90075
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Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.925 AU
- True anomaly
- 343.09°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.794 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
- 14h 29m 29s
- Declination
- -13° 29′ 13″
- Constellation
- Libra
- Distance from Earth
- 1.79 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 20.37° — 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
- 2.137 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5741
- Inclination
- 8.85°
- Orbital period
- 3.12 years
- Perihelion
- 0.91 AU
- Aphelion
- 3.363 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 226.43°
- Argument of periapsis
- 31.25°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 10.2 LD
- 0.0261 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 3.472
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 3,624
- Data arc
- 70.51 years
- First observed
- 25 October 1955
- Last observed
- 28 April 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.39 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 28 April 2026
Physical properties
- Mean radius
- 1.12 km
- Rotation period
- 7.88 hours
Visual & observation
- Geometric albedo
- 0.294
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 15.38
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- NEAT
- Discovery date
- 13 November 2002
- Discovery site
- Palomar
Also known as 2002 VU94
Close approaches 22 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2042-05-23 09:03 UTC close approach of 90075. Catalogue miss distance 39.4 LD · 1.52 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2042-05-20 to 2042-05-26, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2042-05-23 09:03:00 | Earth | 0.1013 AU | 39.4 LD | 10.8 km/s |
| 2067-06-03 20:22:00 | Earth | 0.1269 AU | 49.4 LD | 10.9 km/s |
| 2071-12-18 15:34:00 | Juptr | 1.8135 AU | 705.7 LD | 3.5 km/s |
| 2084-08-07 00:58:00 | Juptr | 1.9072 AU | 742.2 LD | 3.6 km/s |
| 2092-05-18 22:08:00 | Earth | 0.0954 AU | 37.1 LD | 10.9 km/s |
| 2117-07-03 19:39:00 | Earth | 0.1445 AU | 56.2 LD | 10.7 km/s |
| 2131-05-21 14:39:00 | Juptr | 1.7676 AU | 687.9 LD | 3.4 km/s |
| 2142-06-27 09:15:00 | Earth | 0.1498 AU | 58.3 LD | 10.9 km/s |
| 2144-01-13 19:12:00 | Juptr | 1.993 AU | 775.6 LD | 3.6 km/s |
| 2167-08-03 01:32:00 | Earth | 0.1645 AU | 64.0 LD | 13.6 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)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB