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2020 KQ7

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(2020 KQ7)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.016 AU
True anomaly
119.99°
Distance from Earth
1.781 AU
As of
24 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 — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth 2020 KQ7 — 1.016 AU from the Sun 2020 KQ7
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2020 KQ7 is 1.781 AU from Earth today (14.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 14m 22s
Declination
-00° 37′ 22″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.78 AU
Elongation from the Sun
27.96° — 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
0.971 AU
Eccentricity
0.1122
Inclination
2.15°
Orbital period
349.5 days
Perihelion
0.862 AU
Aphelion
1.08 AU
Longitude of ascending node
112.01°
Argument of periapsis
284.09°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 3.9 LD
0.0101 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.216

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
29
Data arc
29 days
First observed
28 May 2020
Last observed
26 June 2020
Residual RMS
0.31 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.5

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 33 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2020 KQ7 at 2040-02-21 23:05 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2040-02-21 23:05 UTC close approach of 2020 KQ7. Catalogue miss distance 137.4 LD · 5.28 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2040-02-18 to 2040-02-24, 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. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 137.4 LD · 5.28 × 10⁷ km 2040-02-21 23:05 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2040-02-21 23:05 UTC close approach of 2020 KQ7. Catalogue miss distance 137.4 LD · 5.28 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2040-02-18 to 2040-02-24, 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. 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
2040-02-21 23:05:00 Earth 0.3529 AU 137.4 LD 13.9 km/s
2041-02-09 04:21:00 Earth 0.0855 AU 33.3 LD 5.8 km/s
2041-11-21 20:07:00 Earth 0.1236 AU 48.1 LD 3.5 km/s
2042-05-06 13:23:00 Earth 0.0815 AU 31.7 LD 2.6 km/s
2042-08-21 02:59:00 Earth 0.1028 AU 40.0 LD 2.6 km/s
2043-06-25 23:45:00 Earth 0.1398 AU 54.4 LD 7.3 km/s
2044-06-14 12:14:00 Earth 0.3939 AU 153.3 LD 14.8 km/s
2051-06-16 15:51:00 Venus 0.1473 AU 57.3 LD 1.9 km/s
2060-01-15 23:59:00 Venus 0.1392 AU 54.2 LD 1.7 km/s
2063-02-19 11:41:00 Earth 0.3155 AU 122.8 LD 12.7 km/s

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

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