2011 CE50 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.82 AU to 1.2 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 371 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 27 June 2022.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.887 AU
- True anomaly
- 57.95°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.866 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
- 18h 35m 59s
- Declination
- -30° 37′ 55″
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Distance from Earth
- 0.87 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 56.59° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.
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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
- 1.011 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1875
- Inclination
- 14.88°
- Orbital period
- 371 days
- Perihelion
- 0.821 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.2 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 138.75°
- Argument of periapsis
- 151.23°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 59.6 LD
- 0.1532 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.986
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).
- Observations used
- 73
- Data arc
- 8.9 years
- First observed
- 16 February 2010
- Last observed
- 9 January 2019
- Residual RMS
- 0.64 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 27 June 2022
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 23.14
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 111 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2070-03-07 19:20 UTC close approach of 2011 CE50. Catalogue miss distance 184.0 LD · 7.07 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2070-03-04 to 2070-03-10, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2035-11-30 14:14:00 | Venus | 0.1195 AU | 46.5 LD | 8.8 km/s |
| 2056-03-17 22:07:00 | Venus | 0.1409 AU | 54.9 LD | 9.5 km/s |
| 2070-03-07 19:20:00 | Earth | 0.4728 AU | 184.0 LD | 19.9 km/s |
| 2071-03-10 08:32:00 | Earth | 0.3873 AU | 150.7 LD | 17.1 km/s |
| 2072-03-10 23:45:00 | Earth | 0.3063 AU | 119.2 LD | 14.5 km/s |
| 2073-03-11 01:17:00 | Earth | 0.2349 AU | 91.4 LD | 12.2 km/s |
| 2074-03-08 09:51:00 | Earth | 0.1812 AU | 70.5 LD | 10.3 km/s |
| 2075-03-02 15:52:00 | Earth | 0.1555 AU | 60.5 LD | 9.2 km/s |
| 2076-02-22 16:54:00 | Earth | 0.1592 AU | 62.0 LD | 8.9 km/s |
| 2076-05-25 22:49:00 | Earth | 0.2775 AU | 108.0 LD | 6.9 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB