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2011 GC62

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(2011 GC62)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.794 AU
True anomaly
342.23°
Distance from Earth
1.245 AU
As of
24 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth 2011 GC62 — 0.794 AU from the Sun 2011 GC62
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2011 GC62 is 1.245 AU from Earth today (10.4 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 38m 39s
Declination
-10° 31′ 46″
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Distance from Earth
1.24 AU
Elongation from the Sun
39.58° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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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
0.97 AU
Eccentricity
0.1883
Inclination
18.54°
Orbital period
349.2 days
Perihelion
0.788 AU
Aphelion
1.153 AU
Longitude of ascending node
202.49°
Argument of periapsis
118.63°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 8.8 LD
0.0225 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.166

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
28
Data arc
10 days
First observed
11 April 2011
Last observed
21 April 2011
Residual RMS
0.38 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
23.6

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 63 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2011 GC62 at 2028-12-01 02:07 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-12-01 02:07 UTC close approach of 2011 GC62. Catalogue miss distance 179.7 LD · 6.91 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-11-28 to 2028-12-04, 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. Sun 179.7 LD · 6.91 × 10⁷ km 2028-12-01 02:07 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-12-01 02:07 UTC close approach of 2011 GC62. Catalogue miss distance 179.7 LD · 6.91 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-11-28 to 2028-12-04, 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.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2028-12-01 02:07:00 Earth 0.4617 AU 179.7 LD 21.5 km/s
2033-04-14 08:04:00 Earth 0.0344 AU 13.4 LD 11.4 km/s
2034-04-07 19:40:00 Earth 0.2963 AU 115.3 LD 17.5 km/s
2040-04-28 17:22:00 Venus 0.1371 AU 53.4 LD 13.4 km/s
2050-11-21 10:57:00 Earth 0.3091 AU 120.3 LD 17.2 km/s
2054-04-14 22:17:00 Earth 0.059 AU 23.0 LD 10.3 km/s
2055-04-10 18:11:00 Earth 0.2116 AU 82.4 LD 15.4 km/s
2056-03-31 23:28:00 Earth 0.475 AU 184.8 LD 22.4 km/s
2071-11-30 14:48:00 Earth 0.4382 AU 170.5 LD 20.8 km/s
2072-11-11 09:52:00 Earth 0.201 AU 78.2 LD 14.4 km/s

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

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