Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.554 AU
- True anomaly
- 351.58°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.446 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 13h 59m 14s
- Declination
- -06° 07′ 23″
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 0.45 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 5.71° — too close to the Sun to observe
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
- 0.93 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4065
- Inclination
- 4.7°
- Orbital period
- 327.6 days
- Perihelion
- 0.552 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.308 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 311.93°
- Argument of periapsis
- 82.77°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 13.0 LD
- 0.0334 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.365
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 1,572
- Data arc
- 41.29 years
- First observed
- 17 April 1985
- Last observed
- 2 August 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.36 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 3 August 2026
Physical properties
- Mean radius
- 0.28 km
- Rotation period
- 5.34 hours
Visual & observation
- Geometric albedo
- 0.48
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 17.32
- Spectral type (SMASS)
- V
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- McNaught, R. H.
- Discovery date
- 26 March 1992
- Discovery site
- Siding Spring
Also known as 1992 FE
Close approaches 93 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-02-28 18:43 UTC close approach of 5604. Catalogue miss distance 51.5 LD · 1.98 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-02-25 to 2034-03-03, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2028-07-04 18:37:00 | Venus | 0.1191 AU | 46.4 LD | 19.5 km/s |
| 2034-02-28 18:43:00 | Earth | 0.1324 AU | 51.5 LD | 15.9 km/s |
| 2036-06-22 12:02:00 | Earth | 0.0678 AU | 26.4 LD | 10.9 km/s |
| 2038-05-16 21:14:00 | Venus | 0.0617 AU | 24.0 LD | 12 km/s |
| 2043-02-24 10:10:00 | Earth | 0.0536 AU | 20.9 LD | 10.8 km/s |
| 2045-06-17 21:55:00 | Earth | 0.1386 AU | 53.9 LD | 15.8 km/s |
| 2046-08-20 10:25:00 | Venus | 0.0221 AU | 8.6 LD | 13.4 km/s |
| 2056-06-27 10:28:00 | Venus | 0.0466 AU | 18.1 LD | 16.5 km/s |
| 2059-11-20 03:47:00 | Venus | 0.102 AU | 39.7 LD | 18.7 km/s |
| 2060-02-28 15:51:00 | Earth | 0.1149 AU | 44.7 LD | 15.4 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- physical properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- physical properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB