65)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.75 AU
True anomaly
268.57°
Distance from Earth
0.754 AU
As of
21 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2010 GK65 — 0.75 AU from the Sun 2010 GK65
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2010 GK65 is 0.754 AU from Earth today (6.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
17h 03m 13s
Declination
-22° 52′ 37″
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Distance from Earth
0.75 AU
Elongation from the Sun
48.06° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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

From your location

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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
0.922 AU
Eccentricity
0.4428
Inclination
0.58°
Orbital period
323.6 days
Perihelion
0.514 AU
Aphelion
1.331 AU
Longitude of ascending node
348.22°
Argument of periapsis
82.79°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 1.9 LD
0.0049 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.396

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
55
Data arc
6 days
First observed
14 April 2010
Last observed
20 April 2010
Residual RMS
0.5 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.5

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 95 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2010 GK65 at 2026-11-24 01:03 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-11-24 01:03 UTC close approach of 2010 GK65. Catalogue miss distance 183.2 LD · 7.04 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-11-21 to 2026-11-27, 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 183.2 LD · 7.04 × 10⁷ km 2026-11-24 01:03 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-11-24 01:03 UTC close approach of 2010 GK65. Catalogue miss distance 183.2 LD · 7.04 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-11-21 to 2026-11-27, 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
2026-11-24 01:03:00 Earth 0.4708 AU 183.2 LD 19.5 km/s
2028-07-08 00:47:00 Earth 0.477 AU 185.6 LD 27.4 km/s
2028-08-01 00:36:00 Venus 0.0567 AU 22.1 LD 13.4 km/s
2033-04-12 21:52:00 Earth 0.1981 AU 77.1 LD 18.7 km/s
2035-07-27 12:15:00 Earth 0.0469 AU 18.2 LD 11.3 km/s
2036-07-23 13:42:00 Venus 0.1211 AU 47.1 LD 20.6 km/s
2041-03-07 21:39:00 Venus 0.0684 AU 26.6 LD 17.9 km/s
2041-04-08 12:45:00 Earth 0.0781 AU 30.4 LD 15 km/s
2042-01-06 15:16:00 Earth 0.4362 AU 169.8 LD 16.8 km/s
2042-05-31 11:46:00 Earth 0.3185 AU 123.9 LD 10.1 km/s

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

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