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2020 UK6

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(2020 UK6)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.627 AU
True anomaly
359.24°
Distance from Earth
1.481 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 UK6 — 0.627 AU from the Sun 2020 UK6
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2020 UK6 is 1.481 AU from Earth today (12.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 04m 08s
Declination
+01° 11′ 48″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.48 AU
Elongation from the Sun
18.68° — 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
0.971 AU
Eccentricity
0.3541
Inclination
24.7°
Orbital period
349.3 days
Perihelion
0.627 AU
Aphelion
1.314 AU
Longitude of ascending node
28.95°
Argument of periapsis
133.5°
Epoch · J2000
2459145.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 37.5 LD
0.0963 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.094

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
13
Data arc
10 days
First observed
17 October 2020
Last observed
27 October 2020
Residual RMS
0.56 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
14 September 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.18

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 32 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2020 UK6 at 2086-10-26 23:27 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2086-10-26 23:27 UTC close approach of 2020 UK6. Catalogue miss distance 70.9 LD · 2.73 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2086-10-23 to 2086-10-29, 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 70.9 LD · 2.73 × 10⁷ km 2086-10-26 23:27 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2086-10-26 23:27 UTC close approach of 2020 UK6. Catalogue miss distance 70.9 LD · 2.73 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2086-10-23 to 2086-10-29, 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
2086-10-26 23:27:00 Earth 0.1822 AU 70.9 LD 13.5 km/s
2087-10-30 18:19:00 Earth 0.1241 AU 48.3 LD 16.8 km/s
2088-10-24 04:06:00 Earth 0.3377 AU 131.4 LD 22.9 km/s
2094-10-22 23:17:00 Venus 0.1456 AU 56.7 LD 21.2 km/s
2109-10-31 10:58:00 Earth 0.1013 AU 39.4 LD 15 km/s
2110-10-28 20:19:00 Earth 0.2402 AU 93.5 LD 20.2 km/s
2111-10-20 21:42:00 Earth 0.4759 AU 185.2 LD 27 km/s
2198-10-29 13:09:00 Earth 0.1578 AU 61.4 LD 13.8 km/s
2199-10-31 15:04:00 Earth 0.1507 AU 58.6 LD 17.6 km/s
2200-10-25 05:07:00 Earth 0.3766 AU 146.6 LD 24 km/s

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

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