2011 GG60 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.37 AU to 1.7 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 384.3 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 26 August 2026.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.435 AU
- True anomaly
- 307.16°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.658 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
- 15h 52m 08s
- Declination
- -20° 01′ 36″
- Constellation
- Libra
- Distance from Earth
- 0.65 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 17.89° — too close to the Sun to observe
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
- 1.034 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.6444
- Inclination
- 2.33°
- Orbital period
- 384.3 days
- Perihelion
- 0.368 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.701 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 200.51°
- Argument of periapsis
- 222.72°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 2.6 LD
- 0.0068 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.711
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 119
- Data arc
- 14.21 years
- First observed
- 9 April 2011
- Last observed
- 25 June 2025
- Residual RMS
- 0.39 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 26 August 2026
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 22.16
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 126 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-03-28 23:01 UTC close approach of 2011 GG60. Catalogue miss distance 58.6 LD · 2.25 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-03-25 to 2031-03-31, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030-02-10 05:47:00 | Venus | 0.0982 AU | 38.2 LD | 20.2 km/s |
| 2030-12-28 05:39:00 | Venus | 0.0714 AU | 27.8 LD | 25.5 km/s |
| 2031-03-28 23:01:00 | Earth | 0.1504 AU | 58.6 LD | 16 km/s |
| 2032-04-06 12:42:00 | Earth | 0.1572 AU | 61.2 LD | 24.9 km/s |
| 2035-04-11 18:10:00 | Merc | 0.0585 AU | 22.8 LD | 10.4 km/s |
| 2035-04-11 18:10:00 | Mercury | 0.0585 AU | 22.8 LD | 10.4 km/s |
| 2043-07-18 11:39:00 | Earth | 0.0488 AU | 19.0 LD | 19.4 km/s |
| 2048-04-14 14:59:00 | Mars | 0.0752 AU | 29.3 LD | 12 km/s |
| 2052-04-02 21:11:00 | Earth | 0.0618 AU | 24.0 LD | 22 km/s |
| 2055-04-08 08:24:00 | Mercury | 0.0769 AU | 29.9 LD | 12.2 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