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741537

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741537 (2006 HV5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.84 AU
True anomaly
107.87°
Distance from Earth
1.107 AU
As of
19 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.

Sun Earth — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 741537 — 0.84 AU from the Sun 741537
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 741537 is 1.107 AU from Earth today (9.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 37m 54s
Declination
+25° 58′ 15″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.11 AU
Elongation from the Sun
46.79° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

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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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
0.843 AU
Eccentricity
0.3156
Inclination
32.02°
Orbital period
282.5 days
Perihelion
0.577 AU
Aphelion
1.108 AU
Longitude of ascending node
35.94°
Argument of periapsis
317.51°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 5.9 LD
0.0152 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.823

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
402
Data arc
20.03 years
First observed
19 April 2006
Last observed
30 April 2026
Residual RMS
0.32 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
4 May 2026

Physical properties

Mean radius
0.15 km

Visual & observation

Geometric albedo
0.246
Absolute magnitude (H)
19.41

Discovery & classification

Discovered by
LINEAR
Discovery date
19 April 2006
Discovery site
Socorro

Also known as 2006 HV5

Aten Near-Earth Object Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

Close approaches 44 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 741537 at 2040-04-26 15:55 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2040-04-26 15:55 UTC close approach of 741537. Catalogue miss distance 32.0 LD · 1.23 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2040-04-23 to 2040-04-29, 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. At closest approach the object is north of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 32.0 LD · 1.23 × 10⁷ km 2040-04-26 15:55 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2040-04-26 15:55 UTC close approach of 741537. Catalogue miss distance 32.0 LD · 1.23 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2040-04-23 to 2040-04-29, 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. At closest approach the object is north of the ecliptic. 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
2040-04-26 15:55:00 Earth 0.0823 AU 32.0 LD 16.5 km/s
2047-04-22 17:21:00 Earth 0.1384 AU 53.9 LD 19.9 km/s
2048-05-06 12:04:00 Venus 0.1196 AU 46.6 LD 21.6 km/s
2051-06-12 22:19:00 Venus 0.13 AU 50.6 LD 23.1 km/s
2057-04-27 10:16:00 Earth 0.1679 AU 65.3 LD 15.9 km/s
2064-04-24 10:51:00 Earth 0.0486 AU 18.9 LD 18.2 km/s
2075-05-31 04:19:00 Venus 0.1252 AU 48.7 LD 21.5 km/s
2078-07-06 06:57:00 Venus 0.1212 AU 47.2 LD 22.8 km/s
2081-04-25 19:07:00 Earth 0.0152 AU 5.9 LD 17.5 km/s
2098-04-27 05:39:00 Earth 0.0733 AU 28.5 LD 16.6 km/s

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

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