893859 is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.56 AU to 1.4 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 355.9 days. Discovered 30 October 2016 by Space Surveillance Telescope. Orbit from the JPL solution of 7 June 2026.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.402 AU
- True anomaly
- 183.56°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.99 AU
- As of
- 2 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
- 08h 50m 04s
- Declination
- +16° 03′ 17″
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Distance from Earth
- 0.98 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 90.34° — well clear of the Sun
Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.
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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
- 0.983 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4287
- Inclination
- 1.62°
- Orbital period
- 355.9 days
- Perihelion
- 0.561 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.404 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 129.71°
- Argument of periapsis
- 131.95°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 3.0 LD
- 0.0077 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.079
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).
- Observations used
- 97
- Data arc
- 9.3 years
- First observed
- 30 October 2016
- Last observed
- 16 February 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.63 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 7 June 2026
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 23.14
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- Space Surveillance Telescope
- Discovery date
- 30 October 2016
- Discovery site
- Space Surveillance
Also known as 2016 VO1
Close approaches 89 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-02-14 19:12 UTC close approach of 893859. Catalogue miss distance 3.69 LD · 1.42 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-02-11 to 2027-02-17, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-02-14 19:12:00 | Earth | 0.0095 AU | 3.7 LD | 13.7 km/s |
| 2028-02-09 01:10:00 | Earth | 0.1787 AU | 69.5 LD | 19 km/s |
| 2032-03-30 06:22:00 | Venus | 0.0712 AU | 27.7 LD | 11.2 km/s |
| 2036-12-09 05:28:00 | Venus | 0.0731 AU | 28.5 LD | 11 km/s |
| 2048-08-04 03:46:00 | Venus | 0.1281 AU | 49.9 LD | 20.3 km/s |
| 2050-09-17 14:14:00 | Venus | 0.0378 AU | 14.7 LD | 13.2 km/s |
| 2050-10-17 23:03:00 | Earth | 0.1454 AU | 56.6 LD | 17.9 km/s |
| 2051-10-12 13:44:00 | Earth | 0.0399 AU | 15.5 LD | 12.6 km/s |
| 2055-05-29 16:24:00 | Venus | 0.0963 AU | 37.5 LD | 10.4 km/s |
| 2060-02-12 21:45:00 | Earth | 0.1761 AU | 68.5 LD | 9 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