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2018 GE

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(2018 GE)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.825 AU
True anomaly
10.99°
Distance from Earth
0.498 AU
As of
21 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2018 GE — 0.825 AU from the Sun 2018 GE
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2018 GE is 0.498 AU from Earth today (4.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 17m 30s
Declination
+08° 30′ 13″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
0.5 AU
Elongation from the Sun
55.75° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

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.

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  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.
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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
0.922 AU
Eccentricity
0.1069
Inclination
1.24°
Orbital period
323.1 days
Perihelion
0.823 AU
Aphelion
1.02 AU
Longitude of ascending node
163.66°
Argument of periapsis
243.57°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 3.9 LD
0.0099 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.483

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
44
Data arc
18 days
First observed
5 April 2018
Last observed
23 April 2018
Residual RMS
0.49 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
27.5

Discovery & classification

Listed by JPL impact monitoring; see the Sentry table for current probabilities.

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 37 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2018 GE at 2033-03-31 23:52 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2033-03-31 23:52 UTC close approach of 2018 GE. Catalogue miss distance 116.6 LD · 4.48 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2033-03-28 to 2033-04-03, 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. Sun 116.6 LD · 4.48 × 10⁷ km 2033-03-31 23:52 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2033-03-31 23:52 UTC close approach of 2018 GE. Catalogue miss distance 116.6 LD · 4.48 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2033-03-28 to 2033-04-03, 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.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2033-03-31 23:52:00 Earth 0.2995 AU 116.6 LD 11.2 km/s
2033-10-24 13:34:00 Earth 0.1696 AU 66.0 LD 4.5 km/s
2034-06-01 07:48:00 Earth 0.3456 AU 134.5 LD 12.5 km/s
2039-02-20 23:01:00 Venus 0.0997 AU 38.8 LD 2.2 km/s
2045-03-25 11:24:00 Venus 0.1257 AU 48.9 LD 1.6 km/s
2048-03-27 08:08:00 Earth 0.2541 AU 98.9 LD 9.9 km/s
2049-05-27 08:21:00 Earth 0.4028 AU 156.7 LD 14.3 km/s
2056-06-05 07:27:00 Earth 0.1206 AU 46.9 LD 5.7 km/s
2063-03-22 06:49:00 Earth 0.055 AU 21.4 LD 3.7 km/s
2070-04-05 00:59:00 Earth 0.4389 AU 170.8 LD 15.4 km/s

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

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