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234145

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234145 (2000 EW70)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.651 AU
True anomaly
25.26°
Distance from Earth
0.877 AU
As of
22 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.

Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 234145 — 0.651 AU from the Sun 234145
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 234145 is 0.877 AU from Earth today (7.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 32m 37s
Declination
-19° 57′ 33″
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Distance from Earth
0.88 AU
Elongation from the Sun
40.13° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

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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
0.938 AU
Eccentricity
0.3213
Inclination
5.43°
Orbital period
331.6 days
Perihelion
0.636 AU
Aphelion
1.239 AU
Longitude of ascending node
178.02°
Argument of periapsis
125.79°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 4.1 LD
0.0104 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.35

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
410
Data arc
19 years
First observed
9 March 2000
Last observed
9 March 2019
Residual RMS
0.53 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
1 March 2023

Physical properties

Mean radius
0.17 km
Rotation period
33 hours

Visual & observation

Geometric albedo
0.045
Absolute magnitude (H)
21.58

Discovery & classification

Discovered by
LINEAR
Discovery date
9 March 2000
Discovery site
Socorro

Also known as 2000 EW70

Aten Near-Earth Object Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

Close approaches 218 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 234145 at 2027-11-20 20:14 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-11-20 20:14 UTC close approach of 234145. Catalogue miss distance 38.8 LD · 1.49 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-11-17 to 2027-11-23, 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. Sun 38.8 LD · 1.49 × 10⁷ km 2027-11-20 20:14 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-11-20 20:14 UTC close approach of 234145. Catalogue miss distance 38.8 LD · 1.49 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-11-17 to 2027-11-23, 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.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2027-11-20 20:14:00 Earth 0.0997 AU 38.8 LD 8.4 km/s
2028-08-12 15:27:00 Earth 0.3739 AU 145.5 LD 13.4 km/s
2029-02-11 16:28:00 Earth 0.247 AU 96.1 LD 8.1 km/s
2029-05-29 13:38:00 Earth 0.3174 AU 123.5 LD 9.3 km/s
2030-03-19 01:14:00 Earth 0.2107 AU 82.0 LD 16.6 km/s
2032-04-22 15:10:00 Venus 0.0326 AU 12.7 LD 10.2 km/s
2033-12-31 22:02:00 Venus 0.1147 AU 44.6 LD 7.6 km/s
2035-10-06 14:03:00 Venus 0.1129 AU 44.0 LD 15.2 km/s
2036-12-07 18:13:00 Earth 0.4296 AU 167.2 LD 23.2 km/s
2037-11-28 19:18:00 Earth 0.1653 AU 64.3 LD 6.5 km/s

Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.

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