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Asteroid Near-Earth

2019 AQ3

(2019 AQ3)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.603 AU
True anomaly
247.52°
Distance from Earth
1.202 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.

Sun Earth — 1.001 AU from the Sun Earth 2019 AQ3 — 0.603 AU from the Sun 2019 AQ3
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2019 AQ3 is 1.202 AU from Earth today (10.0 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 33m 09s
Declination
+21° 08′ 25″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.2 AU
Elongation from the Sun
29.71° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

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
0.589 AU
Eccentricity
0.3144
Inclination
47.22°
Orbital period
164.9 days
Perihelion
0.404 AU
Aphelion
0.774 AU
Longitude of ascending node
64.48°
Argument of periapsis
163.17°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · IEO
Atira (interior-Earth object)
Earth MOID · 88.2 LD
0.2265 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
9.274

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).

Observations used
148
Data arc
8.2 years
First observed
13 October 2015
Last observed
26 December 2023
Residual RMS
0.36 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
14 July 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
17.48

Discovery & classification

Atira Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 181 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2031-03-06 04:27:00 Venus 0.0393 AU 15.3 LD 24.9 km/s
2037-12-11 01:18:00 Venus 0.0491 AU 19.1 LD 24.6 km/s
2044-09-16 20:42:00 Venus 0.083 AU 32.3 LD 24.5 km/s
2051-06-24 14:17:00 Venus 0.1245 AU 48.4 LD 24.7 km/s
2053-04-27 14:14:00 Venus 0.1146 AU 44.6 LD 26.3 km/s
2060-02-02 17:38:00 Venus 0.0727 AU 28.3 LD 25.5 km/s
2066-11-09 17:46:00 Venus 0.0429 AU 16.7 LD 25 km/s
2073-08-16 15:06:00 Venus 0.0431 AU 16.8 LD 24.7 km/s
2080-05-23 10:52:00 Venus 0.0723 AU 28.1 LD 24.5 km/s
2087-02-28 04:56:00 Venus 0.1126 AU 43.8 LD 24.6 km/s

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

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