2021 KH2 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 1.01 AU to 1.05 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 380.7 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 22 March 2022.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.009 AU
- True anomaly
- 24.21°
- As of
- 4 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
- 18h 22m 44s
- Declination
- -13° 11′ 06″
- Constellation
- Scutum
- Distance from Earth
- 1.22 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 53.15° — 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
- 1.028 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.0203
- Inclination
- 12.29°
- Orbital period
- 380.7 days
- Perihelion
- 1.007 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.049 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 240.88°
- Argument of periapsis
- 62.64°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 2.3 LD
- 0.0059 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.93
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).
- Observations used
- 86
- Data arc
- 189 days
- First observed
- 21 May 2021
- Last observed
- 26 November 2021
- Residual RMS
- 0.36 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 22 March 2022
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 25.32
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 75 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2044-05-07 18:25 UTC close approach of 2021 KH2. Catalogue miss distance 168.8 LD · 6.49 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2044-05-04 to 2044-05-10, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2044-05-07 18:25:00 | Earth | 0.4338 AU | 168.8 LD | 15 km/s |
| 2045-05-16 14:35:00 | Earth | 0.1762 AU | 68.6 LD | 8.7 km/s |
| 2045-12-05 11:14:00 | Earth | 0.1629 AU | 63.4 LD | 7.1 km/s |
| 2046-05-25 06:14:00 | Earth | 0.0796 AU | 31.0 LD | 6.5 km/s |
| 2046-11-16 14:27:00 | Earth | 0.0973 AU | 37.9 LD | 7.1 km/s |
| 2047-06-02 20:25:00 | Earth | 0.3417 AU | 133.0 LD | 11.1 km/s |
| 2047-11-06 15:47:00 | Earth | 0.3412 AU | 132.8 LD | 12 km/s |
| 2068-05-06 21:41:00 | Earth | 0.4708 AU | 183.2 LD | 15.9 km/s |
| 2069-05-15 15:58:00 | Earth | 0.2069 AU | 80.5 LD | 9.4 km/s |
| 2069-12-08 22:08:00 | Earth | 0.1859 AU | 72.4 LD | 7.3 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