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2014 US7

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(2014 US7)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.048 AU
True anomaly
152.32°
Distance from Earth
0.2 AU
As of
19 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 — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2014 US7 — 1.048 AU from the Sun 2014 US7
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2014 US7 is 0.2 AU from Earth today (1.7 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
07h 17m 44s
Declination
+33° 28′ 22″
Constellation
Gemini
Distance from Earth
0.2 AU
Elongation from the Sun
100.55° — well clear of the Sun

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

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
0.859 AU
Eccentricity
0.2729
Inclination
9.86°
Orbital period
290.7 days
Perihelion
0.624 AU
Aphelion
1.093 AU
Longitude of ascending node
25.56°
Argument of periapsis
219.32°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 2.5 LD
0.0063 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.829

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).

Observations used
111
Data arc
4 years
First observed
20 October 2014
Last observed
20 October 2018
Residual RMS
0.45 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.6

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 229 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2014 US7 at 2026-11-25 03:03 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-11-25 03:03 UTC close approach of 2014 US7. Catalogue miss distance 62.8 LD · 2.41 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-11-22 to 2026-11-28, 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 62.8 LD · 2.41 × 10⁷ km 2026-11-25 03:03 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-11-25 03:03 UTC close approach of 2014 US7. Catalogue miss distance 62.8 LD · 2.41 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-11-22 to 2026-11-28, 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
2026-11-25 03:03:00 Earth 0.1613 AU 62.8 LD 7 km/s
2027-02-24 02:09:00 Earth 0.2428 AU 94.5 LD 6.7 km/s
2030-07-29 15:44:00 Earth 0.349 AU 135.8 LD 8.5 km/s
2031-01-01 19:53:00 Earth 0.1716 AU 66.8 LD 6.5 km/s
2031-12-25 21:13:00 Venus 0.0238 AU 9.3 LD 10.9 km/s
2034-07-06 08:06:00 Earth 0.3866 AU 150.5 LD 11.4 km/s
2035-01-13 02:52:00 Earth 0.2017 AU 78.5 LD 11 km/s
2037-08-12 11:25:00 Venus 0.1235 AU 48.1 LD 8.2 km/s
2038-06-14 14:53:00 Earth 0.4019 AU 156.4 LD 13.3 km/s
2039-01-07 02:25:00 Earth 0.3254 AU 126.7 LD 16.4 km/s

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

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