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2017 JJ2

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(2017 JJ2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.883 AU
True anomaly
213.17°
Distance from Earth
1.522 AU
As of
15 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2017 JJ2 — 0.883 AU from the Sun 2017 JJ2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2017 JJ2 is 1.522 AU from Earth today (12.7 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
15h 40m 32s
Declination
-13° 26′ 10″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
1.52 AU
Elongation from the Sun
33.32° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

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
0.692 AU
Eccentricity
0.6265
Inclination
12.16°
Orbital period
210.1 days
Perihelion
0.258 AU
Aphelion
1.125 AU
Longitude of ascending node
216.43°
Argument of periapsis
205.18°
Epoch · J2000
2457878.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 4.9 LD
0.0127 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
8.08

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 8).

Observations used
27
Data arc
4 days
First observed
3 May 2017
Last observed
7 May 2017
Residual RMS
0.6 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.1

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 44 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2017 JJ2 at 2028-06-03 21:49 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-06-03 21:49 UTC close approach of 2017 JJ2. Catalogue miss distance 58.9 LD · 2.27 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-05-31 to 2028-06-06, 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 58.9 LD · 2.27 × 10⁷ km 2028-06-03 21:49 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-06-03 21:49 UTC close approach of 2017 JJ2. Catalogue miss distance 58.9 LD · 2.27 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-05-31 to 2028-06-06, 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
2028-06-03 21:49:00 Earth 0.1515 AU 58.9 LD 13.6 km/s
2029-05-09 01:08:00 Earth 0.3735 AU 145.4 LD 27.7 km/s
2035-02-02 10:55:00 Venus 0.1489 AU 57.9 LD 19 km/s
2035-06-02 22:48:00 Earth 0.4392 AU 170.9 LD 28.7 km/s
2039-06-08 03:45:00 Earth 0.3189 AU 124.1 LD 23.9 km/s
2040-04-29 18:02:00 Earth 0.0134 AU 5.2 LD 15.5 km/s

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

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