2015 FM33 is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.79 AU to 1.18 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 357.1 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.974 AU
- True anomaly
- 97.96°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.476 AU
- As of
- 2 November 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 11h 55m 35s
- Declination
- -02° 50′ 28″
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 1.48 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 40.92° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Visible from both hemispheres.
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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
- 0.985 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1961
- Inclination
- 11.1°
- Orbital period
- 357.1 days
- Perihelion
- 0.792 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.178 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 162.59°
- Argument of periapsis
- 236.7°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 19.7 LD
- 0.0506 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.119
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).
- Observations used
- 27
- Data arc
- 785 days
- First observed
- 24 February 2015
- Last observed
- 19 April 2017
- Residual RMS
- 0.54 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 24.6
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 121 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2056-03-02 17:26 UTC close approach of 2015 FM33. Catalogue miss distance 175.5 LD · 6.74 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2056-02-28 to 2056-03-05, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2035-05-25 11:24:00 | Venus | 0.1062 AU | 41.3 LD | 8.3 km/s |
| 2051-12-31 19:55:00 | Venus | 0.0944 AU | 36.8 LD | 7.1 km/s |
| 2056-03-02 17:26:00 | Earth | 0.4508 AU | 175.5 LD | 19.9 km/s |
| 2057-02-25 20:18:00 | Earth | 0.3177 AU | 123.7 LD | 16 km/s |
| 2058-02-21 20:29:00 | Earth | 0.1847 AU | 71.9 LD | 12.1 km/s |
| 2059-02-20 13:17:00 | Earth | 0.0671 AU | 26.1 LD | 8.7 km/s |
| 2060-02-27 18:48:00 | Earth | 0.0912 AU | 35.5 LD | 6.8 km/s |
| 2060-12-05 16:08:00 | Earth | 0.2462 AU | 95.8 LD | 5.5 km/s |
| 2061-03-20 02:59:00 | Earth | 0.1803 AU | 70.2 LD | 6.6 km/s |
| 2061-10-30 04:35:00 | Earth | 0.2455 AU | 95.5 LD | 7.7 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB