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2014 FN38

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(2014 FN38)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.78 AU
True anomaly
98.86°
Distance from Earth
1.454 AU
As of
19 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 2014 FN38 — 0.78 AU from the Sun 2014 FN38
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2014 FN38 is 1.454 AU from Earth today (12.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 50m 09s
Declination
+04° 09′ 54″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.45 AU
Elongation from the Sun
30.43° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

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
0.823 AU
Eccentricity
0.3122
Inclination
6.6°
Orbital period
272.7 days
Perihelion
0.566 AU
Aphelion
1.08 AU
Longitude of ascending node
9.17°
Argument of periapsis
27.52°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 5.5 LD
0.014 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.073

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
38
Data arc
7 days
First observed
28 March 2014
Last observed
4 April 2014
Residual RMS
0.52 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.8

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 82 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2014 FN38 at 2029-05-29 15:38 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-05-29 15:38 UTC close approach of 2014 FN38. Catalogue miss distance 50.5 LD · 1.94 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-05-26 to 2029-06-01, 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 south of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 50.5 LD · 1.94 × 10⁷ km 2029-05-29 15:38 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-05-29 15:38 UTC close approach of 2014 FN38. Catalogue miss distance 50.5 LD · 1.94 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-05-26 to 2029-06-01, 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 south of the ecliptic. 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
2029-05-29 15:38:00 Earth 0.1298 AU 50.5 LD 9.6 km/s
2032-05-29 01:07:00 Earth 0.1923 AU 74.8 LD 12.3 km/s
2034-12-25 06:05:00 Venus 0.141 AU 54.9 LD 17.6 km/s
2035-05-27 14:57:00 Earth 0.2712 AU 105.5 LD 15.1 km/s
2038-05-24 09:56:00 Earth 0.3533 AU 137.5 LD 17.9 km/s
2041-05-21 00:05:00 Earth 0.4338 AU 168.8 LD 20.6 km/s
2043-11-02 13:42:00 Earth 0.4289 AU 166.9 LD 15.8 km/s
2045-06-07 06:27:00 Venus 0.0733 AU 28.5 LD 14 km/s
2046-10-23 21:06:00 Earth 0.4294 AU 167.1 LD 15.9 km/s
2048-03-17 17:03:00 Venus 0.0357 AU 13.9 LD 11.7 km/s

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

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