Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.879 AU
- True anomaly
- 232.18°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.813 AU
- As of
- 16 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
- 12h 37m 44s
- Declination
- -03° 21′ 33″
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 1.81 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 13.86° — 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
- 0.787 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.3306
- Inclination
- 12.75°
- Orbital period
- 254.9 days
- Perihelion
- 0.527 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.047 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 168.26°
- Argument of periapsis
- 133.42°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 20.1 LD
- 0.0517 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 7.329
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 319
- Data arc
- 15.96 years
- First observed
- 18 January 2007
- Last observed
- 2 January 2023
- Residual RMS
- 0.26 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 20 May 2023
Physical properties
- Mean radius
- 0.15 km
Visual & observation
- Geometric albedo
- 0.242
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 19.63
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- Siding Spring Survey
- Discovery date
- 18 January 2007
- Discovery site
- Siding Spring
Also known as 2007 BG
Close approaches 239 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-10-02 02:40 UTC close approach of 456537. Catalogue miss distance 150.1 LD · 5.77 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-09-29 to 2027-10-05, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-10-02 02:40:00 | Earth | 0.3858 AU | 150.1 LD | 13.2 km/s |
| 2028-02-25 23:21:00 | Earth | 0.1106 AU | 43.0 LD | 13 km/s |
| 2028-12-10 13:41:00 | Venus | 0.0602 AU | 23.4 LD | 14.9 km/s |
| 2029-12-21 05:57:00 | Earth | 0.261 AU | 101.6 LD | 12.8 km/s |
| 2030-05-16 16:18:00 | Earth | 0.428 AU | 166.5 LD | 10.7 km/s |
| 2034-09-15 07:24:00 | Earth | 0.4257 AU | 165.7 LD | 15.6 km/s |
| 2035-02-21 12:17:00 | Earth | 0.2418 AU | 94.1 LD | 17.1 km/s |
| 2036-12-30 00:08:00 | Earth | 0.2123 AU | 82.6 LD | 8.4 km/s |
| 2039-05-28 01:08:00 | Venus | 0.065 AU | 25.3 LD | 12.9 km/s |
| 2040-04-19 07:26:00 | Venus | 0.1352 AU | 52.6 LD | 12 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