2020 TE2 is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.77 AU to 1.2 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 357.8 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 13 August 2022.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.796 AU
- True anomaly
- 328.14°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.864 AU
- As of
- 2 November 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 11h 28m 34s
- Declination
- +04° 53′ 16″
- Constellation
- Leo
- Distance from Earth
- 0.87 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 50.06° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Visible from both hemispheres.
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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
- 0.986 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.2144
- Inclination
- 1.58°
- Orbital period
- 357.8 days
- Perihelion
- 0.775 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.198 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 349.08°
- Argument of periapsis
- 139.62°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 6.0 LD
- 0.0155 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.126
Orbit quality
Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).
- Observations used
- 54
- Data arc
- 13 days
- First observed
- 6 October 2020
- Last observed
- 19 October 2020
- Residual RMS
- 0.57 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 13 August 2022
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 26.25
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 130 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2060-06-04 02:54 UTC close approach of 2020 TE2. Catalogue miss distance 155.6 LD · 5.98 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2060-06-01 to 2060-06-07, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2033-09-25 12:37:00 | Venus | 0.0689 AU | 26.8 LD | 3 km/s |
| 2038-08-30 03:33:00 | Venus | 0.1188 AU | 46.2 LD | 5.3 km/s |
| 2060-03-02 14:58:00 | Venus | 0.1288 AU | 50.1 LD | 3.6 km/s |
| 2060-06-04 02:54:00 | Earth | 0.3997 AU | 155.6 LD | 17.8 km/s |
| 2061-05-30 00:42:00 | Earth | 0.2822 AU | 109.8 LD | 14.3 km/s |
| 2062-05-25 00:40:00 | Earth | 0.1649 AU | 64.2 LD | 10.8 km/s |
| 2063-05-20 11:28:00 | Earth | 0.0528 AU | 20.6 LD | 7.3 km/s |
| 2064-05-18 17:50:00 | Earth | 0.0669 AU | 26.0 LD | 4.2 km/s |
| 2065-02-10 02:50:00 | Venus | 0.0606 AU | 23.6 LD | 3 km/s |
| 2065-03-29 07:57:00 | Earth | 0.1605 AU | 62.5 LD | 4.8 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB