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2014 DG23

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(2014 DG23)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.869 AU
True anomaly
271°
Distance from Earth
1.473 AU
As of
21 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2014 DG23 — 0.869 AU from the Sun 2014 DG23
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2014 DG23 is 1.473 AU from Earth today (12.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 09m 01s
Declination
-15° 19′ 36″
Constellation
Scorpius
Distance from Earth
1.47 AU
Elongation from the Sun
34.86° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

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
0.914 AU
Eccentricity
0.2155
Inclination
11.84°
Orbital period
319.4 days
Perihelion
0.717 AU
Aphelion
1.111 AU
Longitude of ascending node
157.12°
Argument of periapsis
215.2°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 21.0 LD
0.0539 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.492

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
26
Data arc
7 days
First observed
27 February 2014
Last observed
6 March 2014
Residual RMS
0.56 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.1

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 60 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2014 DG23 at 2028-02-26 02:00 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-02-26 02:00 UTC close approach of 2014 DG23. Catalogue miss distance 33.7 LD · 1.3 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-02-23 to 2028-02-29, 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 33.7 LD · 1.3 × 10⁷ km 2028-02-26 02:00 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-02-26 02:00 UTC close approach of 2014 DG23. Catalogue miss distance 33.7 LD · 1.3 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-02-23 to 2028-02-29, 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
2028-02-26 02:00:00 Earth 0.0867 AU 33.7 LD 7.3 km/s
2028-08-15 15:19:00 Earth 0.2528 AU 98.4 LD 10 km/s
2029-05-10 23:52:00 Earth 0.4842 AU 188.4 LD 19.4 km/s
2030-06-01 11:07:00 Venus 0.0794 AU 30.9 LD 10.4 km/s
2035-03-07 07:41:00 Earth 0.1215 AU 47.3 LD 7.2 km/s
2035-08-05 20:18:00 Earth 0.2419 AU 94.1 LD 9.4 km/s
2040-12-05 10:47:00 Venus 0.0788 AU 30.7 LD 8.7 km/s
2041-11-28 18:59:00 Earth 0.2849 AU 110.9 LD 6.1 km/s
2042-03-20 05:22:00 Earth 0.1586 AU 61.7 LD 7.2 km/s
2042-07-23 16:41:00 Earth 0.2294 AU 89.3 LD 8.5 km/s

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

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