Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.876 AU
- True anomaly
- 165.03°
- Distance from Earth
- 2.817 AU
- As of
- 11 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
- 12h 07m 33s
- Declination
- -03° 57′ 42″
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 2.82 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 15.95° — 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
- 1.392 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.3753
- Inclination
- 36.88°
- Orbital period
- 599.6 days
- Perihelion
- 0.869 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.914 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 349.22°
- Argument of periapsis
- 22.03°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 46.2 LD
- 0.1188 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 4.506
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 2,680
- Data arc
- 49.32 years
- First observed
- 1 April 1976
- Last observed
- 26 July 2025
- Residual RMS
- 0.44 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 27 July 2025
Physical properties
- Mean radius
- 1.05 km
- Rotation period
- 8.5 hours
Visual & observation
- Geometric albedo
- 0.19
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 15.17
- Spectral type (SMASS)
- K
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M.
- Discovery date
- 9 February 1992
- Discovery site
- Palomar
Sigurd was the most famous of all Norse heroes and played the principal part in the Volsungasaga. He rides through a ring of fire to awaken Brynhild twice, once for himself and once for the king Gunnar, in a complicated tale of love and deception and treachery.
Also known as 11066 · 1992 CC1 · 1987 GE
Close approaches 10 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-09-08 14:28 UTC close approach of Sigurd. Catalogue miss distance 48.1 LD · 1.85 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-09-05 to 2027-09-11, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-09-08 14:28:00 | Earth | 0.1236 AU | 48.1 LD | 22.4 km/s |
| 2050-08-30 07:57:00 | Earth | 0.1987 AU | 77.3 LD | 23.4 km/s |
| 2068-09-20 21:42:00 | Earth | 0.1809 AU | 70.4 LD | 22.1 km/s |
| 2091-09-09 16:41:00 | Earth | 0.1212 AU | 47.2 LD | 22.4 km/s |
| 2132-09-13 17:21:00 | Earth | 0.1226 AU | 47.7 LD | 22.2 km/s |
| 2173-09-12 14:33:00 | Earth | 0.1204 AU | 46.9 LD | 22.2 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