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454094 (2013 BZ45)

454094 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.87 AU to 1.16 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 373.5 days; it is about 0.17 km across. Discovered 19 January 2013 by Mt. Lemmon Survey. Orbit from the JPL solution of 1 March 2023.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.051 AU
True anomaly
112.13°
Distance from Earth
1.024 AU
As of
3 November 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 — 0.992 AU from the Sun Earth 454094 — 1.051 AU from the Sun 454094
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 454094 is 1.024 AU from Earth today (8.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
19h 05m 38s
Declination
-28° 54′ 11″
Constellation
Sagittarius
Distance from Earth
1.03 AU
Elongation from the Sun
62.84° — well clear of the Sun

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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  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
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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
1.015 AU
Eccentricity
0.1447
Inclination
11.85°
Orbital period
373.5 days
Perihelion
0.868 AU
Aphelion
1.162 AU
Longitude of ascending node
131.05°
Argument of periapsis
98.78°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · APO
Apollo
Earth MOID · 9.6 LD
0.0247 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.982

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
190
Data arc
6.6 years
First observed
19 January 2013
Last observed
27 August 2019
Residual RMS
0.4 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
1 March 2023

Physical properties

Mean radius
0.08 km
Rotation period
0.48 hours

Visual & observation

Geometric albedo
0.11
Absolute magnitude (H)
21.87

Discovery & classification

Discovered by
Mt. Lemmon Survey
Discovery date
19 January 2013
Discovery site
Mount Lemmon

Also known as 2013 BZ45

Apollo Near-Earth Object Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

Close approaches 88 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 454094 at 2057-01-21 07:37 UTC Sun 185.3 LD · 7.12 × 10⁷ km 2057-01-21 07:37 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2057-01-21 07:37 UTC close approach of 454094. Catalogue miss distance 185.3 LD · 7.12 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2057-01-18 to 2057-01-24, 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.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2057-01-21 07:37:00 Earth 0.4762 AU 185.3 LD 20.1 km/s
2058-01-26 19:46:00 Earth 0.3391 AU 132.0 LD 16.1 km/s
2059-01-31 16:52:00 Earth 0.2013 AU 78.3 LD 12.3 km/s
2060-02-04 10:21:00 Earth 0.0674 AU 26.2 LD 8.9 km/s
2061-02-03 02:47:00 Earth 0.0707 AU 27.5 LD 6.7 km/s
2062-01-16 02:37:00 Earth 0.1901 AU 74.0 LD 6.3 km/s
2062-12-05 11:16:00 Earth 0.2676 AU 104.1 LD 5.4 km/s
2063-06-27 22:48:00 Earth 0.1981 AU 77.1 LD 6.3 km/s
2064-07-31 03:47:00 Earth 0.088 AU 34.3 LD 6.7 km/s
2065-08-13 00:33:00 Earth 0.0577 AU 22.5 LD 8.5 km/s

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

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