2017 GM6 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.98 AU to 1.08 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 381.1 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.008 AU
- True anomaly
- 293.91°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.884 AU
- As of
- 3 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
- 16h 00m 43s
- Declination
- -16° 59′ 47″
- Constellation
- Libra
- Distance from Earth
- 1.88 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 19.74° — too close to the Sun to observe
Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.
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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
- 1.029 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.0455
- Inclination
- 7.25°
- Orbital period
- 381.1 days
- Perihelion
- 0.982 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.076 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 194.56°
- Argument of periapsis
- 131.71°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 1.2 LD
- 0.0031 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.939
Orbit quality
Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).
- Observations used
- 54
- Data arc
- 27 days
- First observed
- 5 April 2017
- Last observed
- 2 May 2017
- Residual RMS
- 0.67 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 26
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 24 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2040-05-02 23:25 UTC close approach of 2017 GM6. Catalogue miss distance 99.9 LD · 3.84 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2040-04-29 to 2040-05-05, 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. 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2040-05-02 23:25:00 | Earth | 0.2566 AU | 99.9 LD | 9.4 km/s |
| 2041-04-15 07:46:00 | Earth | 0.0535 AU | 20.8 LD | 4.1 km/s |
| 2041-09-23 10:16:00 | Earth | 0.0983 AU | 38.2 LD | 4.1 km/s |
| 2042-10-18 14:10:00 | Earth | 0.1598 AU | 62.2 LD | 7.4 km/s |
| 2043-10-30 03:59:00 | Earth | 0.4232 AU | 164.7 LD | 14.7 km/s |
| 2064-04-30 10:19:00 | Earth | 0.4025 AU | 156.6 LD | 13.6 km/s |
| 2065-04-30 05:52:00 | Earth | 0.1554 AU | 60.5 LD | 6.6 km/s |
| 2066-03-24 09:25:00 | Earth | 0.0909 AU | 35.4 LD | 3.9 km/s |
| 2066-10-08 04:06:00 | Earth | 0.0029 AU | 1.1 LD | 4.3 km/s |
| 2066-10-08 15:03:00 | Moon | 0.0049 AU | 1.9 LD | 4.7 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