459872 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.94 AU to 1.08 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 370.2 days. Discovered 10 March 2014 by CSS. Orbit from the JPL solution of 14 April 2021.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.973 AU
- True anomaly
- 297.07°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.979 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 18h 46m 31s
- Declination
- -22° 54′ 07″
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Distance from Earth
- 0.98 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 59.17° — 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
- 1.009 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.0701
- Inclination
- 4.8°
- Orbital period
- 370.2 days
- Perihelion
- 0.938 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.08 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 340.53°
- Argument of periapsis
- 63.99°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 11.8 LD
- 0.0302 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.033
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 590
- Data arc
- 3.87 years
- First observed
- 4 March 2014
- Last observed
- 17 January 2018
- Residual RMS
- 0.4 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 14 April 2021
Physical properties
- Rotation period
- 0.1 hours
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 23.36
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- CSS
- Discovery date
- 10 March 2014
- Discovery site
- Catalina
Also known as 2014 EK24
Close approaches 96 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2085-07-10 09:15 UTC close approach of 459872. Catalogue miss distance 171.9 LD · 6.61 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2085-07-07 to 2085-07-13, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2085-07-10 09:15:00 | Earth | 0.4416 AU | 171.9 LD | 14.9 km/s |
| 2086-07-15 03:16:00 | Earth | 0.3631 AU | 141.3 LD | 12.6 km/s |
| 2087-07-19 15:44:00 | Earth | 0.2858 AU | 111.2 LD | 10.4 km/s |
| 2088-07-24 01:36:00 | Earth | 0.2104 AU | 81.9 LD | 8.2 km/s |
| 2089-07-29 22:41:00 | Earth | 0.1393 AU | 54.2 LD | 6.2 km/s |
| 2090-08-06 10:27:00 | Earth | 0.0771 AU | 30.0 LD | 4.5 km/s |
| 2091-08-16 01:10:00 | Earth | 0.0373 AU | 14.5 LD | 3.4 km/s |
| 2092-08-23 16:57:00 | Earth | 0.0326 AU | 12.7 LD | 3 km/s |
| 2093-09-03 20:36:00 | Earth | 0.0453 AU | 17.6 LD | 2.9 km/s |
| 2094-04-28 12:16:00 | Earth | 0.1024 AU | 39.9 LD | 2.4 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