Skip to content
Public Universe
Asteroid Near-Earth

2014 MV18

Add to an observing list or journal →

(2014 MV18)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.973 AU
True anomaly
210.97°
Distance from Earth
1.166 AU
As of
16 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 — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2014 MV18 — 0.973 AU from the Sun 2014 MV18
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2014 MV18 is 1.166 AU from Earth today (9.7 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 59m 28s
Declination
-26° 59′ 16″
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Distance from Earth
1.17 AU
Elongation from the Sun
52.67° — 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.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

Know your what3words address? Paste it, e.g. ///filled.count.soap. This is optional — the three words are sent to what3words to convert them, and we don't store the address or the result.

Your location stays in your browser and is sent only for this calculation. Using a what3words address is optional; if you do, the three words go to what3words to be converted and we don't record them. Set a location first, then you can save an email alert for this object. See our privacy policy.

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
0.801 AU
Eccentricity
0.2823
Inclination
10.21°
Orbital period
261.9 days
Perihelion
0.575 AU
Aphelion
1.027 AU
Longitude of ascending node
101.66°
Argument of periapsis
358.65°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 4.0 LD
0.0103 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.236

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).

Observations used
107
Data arc
5.02 years
First observed
26 June 2014
Last observed
4 July 2019
Residual RMS
0.43 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
28 July 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
23.83

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 112 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2014 MV18 at 2042-07-21 22:59 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2042-07-21 22:59 UTC close approach of 2014 MV18. Catalogue miss distance 73.1 LD · 2.81 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2042-07-18 to 2042-07-24, 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 73.1 LD · 2.81 × 10⁷ km 2042-07-21 22:59 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2042-07-21 22:59 UTC close approach of 2014 MV18. Catalogue miss distance 73.1 LD · 2.81 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2042-07-18 to 2042-07-24, 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
2030-08-27 06:13:00 Venus 0.1377 AU 53.6 LD 10.2 km/s
2034-12-11 11:27:00 Venus 0.1424 AU 55.4 LD 10.4 km/s
2039-03-27 14:23:00 Venus 0.1454 AU 56.6 LD 10.5 km/s
2042-07-21 22:59:00 Earth 0.1879 AU 73.1 LD 10.9 km/s
2043-07-11 03:28:00 Venus 0.1464 AU 57.0 LD 10.3 km/s
2047-07-19 15:23:00 Earth 0.1 AU 38.9 LD 8.2 km/s
2047-10-23 12:11:00 Venus 0.1446 AU 56.3 LD 9.9 km/s
2052-02-01 06:33:00 Venus 0.1354 AU 52.7 LD 8.8 km/s
2052-07-10 12:17:00 Earth 0.0338 AU 13.2 LD 6.8 km/s
2056-04-27 02:34:00 Venus 0.0998 AU 38.8 LD 7.6 km/s

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

Sources