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2023 JT

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(2023 JT)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.918 AU
True anomaly
96.69°
Distance from Earth
1.874 AU
As of
21 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2023 JT — 0.918 AU from the Sun 2023 JT
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2023 JT is 1.874 AU from Earth today (15.6 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 02m 49s
Declination
-11° 51′ 26″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.88 AU
Elongation from the Sun
11.1° — 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
0.926 AU
Eccentricity
0.17
Inclination
14.84°
Orbital period
325.7 days
Perihelion
0.769 AU
Aphelion
1.084 AU
Longitude of ascending node
228.51°
Argument of periapsis
221.05°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 8.0 LD
0.0206 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.42

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
52
Data arc
12 days
First observed
10 May 2023
Last observed
22 May 2023
Residual RMS
0.58 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
23 May 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.71

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 131 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2023 JT at 2031-05-07 07:18 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-05-07 07:18 UTC close approach of 2023 JT. Catalogue miss distance 60.0 LD · 2.31 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-05-04 to 2031-05-10, 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. At closest approach the object is south of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 60.0 LD · 2.31 × 10⁷ km 2031-05-07 07:18 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-05-07 07:18 UTC close approach of 2023 JT. Catalogue miss distance 60.0 LD · 2.31 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-05-04 to 2031-05-10, 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. At closest approach the object is south of the ecliptic. 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
2031-05-07 07:18:00 Earth 0.1542 AU 60.0 LD 11 km/s
2031-12-02 23:11:00 Earth 0.2312 AU 90.0 LD 10.1 km/s
2032-08-20 10:04:00 Earth 0.3531 AU 137.4 LD 12.5 km/s
2035-06-21 17:52:00 Venus 0.071 AU 27.6 LD 11.2 km/s
2039-05-11 06:29:00 Earth 0.3178 AU 123.7 LD 15.2 km/s
2040-01-02 17:48:00 Earth 0.2813 AU 109.5 LD 8.9 km/s
2040-06-19 02:24:00 Earth 0.2717 AU 105.7 LD 8.3 km/s
2040-09-15 20:16:00 Earth 0.2479 AU 96.5 LD 10.2 km/s
2047-05-17 00:13:00 Earth 0.4807 AU 187.1 LD 19.8 km/s
2048-05-18 03:37:00 Earth 0.1468 AU 57.1 LD 7.8 km/s

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

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