Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.025 AU
- True anomaly
- 131.47°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.385 AU
- As of
- 20 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
- 11h 04m 17s
- Declination
- +16° 01′ 20″
- Constellation
- Leo
- Distance from Earth
- 1.39 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 47.79° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.
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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
- 0.897 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.3582
- Inclination
- 16.21°
- Orbital period
- 310.1 days
- Perihelion
- 0.575 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.218 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 344.32°
- Argument of periapsis
- 356.86°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 73.2 LD
- 0.1882 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.547
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 723
- Data arc
- 45.09 years
- First observed
- 2 March 1981
- Last observed
- 5 April 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.44 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 11 April 2026
Physical properties
- Mean radius
- 0.39 km
Visual & observation
- Geometric albedo
- 0.035
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 19.91
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- NEAT
- Discovery date
- 27 February 1998
- Discovery site
- Haleakala
Also known as 1998 DG16 · 1981 EK24
Close approaches 24 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-04-08 12:15 UTC close approach of 162080. Catalogue miss distance 75.0 LD · 2.88 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-04-05 to 2032-04-11, 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. At closest approach the object is south 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2032-04-08 12:15:00 | Earth | 0.1928 AU | 75.0 LD | 12.3 km/s |
| 2042-09-09 05:40:00 | Venus | 0.1478 AU | 57.5 LD | 15.7 km/s |
| 2060-03-30 23:01:00 | Earth | 0.1922 AU | 74.8 LD | 11.1 km/s |
| 2060-07-04 06:31:00 | Venus | 0.1493 AU | 58.1 LD | 15.5 km/s |
| 2077-04-08 03:19:00 | Earth | 0.1912 AU | 74.4 LD | 12 km/s |
| 2102-12-23 07:23:00 | Venus | 0.1474 AU | 57.4 LD | 15.7 km/s |
| 2105-03-30 21:32:00 | Earth | 0.1947 AU | 75.8 LD | 11 km/s |
| 2120-10-17 08:27:00 | Venus | 0.1499 AU | 58.3 LD | 15.5 km/s |
| 2122-04-08 15:04:00 | Earth | 0.1904 AU | 74.1 LD | 11.8 km/s |
| 2145-06-11 05:19:00 | Venus | 0.1495 AU | 58.2 LD | 15.8 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)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB