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2020 QQ2

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(2020 QQ2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.596 AU
True anomaly
326.57°
Distance from Earth
1.035 AU
As of
16 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2020 QQ2 — 0.596 AU from the Sun 2020 QQ2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2020 QQ2 is 1.035 AU from Earth today (8.6 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 30m 09s
Declination
+06° 35′ 24″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.04 AU
Elongation from the Sun
33.7° — 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
0.814 AU
Eccentricity
0.2957
Inclination
6.8°
Orbital period
268.3 days
Perihelion
0.573 AU
Aphelion
1.055 AU
Longitude of ascending node
334.76°
Argument of periapsis
158.33°
Epoch · J2000
2459080.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 3.4 LD
0.0088 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.143

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 8).

Observations used
10
Data arc
2 days
First observed
18 August 2020
Last observed
20 August 2020
Residual RMS
0.56 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.7

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 19 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2020 QQ2 at 2056-07-08 11:35 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2056-07-08 11:35 UTC close approach of 2020 QQ2. Catalogue miss distance 59.6 LD · 2.29 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2056-07-05 to 2056-07-11, 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 59.6 LD · 2.29 × 10⁷ km 2056-07-08 11:35 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2056-07-08 11:35 UTC close approach of 2020 QQ2. Catalogue miss distance 59.6 LD · 2.29 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2056-07-05 to 2056-07-11, 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
2056-07-08 11:35:00 Earth 0.1531 AU 59.6 LD 9.7 km/s
2062-08-30 02:58:00 Earth 0.375 AU 145.9 LD 18.1 km/s
2064-12-22 22:45:00 Venus 0.132 AU 51.4 LD 14.1 km/s
2067-07-10 02:59:00 Earth 0.2216 AU 86.2 LD 12.3 km/s
2069-08-02 07:02:00 Venus 0.1233 AU 48.0 LD 13.3 km/s
2073-03-19 06:07:00 Earth 0.3798 AU 147.8 LD 12.5 km/s
2073-09-01 02:33:00 Earth 0.3133 AU 121.9 LD 16.1 km/s
2076-02-06 04:03:00 Earth 0.4129 AU 160.7 LD 15.1 km/s
2078-07-12 14:18:00 Earth 0.3313 AU 128.9 LD 16.1 km/s
2084-09-05 08:29:00 Earth 0.1577 AU 61.4 LD 11.2 km/s

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

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