2021 LD6 is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.89 AU to 1.09 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 358.8 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 24 November 2022.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.936 AU
- True anomaly
- 63.46°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.855 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
- 10h 48m 07s
- Declination
- +07° 30′ 29″
- Constellation
- Leo
- Distance from Earth
- 0.86 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 60.42° — well clear of the Sun
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
- 0.988 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1
- Inclination
- 0.77°
- Orbital period
- 358.8 days
- Perihelion
- 0.889 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.087 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 100.65°
- Argument of periapsis
- 288.77°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 0.3 LD
- 0.0008 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.133
Orbit quality
Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 3).
- Observations used
- 41
- Data arc
- 37 days
- First observed
- 2 June 2021
- Last observed
- 9 July 2021
- Residual RMS
- 0.45 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 24 November 2022
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 27.2
Discovery & classification
Listed by JPL impact monitoring; see the Sentry table for current probabilities.
Close approaches 36 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2070-02-10 14:52 UTC close approach of 2021 LD6. Catalogue miss distance 173.6 LD · 6.67 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2070-02-07 to 2070-02-13, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2070-02-10 14:52:00 | Earth | 0.4462 AU | 173.6 LD | 16.4 km/s |
| 2071-02-05 22:28:00 | Earth | 0.3362 AU | 130.8 LD | 13.1 km/s |
| 2072-02-01 08:21:00 | Earth | 0.2264 AU | 88.1 LD | 9.7 km/s |
| 2073-01-26 20:05:00 | Earth | 0.1183 AU | 46.0 LD | 6.4 km/s |
| 2074-01-23 02:15:00 | Earth | 0.0168 AU | 6.5 LD | 3.4 km/s |
| 2075-01-22 01:37:00 | Earth | 0.0158 AU | 6.1 LD | 2.5 km/s |
| 2075-11-29 00:47:00 | Earth | 0.084 AU | 32.7 LD | 2.5 km/s |
| 2076-03-09 23:59:00 | Earth | 0.076 AU | 29.6 LD | 2.4 km/s |
| 2076-10-19 18:00:00 | Earth | 0.1046 AU | 40.7 LD | 3.2 km/s |
| 2077-04-18 20:45:00 | Earth | 0.0858 AU | 33.4 LD | 2.6 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