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2019 NC7

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(2019 NC7)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.498 AU
True anomaly
341.1°
Distance from Earth
1.28 AU
As of
22 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 2019 NC7 — 0.498 AU from the Sun 2019 NC7
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2019 NC7 is 1.28 AU from Earth today (10.6 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 32m 36s
Declination
-05° 39′ 33″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.29 AU
Elongation from the Sun
20.38° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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
0.958 AU
Eccentricity
0.4898
Inclination
13.25°
Orbital period
342.7 days
Perihelion
0.489 AU
Aphelion
1.428 AU
Longitude of ascending node
303.06°
Argument of periapsis
219.53°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 22.2 LD
0.057 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.157

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).

Observations used
77
Data arc
3.22 years
First observed
13 July 2019
Last observed
1 October 2022
Residual RMS
0.49 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
22 October 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
22.12

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 213 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2019 NC7 at 2033-07-21 19:56 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2033-07-21 19:56 UTC close approach of 2019 NC7. Catalogue miss distance 110.6 LD · 4.25 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2033-07-18 to 2033-07-24, 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 110.6 LD · 4.25 × 10⁷ km 2033-07-21 19:56 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2033-07-21 19:56 UTC close approach of 2019 NC7. Catalogue miss distance 110.6 LD · 4.25 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2033-07-18 to 2033-07-24, 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
2033-07-21 19:56:00 Earth 0.2841 AU 110.6 LD 23.7 km/s
2034-07-12 10:19:00 Earth 0.0958 AU 37.3 LD 13.7 km/s
2035-05-05 19:03:00 Earth 0.4491 AU 174.8 LD 13.2 km/s
2035-08-05 11:16:00 Earth 0.3552 AU 138.2 LD 11.8 km/s
2036-02-16 19:03:00 Venus 0.1139 AU 44.3 LD 20.3 km/s
2036-09-01 22:14:00 Earth 0.4544 AU 176.8 LD 12.4 km/s
2037-02-15 01:24:00 Earth 0.4952 AU 192.7 LD 22.5 km/s
2037-10-02 18:14:00 Earth 0.4177 AU 162.5 LD 11.3 km/s
2038-01-06 20:21:00 Earth 0.4085 AU 159.0 LD 16.7 km/s
2038-11-11 05:13:00 Earth 0.2316 AU 90.1 LD 13.3 km/s

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

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