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2026 DN5

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(2026 DN5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.684 AU
True anomaly
50.76°
Distance from Earth
0.724 AU
As of
20 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 — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2026 DN5 — 0.684 AU from the Sun 2026 DN5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2026 DN5 is 0.724 AU from Earth today (6.0 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 00m 57s
Declination
+05° 57′ 34″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
0.73 AU
Elongation from the Sun
43.49° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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.

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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
0.878 AU
Eccentricity
0.2841
Inclination
0.34°
Orbital period
300.5 days
Perihelion
0.628 AU
Aphelion
1.127 AU
Longitude of ascending node
154.76°
Argument of periapsis
228.49°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.0 LD
0.0001 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.715

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
21
First observed
23 February 2026
Last observed
23 February 2026
Residual RMS
0.43 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
24 February 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
30.91

Discovery & classification

Listed by JPL impact monitoring; see the Sentry table for current probabilities.

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 19 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2026 DN5 at 2031-05-20 05:12 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-05-20 05:12 UTC close approach of 2026 DN5. Catalogue miss distance 27.1 LD · 1.04 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-05-17 to 2031-05-23, 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 27.1 LD · 1.04 × 10⁷ km 2031-05-20 05:12 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-05-20 05:12 UTC close approach of 2026 DN5. Catalogue miss distance 27.1 LD · 1.04 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-05-17 to 2031-05-23, 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
2031-05-20 05:12:00 Earth 0.0696 AU 27.1 LD 5.8 km/s
2034-01-15 18:54:00 Venus 0.1454 AU 56.6 LD 15.7 km/s
2036-07-04 22:22:00 Venus 0.0986 AU 38.4 LD 13.4 km/s
2038-12-22 21:34:00 Venus 0.063 AU 24.5 LD 11.4 km/s
2040-03-13 13:24:00 Earth 0.0942 AU 36.7 LD 5.7 km/s
2041-06-10 03:09:00 Venus 0.0459 AU 17.9 LD 10.2 km/s
2043-11-26 12:58:00 Venus 0.0418 AU 16.3 LD 9.8 km/s
2045-05-28 10:31:00 Earth 0.1087 AU 42.3 LD 10.7 km/s
2046-05-12 17:20:00 Venus 0.0455 AU 17.7 LD 10.2 km/s
2048-10-25 19:17:00 Venus 0.065 AU 25.3 LD 11.5 km/s

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

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