Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.807 AU
- True anomaly
- 290.41°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.802 AU
- As of
- 21 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
- 13h 48m 51s
- Declination
- -10° 25′ 40″
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 1.8 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 0.82° — 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
- 0.911 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.2177
- Inclination
- 2.12°
- Orbital period
- 317.8 days
- Perihelion
- 0.713 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.11 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 158.69°
- Argument of periapsis
- 119.93°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 1.1 LD
- 0.0027 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.526
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 145
- Data arc
- 20.1 years
- First observed
- 7 December 2002
- Last observed
- 13 January 2023
- Residual RMS
- 0.51 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 1 March 2023
Physical properties
- Mean radius
- 0.05 km
Visual & observation
- Geometric albedo
- 0.134
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 23.18
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- NEAT
- Discovery date
- 7 December 2002
- Discovery site
- Palomar
Also known as 2002 XY38
Close approaches 164 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-11-14 17:04 UTC close approach of 450237. Catalogue miss distance 138.4 LD · 5.32 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-11-11 to 2028-11-17, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2028-11-14 17:04:00 | Earth | 0.3557 AU | 138.4 LD | 17.6 km/s |
| 2029-07-30 16:06:00 | Earth | 0.2877 AU | 112.0 LD | 8.8 km/s |
| 2030-02-21 15:29:00 | Earth | 0.0313 AU | 12.2 LD | 5.7 km/s |
| 2032-01-29 22:46:00 | Venus | 0.0632 AU | 24.6 LD | 8.2 km/s |
| 2035-11-07 12:33:00 | Earth | 0.1494 AU | 58.2 LD | 11 km/s |
| 2036-06-28 17:06:00 | Earth | 0.3035 AU | 118.1 LD | 9.6 km/s |
| 2037-02-20 13:29:00 | Earth | 0.1706 AU | 66.4 LD | 11.8 km/s |
| 2042-07-11 14:08:00 | Venus | 0.1328 AU | 51.7 LD | 11.5 km/s |
| 2042-11-11 03:37:00 | Earth | 0.0661 AU | 25.7 LD | 5 km/s |
| 2043-05-27 19:17:00 | Earth | 0.2827 AU | 110.0 LD | 8.5 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