2008 GD110 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.76 AU to 1.28 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 377.7 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.126 AU
- True anomaly
- 233.77°
- Distance from Earth
- 2.029 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 27m 36s
- Declination
- -10° 30′ 42″
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 2.03 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 17.84° — too close to the Sun to observe
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
- 1.023 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.2543
- Inclination
- 5.35°
- Orbital period
- 377.7 days
- Perihelion
- 0.763 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.283 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 212.98°
- Argument of periapsis
- 101.16°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 0.1 LD
- 0.0002 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.942
Orbit quality
Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).
- Observations used
- 110
- Data arc
- 9 days
- First observed
- 14 April 2008
- Last observed
- 23 April 2008
- Residual RMS
- 0.34 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 24.5
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 75 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2036-04-02 14:07 UTC close approach of 2008 GD110. Catalogue miss distance 192.1 LD · 7.38 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2036-03-30 to 2036-04-05, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2036-04-02 14:07:00 | Earth | 0.4936 AU | 192.1 LD | 23.2 km/s |
| 2037-04-11 18:05:00 | Earth | 0.2864 AU | 111.5 LD | 16.9 km/s |
| 2038-04-20 18:28:00 | Earth | 0.0753 AU | 29.3 LD | 10.7 km/s |
| 2039-04-24 21:33:00 | Earth | 0.132 AU | 51.4 LD | 5.1 km/s |
| 2040-03-08 05:49:00 | Earth | 0.2674 AU | 104.0 LD | 6.7 km/s |
| 2040-07-06 18:43:00 | Earth | 0.2492 AU | 97.0 LD | 8 km/s |
| 2041-02-08 13:59:00 | Earth | 0.3122 AU | 121.5 LD | 7.5 km/s |
| 2041-08-14 09:24:00 | Earth | 0.2616 AU | 101.8 LD | 8.8 km/s |
| 2042-01-13 17:22:00 | Earth | 0.2994 AU | 116.5 LD | 7.2 km/s |
| 2042-09-26 01:33:00 | Earth | 0.2035 AU | 79.2 LD | 6.8 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