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Solar
Asteroid

Flora

8 Flora (A847 UA)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
2.111 AU
True anomaly
276.48°
Distance from Earth
1.775 AU
As of
2 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.

Orbit of Mercury Orbit of Venus Orbit of Mars Sun Earth — 1.001 AU from the Sun Earth Flora — 2.111 AU from the Sun Flora
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. Flora is 1.775 AU from Earth today (14.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
19h 04m 41s
Declination
-25° 14′ 37″
Constellation
Sagittarius
Distance from Earth
1.78 AU
Elongation from the Sun
94.36° — well clear of the Sun

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it's up after dark, 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
2.202 AU
Eccentricity
0.1562
Inclination
5.89°
Orbital period
3.27 years
Perihelion
1.858 AU
Aphelion
2.545 AU
Longitude of ascending node
110.84°
Argument of periapsis
285.41°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · MBA
Main-belt asteroid
Earth MOID · 340.2 LD
0.8741 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
3.642

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
3,564
Data arc
177.8 years
First observed
27 October 1847
Last observed
3 August 2025
Residual RMS
0.55 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 September 2025

Physical properties

Mean radius
74 km
Rotation period
12.87 hours

Visual & observation

Geometric albedo
0.226
Absolute magnitude (H)
6.62
Colour index (B–V)
0.89
Spectral type (Tholen)
S
Colour index (U–B)
0.49

Discovery & classification

Discovered by
Hind, J. R.
Discovery date
18 October 1847
Discovery site
London

Also known as 8 · A847 UA

Main-Belt Asteroid Named

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