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2014 QA433

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(2014 QA433)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.246 AU
True anomaly
169.7°
Distance from Earth
1.676 AU
As of
24 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth 2014 QA433 — 1.246 AU from the Sun 2014 QA433
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2014 QA433 is 1.676 AU from Earth today (13.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
17h 05m 34s
Declination
-02° 35′ 14″
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Distance from Earth
1.68 AU
Elongation from the Sun
47.68° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

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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
0.967 AU
Eccentricity
0.2975
Inclination
38.45°
Orbital period
347.3 days
Perihelion
0.679 AU
Aphelion
1.255 AU
Longitude of ascending node
155.61°
Argument of periapsis
322.08°
Epoch · J2000
2456903.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 51.0 LD
0.1311 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.026

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 8).

Observations used
34
Data arc
24 days
First observed
31 August 2014
Last observed
24 September 2014
Residual RMS
0.46 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
1 March 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
21.8

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 20 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2014 QA433 at 2111-09-03 06:21 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2111-09-03 06:21 UTC close approach of 2014 QA433. Catalogue miss distance 54.8 LD · 2.11 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2111-08-31 to 2111-09-06, 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 54.8 LD · 2.11 × 10⁷ km 2111-09-03 06:21 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2111-09-03 06:21 UTC close approach of 2014 QA433. Catalogue miss distance 54.8 LD · 2.11 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2111-08-31 to 2111-09-06, 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
2111-09-03 06:21:00 Earth 0.1409 AU 54.8 LD 19.8 km/s
2112-08-30 01:35:00 Earth 0.3364 AU 130.9 LD 24 km/s
2128-08-22 22:11:00 Earth 0.4689 AU 182.5 LD 18.9 km/s
2130-09-03 02:48:00 Earth 0.131 AU 51.0 LD 19.3 km/s
2131-08-31 23:42:00 Earth 0.2873 AU 111.8 LD 22.9 km/s

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

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