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Asteroid Near-Earth

2019 AS2

(2019 AS2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.998 AU
True anomaly
326.62°
Distance from Earth
0.025 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 2019 AS2 — 0.998 AU from the Sun 2019 AS2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2019 AS2 is 0.025 AU from Earth today (12.3 light-seconds).

In the sky

Right ascension
17h 42m 27s
Declination
+03° 37′ 40″
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Distance from Earth
0.02 AU
Elongation from the Sun
76.42° — well clear of the Sun

Visible from both hemispheres.

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.

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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
1.584 AU
Eccentricity
0.3995
Inclination
4.18°
Orbital period
728 days
Perihelion
0.951 AU
Aphelion
2.216 AU
Longitude of ascending node
197.3°
Argument of periapsis
204.36°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · APO
Apollo
Earth MOID · 4.6 LD
0.0118 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
4.294

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
58
Data arc
7.74 years
First observed
3 January 2019
Last observed
29 September 2026
Residual RMS
0.52 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
1 October 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.3

Discovery & classification

Apollo Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 26 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2026-10-02 19:28:00 Earth 0.0115 AU 4.5 LD 7.3 km/s
2028-09-22 14:08:00 Earth 0.046 AU 17.9 LD 8.6 km/s
2030-09-14 03:23:00 Earth 0.1198 AU 46.6 LD 10.9 km/s
2139-12-25 19:45:00 Earth 0.1875 AU 73.0 LD 12.5 km/s
2141-12-16 23:54:00 Earth 0.1057 AU 41.1 LD 9.6 km/s
2143-12-05 01:24:00 Earth 0.0613 AU 23.9 LD 7.4 km/s
2145-11-15 06:06:00 Earth 0.0543 AU 21.1 LD 6.6 km/s
2147-10-25 13:08:00 Earth 0.0435 AU 16.9 LD 6.5 km/s
2149-10-10 06:05:00 Earth 0.0202 AU 7.8 LD 6.9 km/s
2151-10-05 10:28:00 Earth 0.0099 AU 3.8 LD 7.3 km/s

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

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