2016 NG33
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2016 NG33 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.94 AU to 1.14 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 385.9 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.95 AU
- True anomaly
- 30.09°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.86 AU
- As of
- 4 November 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 14h 24m 27s
- Declination
- +00° 15′ 45″
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 1.86 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 16.27° — too close to the Sun to observe
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
- 1.037 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.095
- Inclination
- 29.92°
- Orbital period
- 385.9 days
- Perihelion
- 0.939 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.136 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 136.74°
- Argument of periapsis
- 39.33°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 11.0 LD
- 0.0281 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.786
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).
- Observations used
- 101
- Data arc
- 372 days
- First observed
- 11 July 2016
- Last observed
- 18 July 2017
- Residual RMS
- 0.48 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Physical properties
- Rotation period
- 2.32 hours
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 21.5
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 96 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-01-28 05:54 UTC close approach of 2016 NG33. Catalogue miss distance 73.7 LD · 2.83 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-01-25 to 2034-01-31, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2034-01-28 05:54:00 | Earth | 0.1895 AU | 73.7 LD | 17.8 km/s |
| 2034-08-11 00:18:00 | Earth | 0.2849 AU | 110.9 LD | 15.5 km/s |
| 2035-02-13 04:38:00 | Earth | 0.1663 AU | 64.7 LD | 16.2 km/s |
| 2035-08-08 08:19:00 | Earth | 0.102 AU | 39.7 LD | 15.1 km/s |
| 2036-08-09 00:23:00 | Earth | 0.3651 AU | 142.1 LD | 18.9 km/s |
| 2052-01-19 12:04:00 | Earth | 0.3991 AU | 155.3 LD | 21.4 km/s |
| 2052-08-14 11:23:00 | Earth | 0.4576 AU | 178.1 LD | 17.3 km/s |
| 2053-02-03 05:52:00 | Earth | 0.0551 AU | 21.5 LD | 16.4 km/s |
| 2053-08-09 03:15:00 | Earth | 0.1758 AU | 68.4 LD | 14.9 km/s |
| 2054-02-19 07:21:00 | Earth | 0.3018 AU | 117.5 LD | 17.4 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- physical properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB