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2017 SH20

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(2017 SH20)

2017 SH20 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.8 AU to 1.28 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 387.1 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.975 AU
True anomaly
272.19°
Distance from Earth
1.746 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.

Sun Earth — 0.992 AU from the Sun Earth 2017 SH20 — 0.975 AU from the Sun 2017 SH20
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2017 SH20 is 1.746 AU from Earth today (14.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 12m 41s
Declination
+00° 46′ 25″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.75 AU
Elongation from the Sun
27.11° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

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.

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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
1.039 AU
Eccentricity
0.232
Inclination
41.69°
Orbital period
387.1 days
Perihelion
0.798 AU
Aphelion
1.281 AU
Longitude of ascending node
5.47°
Argument of periapsis
246.08°
Epoch · J2000
2458025.5
Orbit class · APO
Apollo
Earth MOID · 30.4 LD
0.0781 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.655

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 9).

Observations used
15
Data arc
2 days
First observed
28 September 2017
Last observed
30 September 2017
Residual RMS
0.54 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
23.9

Discovery & classification

Apollo Near-Earth Object

Sources