886889 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.53 AU to 1.53 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 381.8 days. Discovered 8 November 2021 by Pan-STARRS 2. Orbit from the JPL solution of 5 October 2026.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.526 AU
- True anomaly
- 181.61°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.714 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
- 23h 12m 02s
- Declination
- -03° 55′ 36″
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Distance from Earth
- 0.72 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 125.28° — well clear of the Sun
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
- 1.03 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4825
- Inclination
- 10.28°
- Orbital period
- 381.8 days
- Perihelion
- 0.533 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.527 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 16.54°
- Argument of periapsis
- 181.05°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 62.0 LD
- 0.1594 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.819
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).
- Observations used
- 111
- Data arc
- 22.95 years
- First observed
- 22 October 2003
- Last observed
- 4 October 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.43 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 5 October 2026
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 21.57
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- Pan-STARRS 2
- Discovery date
- 8 November 2021
- Discovery site
- Haleakala
Also known as 2021 VP6
Close approaches 70 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-08-12 06:58 UTC close approach of 886889. Catalogue miss distance 71.7 LD · 2.75 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-08-09 to 2029-08-15, 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 south of the ecliptic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2029-08-12 06:58:00 | Earth | 0.1842 AU | 71.7 LD | 17.9 km/s |
| 2032-06-29 16:56:00 | Venus | 0.1244 AU | 48.4 LD | 20 km/s |
| 2044-12-13 13:58:00 | Earth | 0.1638 AU | 63.7 LD | 15.8 km/s |
| 2049-05-22 07:19:00 | Venus | 0.1278 AU | 49.7 LD | 18.7 km/s |
| 2052-08-11 00:10:00 | Earth | 0.1694 AU | 65.9 LD | 16.8 km/s |
| 2059-11-03 18:48:00 | Venus | 0.1144 AU | 44.5 LD | 16.6 km/s |
| 2067-12-13 11:28:00 | Earth | 0.1711 AU | 66.6 LD | 16.7 km/s |
| 2070-04-16 19:03:00 | Venus | 0.116 AU | 45.1 LD | 14.7 km/s |
| 2075-08-11 02:08:00 | Earth | 0.1621 AU | 63.1 LD | 16.1 km/s |
| 2080-09-27 09:32:00 | Venus | 0.1269 AU | 49.4 LD | 13.2 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB