2002 AK14 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.91 AU to 1.12 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 374.3 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 14 April 2021.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.119 AU
- True anomaly
- 196.38°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.925 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
- 13h 17m 39s
- Declination
- +01° 22′ 22″
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 1.92 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 25.82° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
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
- 1.016 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1057
- Inclination
- 18.02°
- Orbital period
- 374.3 days
- Perihelion
- 0.909 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.124 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 117.35°
- Argument of periapsis
- 222.33°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 32.1 LD
- 0.0825 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.955
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).
- Observations used
- 50
- Data arc
- 2.73 years
- First observed
- 4 April 2000
- Last observed
- 28 December 2002
- Residual RMS
- 0.45 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 14 April 2021
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 21.5
- Spectral type (SMASS)
- V:
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 89 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2038-06-03 11:04 UTC close approach of 2002 AK14. Catalogue miss distance 177.3 LD · 6.81 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2038-05-31 to 2038-06-06, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2038-06-03 11:04:00 | Earth | 0.4555 AU | 177.3 LD | 17.9 km/s |
| 2039-06-15 16:48:00 | Earth | 0.3162 AU | 123.1 LD | 14.5 km/s |
| 2040-06-28 10:35:00 | Earth | 0.1836 AU | 71.5 LD | 11.9 km/s |
| 2041-02-19 18:50:00 | Earth | 0.3167 AU | 123.3 LD | 9.7 km/s |
| 2041-07-13 19:43:00 | Earth | 0.0864 AU | 33.6 LD | 10.3 km/s |
| 2042-02-01 01:24:00 | Earth | 0.2228 AU | 86.7 LD | 9.7 km/s |
| 2042-07-31 04:56:00 | Earth | 0.134 AU | 52.2 LD | 10 km/s |
| 2043-01-20 02:49:00 | Earth | 0.1331 AU | 51.8 LD | 9.5 km/s |
| 2043-08-21 13:05:00 | Earth | 0.2467 AU | 96.0 LD | 10.7 km/s |
| 2044-01-11 10:07:00 | Earth | 0.1087 AU | 42.3 LD | 9.9 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB