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2016 GA252

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(2016 GA252)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.849 AU
True anomaly
233.47°
Distance from Earth
1.783 AU
As of
16 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2016 GA252 — 0.849 AU from the Sun 2016 GA252
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2016 GA252 is 1.783 AU from Earth today (14.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 23m 29s
Declination
-11° 19′ 57″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
1.78 AU
Elongation from the Sun
13.79° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

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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
0.783 AU
Eccentricity
0.4625
Inclination
10.95°
Orbital period
253 days
Perihelion
0.421 AU
Aphelion
1.145 AU
Longitude of ascending node
201.54°
Argument of periapsis
158.38°
Epoch · J2000
2460600.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.322

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 9).

Observations used
8
Data arc
24 hours
First observed
1 April 2016
Last observed
2 April 2016
Residual RMS
0.28 ″

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.46

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Sources