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2017 UH8

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(2017 UH8)

2017 UH8 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.63 AU to 1.39 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 370.7 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.756 AU
True anomaly
66.99°
Distance from Earth
0.834 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.

Sun Earth — 0.992 AU from the Sun Earth 2017 UH8 — 0.756 AU from the Sun 2017 UH8
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2017 UH8 is 0.834 AU from Earth today (6.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
17h 57m 17s
Declination
-29° 24′ 24″
Constellation
Sagittarius
Distance from Earth
0.83 AU
Elongation from the Sun
48.11° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

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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
1.01 AU
Eccentricity
0.3757
Inclination
8.06°
Orbital period
370.7 days
Perihelion
0.63 AU
Aphelion
1.389 AU
Longitude of ascending node
41.24°
Argument of periapsis
238.03°
Epoch · J2000
2458054.5
Orbit class · APO
Apollo
Earth MOID · 10.8 LD
0.0276 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.961

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
40
Data arc
15 days
First observed
27 October 2017
Last observed
11 November 2017
Residual RMS
0.51 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.2

Discovery & classification

Apollo Near-Earth Object

Sources