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2014 TC36

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(2014 TC36)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.8 AU
True anomaly
105.69°
Distance from Earth
1.165 AU
As of
16 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2014 TC36 — 0.8 AU from the Sun 2014 TC36
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2014 TC36 is 1.165 AU from Earth today (9.7 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 06m 54s
Declination
-31° 27′ 19″
Constellation
Lupus
Distance from Earth
1.16 AU
Elongation from the Sun
42.79° — 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
0.803 AU
Eccentricity
0.2827
Inclination
15.44°
Orbital period
262.7 days
Perihelion
0.576 AU
Aphelion
1.03 AU
Longitude of ascending node
22.46°
Argument of periapsis
175.19°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 11.9 LD
0.0307 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.208

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
40
Data arc
12 days
First observed
14 October 2014
Last observed
26 October 2014
Residual RMS
0.53 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 35 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2014 TC36 at 2027-10-31 12:02 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-10-31 12:02 UTC close approach of 2014 TC36. Catalogue miss distance 95.7 LD · 3.68 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-10-28 to 2027-11-03, 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 north of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 95.7 LD · 3.68 × 10⁷ km 2027-10-31 12:02 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-10-31 12:02 UTC close approach of 2014 TC36. Catalogue miss distance 95.7 LD · 3.68 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-10-28 to 2027-11-03, 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 north 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
2027-10-31 12:02:00 Earth 0.2459 AU 95.7 LD 13.8 km/s
2030-03-22 01:18:00 Earth 0.4217 AU 164.1 LD 17 km/s
2032-10-24 08:53:00 Earth 0.0782 AU 30.4 LD 9.5 km/s
2042-09-27 07:29:00 Earth 0.2269 AU 88.3 LD 12.8 km/s
2045-10-29 04:28:00 Earth 0.3683 AU 143.4 LD 17.7 km/s
2047-09-28 17:14:00 Earth 0.4091 AU 159.2 LD 18.7 km/s
2050-10-30 14:28:00 Earth 0.1811 AU 70.5 LD 11.9 km/s
2065-09-26 11:11:00 Earth 0.2791 AU 108.6 LD 14.4 km/s
2068-10-30 01:43:00 Earth 0.316 AU 123.0 LD 16 km/s
2070-09-29 13:24:00 Earth 0.4559 AU 177.4 LD 20.3 km/s

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

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