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2019 ON

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(2019 ON)

2019 ON is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.86 AU to 1.11 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 359.6 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 29 September 2024.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.89 AU
True anomaly
41.98°
Distance from Earth
0.987 AU
As of
2 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 2019 ON — 0.89 AU from the Sun 2019 ON
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2019 ON is 0.987 AU from Earth today (8.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 11m 58s
Declination
+03° 27′ 08″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
0.99 AU
Elongation from the Sun
53.44° — 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.

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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
0.99 AU
Eccentricity
0.1267
Inclination
5.71°
Orbital period
359.6 days
Perihelion
0.864 AU
Aphelion
1.115 AU
Longitude of ascending node
121.89°
Argument of periapsis
299.35°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 5.6 LD
0.0144 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.119

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).

Observations used
70
Data arc
3.06 years
First observed
5 July 2016
Last observed
29 July 2019
Residual RMS
0.46 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
29 September 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.15

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 85 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2019 ON at 2075-03-17 19:07 UTC Sun 180.7 LD · 6.95 × 10⁷ km 2075-03-17 19:07 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2075-03-17 19:07 UTC close approach of 2019 ON. Catalogue miss distance 180.7 LD · 6.95 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2075-03-14 to 2075-03-20, 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
2075-03-17 19:07:00 Earth 0.4643 AU 180.7 LD 17.5 km/s
2076-03-12 07:54:00 Earth 0.374 AU 145.6 LD 14.8 km/s
2077-03-07 15:59:00 Earth 0.2839 AU 110.5 LD 12.1 km/s
2078-03-02 12:56:00 Earth 0.1954 AU 76.1 LD 9.5 km/s
2079-02-24 15:42:00 Earth 0.1129 AU 43.9 LD 7 km/s
2080-02-16 13:16:00 Earth 0.0518 AU 20.2 LD 5 km/s
2081-01-31 01:35:00 Earth 0.0644 AU 25.1 LD 3.9 km/s
2082-01-03 10:29:00 Earth 0.1091 AU 42.5 LD 4.1 km/s
2082-04-18 04:30:00 Earth 0.1409 AU 54.8 LD 2.8 km/s
2082-12-05 23:19:00 Earth 0.1397 AU 54.4 LD 4.3 km/s

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

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