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2013 NV

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(2013 NV)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.379 AU
True anomaly
162.16°
Distance from Earth
1.66 AU
As of
22 October 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.

Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2013 NV — 1.379 AU from the Sun 2013 NV
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2013 NV is 1.66 AU from Earth today (13.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
17h 40m 16s
Declination
-11° 33′ 47″
Constellation
Serpens
Distance from Earth
1.67 AU
Elongation from the Sun
55.86° — 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
0.958 AU
Eccentricity
0.5112
Inclination
29.29°
Orbital period
342.7 days
Perihelion
0.469 AU
Aphelion
1.448 AU
Longitude of ascending node
275.58°
Argument of periapsis
227.81°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 15.2 LD
0.039 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.072

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
208
Data arc
35.24 years
First observed
1 July 1983
Last observed
27 September 2018
Residual RMS
0.32 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
20.15

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

Close approaches 116 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2013 NV at 2028-06-30 21:03 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-06-30 21:03 UTC close approach of 2013 NV. Catalogue miss distance 87.1 LD · 3.35 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-06-27 to 2028-07-03, 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. Sun 87.1 LD · 3.35 × 10⁷ km 2028-06-30 21:03 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-06-30 21:03 UTC close approach of 2013 NV. Catalogue miss distance 87.1 LD · 3.35 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-06-27 to 2028-07-03, 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.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2028-06-30 21:03:00 Earth 0.2237 AU 87.1 LD 25.6 km/s
2029-06-22 10:11:00 Earth 0.1306 AU 50.8 LD 17.7 km/s
2030-07-04 10:55:00 Earth 0.4229 AU 164.6 LD 15.5 km/s
2032-12-19 14:14:00 Earth 0.4294 AU 167.1 LD 25.1 km/s
2033-11-14 15:15:00 Earth 0.3998 AU 155.6 LD 23.2 km/s
2043-07-04 10:06:00 Earth 0.2936 AU 114.3 LD 27.5 km/s
2044-06-22 22:15:00 Earth 0.0681 AU 26.5 LD 18.9 km/s
2045-06-30 06:01:00 Earth 0.3736 AU 145.4 LD 15.5 km/s
2047-12-26 18:57:00 Earth 0.4455 AU 173.4 LD 25.7 km/s
2048-11-20 18:26:00 Earth 0.3948 AU 153.6 LD 23.2 km/s

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

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