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2020 SV5

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(2020 SV5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.103 AU
True anomaly
183.46°
Distance from Earth
0.659 AU
As of
15 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 — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2020 SV5 — 1.103 AU from the Sun 2020 SV5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2020 SV5 is 0.659 AU from Earth today (5.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
19h 02m 53s
Declination
-30° 31′ 32″
Constellation
Sagittarius
Distance from Earth
0.67 AU
Elongation from the Sun
80.42° — well clear of the Sun

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

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.

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  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
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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
0.722 AU
Eccentricity
0.5317
Inclination
14.45°
Orbital period
224 days
Perihelion
0.338 AU
Aphelion
1.106 AU
Longitude of ascending node
5.7°
Argument of periapsis
156.78°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 2.1 LD
0.0053 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.82

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
16
Data arc
24 hours
First observed
26 September 2020
Last observed
27 September 2020
Residual RMS
0.46 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.2

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 134 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2020 SV5 at 2028-09-29 19:44 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-09-29 19:44 UTC close approach of 2020 SV5. Catalogue miss distance 57.0 LD · 2.19 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-09-26 to 2028-10-02, 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 57.0 LD · 2.19 × 10⁷ km 2028-09-29 19:44 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-09-29 19:44 UTC close approach of 2020 SV5. Catalogue miss distance 57.0 LD · 2.19 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-09-26 to 2028-10-02, 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
2028-09-29 19:44:00 Earth 0.1464 AU 57.0 LD 17.8 km/s
2031-09-14 03:48:00 Earth 0.1295 AU 50.4 LD 11.7 km/s
2032-01-10 08:31:00 Mercury 0.0931 AU 36.2 LD 24 km/s
2032-01-10 08:31:00 Merc 0.0931 AU 36.2 LD 24 km/s
2034-08-16 00:34:00 Earth 0.2266 AU 88.2 LD 16.3 km/s
2036-09-24 21:40:00 Earth 0.3071 AU 119.5 LD 23.1 km/s
2039-09-28 20:55:00 Earth 0.0336 AU 13.1 LD 12.8 km/s
2042-08-21 21:25:00 Earth 0.1732 AU 67.4 LD 12.7 km/s
2044-09-18 23:57:00 Earth 0.4523 AU 176.0 LD 28 km/s
2045-08-20 04:31:00 Earth 0.3862 AU 150.3 LD 23.3 km/s

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

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