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Asteroid Near-Earth

2018 NE1

(2018 NE1)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.842 AU
True anomaly
344.8°
Distance from Earth
0.415 AU
As of
2 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.

Orbit of Mercury Orbit of Venus Orbit of Mars Sun Earth — 1.001 AU from the Sun Earth 2018 NE1 — 0.842 AU from the Sun 2018 NE1
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2018 NE1 is 0.415 AU from Earth today (3.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 19m 10s
Declination
-16° 03′ 11″
Constellation
Scorpius
Distance from Earth
0.41 AU
Elongation from the Sun
55.53° — 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's up after dark, 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.

Know your what3words address? Paste it, e.g. ///filled.count.soap. This is optional — the three words are sent to what3words to convert them, and we don't store the address or the result.

Your location stays in your browser and is sent only for this calculation. Using a what3words address is optional; if you do, the three words go to what3words to be converted and we don't record them. Set a location first, then you can save an email alert for this object. See our privacy policy.

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
1.94 AU
Eccentricity
0.5717
Inclination
3.06°
Orbital period
2.7 years
Perihelion
0.831 AU
Aphelion
3.049 AU
Longitude of ascending node
289.85°
Argument of periapsis
70.95°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · APO
Apollo
Earth MOID · 3.9 LD
0.0101 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
3.683

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
97
Data arc
15 days
First observed
8 July 2018
Last observed
23 July 2018
Residual RMS
0.31 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
23.4

Discovery & classification

Apollo Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 10 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2026-11-19 02:16:00 Earth 0.0427 AU 16.6 LD 13.3 km/s
2104-11-23 02:44:00 Mars 0.0718 AU 27.9 LD 11.5 km/s

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

Sources