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2019 NB5

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(2019 NB5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.462 AU
True anomaly
339.76°
Distance from Earth
1.175 AU
As of
20 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 — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2019 NB5 — 0.462 AU from the Sun 2019 NB5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2019 NB5 is 1.175 AU from Earth today (9.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 21m 56s
Declination
-01° 44′ 22″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.18 AU
Elongation from the Sun
22.25° — 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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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
0.894 AU
Eccentricity
0.4938
Inclination
22.16°
Orbital period
308.6 days
Perihelion
0.452 AU
Aphelion
1.335 AU
Longitude of ascending node
126.95°
Argument of periapsis
21.83°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 55.3 LD
0.1422 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.49

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
162
Data arc
11.2 years
First observed
6 June 2014
Last observed
19 August 2025
Residual RMS
0.43 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
20 August 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
20.48

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 25 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2019 NB5 at 2040-07-13 00:50 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2040-07-13 00:50 UTC close approach of 2019 NB5. Catalogue miss distance 66.4 LD · 2.55 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2040-07-10 to 2040-07-16, 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. At closest approach the object is north of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 66.4 LD · 2.55 × 10⁷ km 2040-07-13 00:50 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2040-07-13 00:50 UTC close approach of 2019 NB5. Catalogue miss distance 66.4 LD · 2.55 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2040-07-10 to 2040-07-16, 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. At closest approach the object is north of the ecliptic. 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
2040-07-13 00:50:00 Earth 0.1706 AU 66.4 LD 18.6 km/s
2051-07-13 12:37:00 Earth 0.1426 AU 55.5 LD 16.7 km/s
2062-07-14 17:03:00 Earth 0.153 AU 59.5 LD 15.3 km/s
2073-07-17 19:19:00 Earth 0.1894 AU 73.7 LD 14.4 km/s
2089-07-14 06:23:00 Earth 0.1986 AU 77.3 LD 19.8 km/s
2100-07-13 23:57:00 Earth 0.1518 AU 59.1 LD 17.7 km/s
2111-07-15 05:42:00 Earth 0.1419 AU 55.2 LD 15.9 km/s
2122-07-17 08:13:00 Earth 0.1681 AU 65.4 LD 14.8 km/s
2127-09-18 04:32:00 Mars 0.0987 AU 38.4 LD 12.5 km/s
2149-07-14 21:51:00 Earth 0.1725 AU 67.1 LD 18.8 km/s

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

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