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2013 UB3

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(2013 UB3)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.8 AU
True anomaly
72.05°
Distance from Earth
1.478 AU
As of
20 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 — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2013 UB3 — 0.8 AU from the Sun 2013 UB3
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2013 UB3 is 1.478 AU from Earth today (12.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
15h 45m 55s
Declination
-17° 28′ 35″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
1.48 AU
Elongation from the Sun
30.59° — 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
0.884 AU
Eccentricity
0.198
Inclination
4.79°
Orbital period
303.4 days
Perihelion
0.709 AU
Aphelion
1.059 AU
Longitude of ascending node
213.28°
Argument of periapsis
351.69°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 17.5 LD
0.045 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.694

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).

Observations used
39
Data arc
5.06 years
First observed
24 October 2013
Last observed
15 November 2018
Residual RMS
0.4 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.8

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 100 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2013 UB3 at 2028-06-07 15:40 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-06-07 15:40 UTC close approach of 2013 UB3. Catalogue miss distance 102.4 LD · 3.94 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-06-04 to 2028-06-10, 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. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 102.4 LD · 3.94 × 10⁷ km 2028-06-07 15:40 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-06-07 15:40 UTC close approach of 2013 UB3. Catalogue miss distance 102.4 LD · 3.94 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-06-04 to 2028-06-10, 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. 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
2028-05-20 11:56:00 Venus 0.003 AU 1.2 LD 6.5 km/s
2028-06-07 15:40:00 Earth 0.2631 AU 102.4 LD 7.4 km/s
2028-12-02 16:53:00 Earth 0.0751 AU 29.2 LD 7 km/s
2033-06-28 22:20:00 Earth 0.2321 AU 90.3 LD 5.5 km/s
2033-11-19 20:42:00 Earth 0.0527 AU 20.5 LD 4.8 km/s
2038-10-20 13:06:00 Earth 0.0722 AU 28.1 LD 4.7 km/s
2040-02-09 08:22:00 Venus 0.1103 AU 42.9 LD 10.5 km/s
2043-09-18 09:17:00 Earth 0.0586 AU 22.8 LD 4.9 km/s
2044-02-15 09:59:00 Earth 0.236 AU 91.8 LD 6.1 km/s
2048-09-06 06:24:00 Earth 0.1024 AU 39.8 LD 7.8 km/s

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

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