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2019 SK7

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(2019 SK7)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.717 AU
True anomaly
28.3°
Distance from Earth
1.701 AU
As of
23 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 SK7 — 0.717 AU from the Sun 2019 SK7
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2019 SK7 is 1.701 AU from Earth today (14.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 36m 55s
Declination
-09° 44′ 53″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.7 AU
Elongation from the Sun
5.3° — too close to the Sun to observe

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
0.964 AU
Eccentricity
0.2753
Inclination
17.82°
Orbital period
345.9 days
Perihelion
0.699 AU
Aphelion
1.23 AU
Longitude of ascending node
196.35°
Argument of periapsis
332.43°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 57.5 LD
0.1477 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.184

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
72
Data arc
31 days
First observed
28 September 2019
Last observed
29 October 2019
Residual RMS
0.47 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
5 June 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
22.9

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 132 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2019 SK7 at 2034-07-16 00:02 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-07-16 00:02 UTC close approach of 2019 SK7. Catalogue miss distance 175.2 LD · 6.74 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-07-13 to 2034-07-19, 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 north of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 175.2 LD · 6.74 × 10⁷ km 2034-07-16 00:02 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-07-16 00:02 UTC close approach of 2019 SK7. Catalogue miss distance 175.2 LD · 6.74 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-07-13 to 2034-07-19, 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 north 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
2034-07-16 00:02:00 Earth 0.4503 AU 175.2 LD 18.1 km/s
2035-06-10 14:33:00 Earth 0.2949 AU 114.8 LD 11.9 km/s
2036-04-23 04:32:00 Earth 0.2711 AU 105.5 LD 13.7 km/s
2036-09-13 08:48:00 Earth 0.2876 AU 111.9 LD 10.2 km/s
2037-03-13 07:57:00 Earth 0.3135 AU 122.0 LD 14.3 km/s
2037-10-14 00:33:00 Earth 0.1843 AU 71.7 LD 10.4 km/s
2038-01-20 18:11:00 Earth 0.3465 AU 134.8 LD 9.2 km/s
2038-03-09 21:10:00 Venus 0.0478 AU 18.6 LD 14.9 km/s
2038-11-01 14:35:00 Earth 0.1939 AU 75.5 LD 13.1 km/s
2039-10-28 12:07:00 Earth 0.4448 AU 173.1 LD 21.3 km/s

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

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