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2019 UD

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(2019 UD)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.737 AU
True anomaly
357.8°
Distance from Earth
1.706 AU
As of
20 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 — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2019 UD — 0.737 AU from the Sun 2019 UD
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2019 UD is 1.706 AU from Earth today (14.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 10m 56s
Declination
-07° 14′ 49″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.71 AU
Elongation from the Sun
8.57° — 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
0.882 AU
Eccentricity
0.1648
Inclination
1.68°
Orbital period
302.8 days
Perihelion
0.737 AU
Aphelion
1.028 AU
Longitude of ascending node
28.06°
Argument of periapsis
161.08°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 3.1 LD
0.008 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.708

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
58
Data arc
27 days
First observed
5 October 2019
Last observed
1 November 2019
Residual RMS
0.67 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
27 December 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.94

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 77 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2019 UD at 2029-05-19 23:57 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-05-19 23:57 UTC close approach of 2019 UD. Catalogue miss distance 92.7 LD · 3.56 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-05-16 to 2029-05-22, 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. Sun 92.7 LD · 3.56 × 10⁷ km 2029-05-19 23:57 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-05-19 23:57 UTC close approach of 2019 UD. Catalogue miss distance 92.7 LD · 3.56 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-05-16 to 2029-05-22, 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
2029-05-19 23:57:00 Earth 0.2382 AU 92.7 LD 6.3 km/s
2029-11-11 04:28:00 Earth 0.2121 AU 82.6 LD 10.2 km/s
2032-07-26 14:45:00 Venus 0.0901 AU 35.1 LD 6.5 km/s
2034-04-17 06:38:00 Earth 0.2619 AU 101.9 LD 7.6 km/s
2034-11-03 14:05:00 Earth 0.4022 AU 156.5 LD 16.2 km/s
2035-02-18 09:31:00 Venus 0.0765 AU 29.8 LD 5.7 km/s
2038-09-05 12:14:00 Earth 0.3319 AU 129.2 LD 13.9 km/s
2039-03-19 05:59:00 Earth 0.2573 AU 100.1 LD 7.5 km/s
2043-08-31 19:53:00 Earth 0.1782 AU 69.3 LD 9.1 km/s
2044-02-19 01:09:00 Earth 0.2301 AU 89.6 LD 6.2 km/s

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

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