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2014 SH144

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(2014 SH144)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.779 AU
True anomaly
44.16°
Distance from Earth
1.748 AU
As of
21 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2014 SH144 — 0.779 AU from the Sun 2014 SH144
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2014 SH144 is 1.748 AU from Earth today (14.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 13m 35s
Declination
-09° 28′ 20″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.75 AU
Elongation from the Sun
8.71° — too close to the Sun to observe

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
0.931 AU
Eccentricity
0.2026
Inclination
21.95°
Orbital period
328.1 days
Perihelion
0.742 AU
Aphelion
1.12 AU
Longitude of ascending node
0.9°
Argument of periapsis
144°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 23.4 LD
0.06 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.358

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
23
Data arc
7 days
First observed
22 September 2014
Last observed
29 September 2014
Residual RMS
0.57 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.21

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 21 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2014 SH144 at 2032-09-28 13:15 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-09-28 13:15 UTC close approach of 2014 SH144. Catalogue miss distance 67.3 LD · 2.59 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-09-25 to 2032-10-01, 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 north of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 67.3 LD · 2.59 × 10⁷ km 2032-09-28 13:15 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-09-28 13:15 UTC close approach of 2014 SH144. Catalogue miss distance 67.3 LD · 2.59 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-09-25 to 2032-10-01, 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 north 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
2027-09-01 18:58:00 Venus 0.0456 AU 17.7 LD 14.1 km/s
2032-09-28 13:15:00 Earth 0.1728 AU 67.3 LD 14 km/s
2039-05-09 10:23:00 Venus 0.0446 AU 17.4 LD 13.6 km/s
2041-09-27 21:49:00 Earth 0.2603 AU 101.3 LD 16 km/s

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

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