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2015 NA14

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(2015 NA14)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.142 AU
True anomaly
186.46°
Distance from Earth
1.938 AU
As of
24 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 — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth 2015 NA14 — 1.142 AU from the Sun 2015 NA14
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 NA14 is 1.938 AU from Earth today (16.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
15h 42m 13s
Declination
-21° 01′ 34″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
1.94 AU
Elongation from the Sun
26.82° — 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
0.966 AU
Eccentricity
0.1838
Inclination
6.35°
Orbital period
346.8 days
Perihelion
0.788 AU
Aphelion
1.144 AU
Longitude of ascending node
281.78°
Argument of periapsis
152.89°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 23.4 LD
0.0602 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.228

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).

Observations used
460
Data arc
750 days
First observed
22 June 2014
Last observed
11 July 2016
Residual RMS
0.26 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Physical properties

Mean radius
0.05 km
Rotation period
6.91 hours

Visual & observation

Geometric albedo
0.338
Absolute magnitude (H)
22

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 128 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2015 NA14 at 2031-04-09 19:20 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-04-09 19:20 UTC close approach of 2015 NA14. Catalogue miss distance 160.8 LD · 6.18 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-04-06 to 2031-04-12, 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 160.8 LD · 6.18 × 10⁷ km 2031-04-09 19:20 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-04-09 19:20 UTC close approach of 2015 NA14. Catalogue miss distance 160.8 LD · 6.18 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-04-06 to 2031-04-12, 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
2031-04-09 19:20:00 Earth 0.4131 AU 160.8 LD 17 km/s
2032-03-24 02:14:00 Earth 0.1394 AU 54.3 LD 7.7 km/s
2033-01-12 00:53:00 Earth 0.1727 AU 67.2 LD 6.4 km/s
2033-06-02 22:48:00 Earth 0.1434 AU 55.8 LD 5 km/s
2033-11-07 04:43:00 Earth 0.2034 AU 79.1 LD 6.3 km/s
2034-08-04 09:41:00 Earth 0.073 AU 28.4 LD 6.5 km/s
2035-07-28 20:16:00 Earth 0.3519 AU 136.9 LD 15.4 km/s
2047-03-16 10:33:00 Venus 0.0865 AU 33.7 LD 6.7 km/s
2050-04-04 15:13:00 Earth 0.3117 AU 121.3 LD 13.8 km/s
2051-03-14 22:38:00 Earth 0.1098 AU 42.7 LD 4.7 km/s

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

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