Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.454 AU
- True anomaly
- 340.29°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.859 AU
- As of
- 15 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
- 15h 07m 03s
- Declination
- -20° 19′ 33″
- Constellation
- Libra
- Distance from Earth
- 0.84 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 26.77° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.
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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
- 0.724 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.3827
- Inclination
- 8.15°
- Orbital period
- 225.1 days
- Perihelion
- 0.447 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.001 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 109.26°
- Argument of periapsis
- 233.97°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 30.1 LD
- 0.0774 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 7.868
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 1,294
- Data arc
- 21.14 years
- First observed
- 13 February 2001
- Last observed
- 7 April 2022
- Residual RMS
- 0.21 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 1 September 2023
Physical properties
- Rotation period
- 4.17 hours
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 19.23
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- LINEAR
- Discovery date
- 13 February 2001
- Discovery site
- Socorro
Also known as 2001 CK32
Close approaches 313 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-11-17 04:27 UTC close approach of 322756. Catalogue miss distance 173.0 LD · 6.65 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-11-14 to 2026-11-20, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-17 04:27:00 | Earth | 0.4447 AU | 173.0 LD | 12 km/s |
| 2026-12-03 10:32:00 | Venus | 0.0559 AU | 21.8 LD | 12.2 km/s |
| 2027-03-21 07:08:00 | Earth | 0.3047 AU | 118.6 LD | 16.6 km/s |
| 2027-07-16 04:22:00 | Venus | 0.0517 AU | 20.1 LD | 12.5 km/s |
| 2028-02-25 22:10:00 | Venus | 0.0485 AU | 18.9 LD | 12.7 km/s |
| 2028-10-07 16:00:00 | Venus | 0.0462 AU | 18.0 LD | 12.9 km/s |
| 2029-05-20 09:41:00 | Venus | 0.0445 AU | 17.3 LD | 13 km/s |
| 2029-12-31 03:10:00 | Venus | 0.0433 AU | 16.8 LD | 13.1 km/s |
| 2030-02-07 09:22:00 | Earth | 0.0782 AU | 30.4 LD | 8.7 km/s |
| 2030-08-12 20:20:00 | Venus | 0.042 AU | 16.4 LD | 13.3 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)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB