2026 RT34 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.62 AU to 1.42 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 376.6 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 13 September 2026.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.663 AU
- True anomaly
- 319.4°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.43 AU
- As of
- 3 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
- 12h 39m 13s
- Declination
- -03° 09′ 47″
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 0.44 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 31.58° — 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
- 1.021 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.3945
- Inclination
- 0.67°
- Orbital period
- 376.6 days
- Perihelion
- 0.618 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.423 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 349.53°
- Argument of periapsis
- 112.07°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 0.1 LD
- 0.0002 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.912
Orbit quality
Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).
- Observations used
- 40
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 12 September 2026
- Last observed
- 13 September 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.28 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 13 September 2026
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 30.36
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 45 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2035-05-16 12:23 UTC close approach of 2026 RT34. Catalogue miss distance 44.5 LD · 1.71 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2035-05-13 to 2035-05-19, 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 north of the ecliptic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 06:40:00 | Venus | 0.1207 AU | 47.0 LD | 18.9 km/s |
| 2028-08-24 07:22:00 | Venus | 0.145 AU | 56.4 LD | 20 km/s |
| 2035-05-16 12:23:00 | Earth | 0.1144 AU | 44.5 LD | 13.9 km/s |
| 2038-09-07 13:55:00 | Earth | 0.1808 AU | 70.4 LD | 16.9 km/s |
| 2047-05-14 10:16:00 | Earth | 0.1438 AU | 56.0 LD | 8.1 km/s |
| 2049-09-13 06:14:00 | Earth | 0.0812 AU | 31.6 LD | 9.3 km/s |
| 2058-05-18 16:10:00 | Earth | 0.1624 AU | 63.2 LD | 15.7 km/s |
| 2061-09-09 11:14:00 | Earth | 0.1271 AU | 49.5 LD | 15.3 km/s |
| 2070-05-12 15:57:00 | Earth | 0.1083 AU | 42.2 LD | 9.2 km/s |
| 2072-09-10 12:51:00 | Earth | 0.1248 AU | 48.6 LD | 8.4 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