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2019 NP5

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(2019 NP5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.89 AU
True anomaly
231.39°
Distance from Earth
0.704 AU
As of
16 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2019 NP5 — 0.89 AU from the Sun 2019 NP5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2019 NP5 is 0.704 AU from Earth today (5.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
17h 34m 08s
Declination
-20° 19′ 02″
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Distance from Earth
0.7 AU
Elongation from the Sun
60.06° — well clear of the Sun

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

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
0.796 AU
Eccentricity
0.2935
Inclination
2.71°
Orbital period
259.3 days
Perihelion
0.562 AU
Aphelion
1.029 AU
Longitude of ascending node
279.88°
Argument of periapsis
188.8°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 1.6 LD
0.004 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.286

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
22
Data arc
8 days
First observed
6 July 2019
Last observed
14 July 2019
Residual RMS
0.46 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
27.6

Discovery & classification

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

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 77 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2019 NP5 at 2026-12-13 11:56 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-12-13 11:56 UTC close approach of 2019 NP5. Catalogue miss distance 158.3 LD · 6.09 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-12-10 to 2026-12-16, 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. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 158.3 LD · 6.09 × 10⁷ km 2026-12-13 11:56 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-12-13 11:56 UTC close approach of 2019 NP5. Catalogue miss distance 158.3 LD · 6.09 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-12-10 to 2026-12-16, 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. 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
2026-12-13 11:56:00 Earth 0.4068 AU 158.3 LD 13.8 km/s
2027-02-04 22:41:00 Venus 0.0712 AU 27.7 LD 9.6 km/s
2029-03-15 11:25:00 Earth 0.3471 AU 135.1 LD 9.2 km/s
2029-08-03 10:39:00 Earth 0.2561 AU 99.7 LD 13.4 km/s
2031-06-22 00:22:00 Earth 0.3549 AU 138.1 LD 16.6 km/s
2031-11-21 09:54:00 Earth 0.3754 AU 146.1 LD 11.4 km/s
2034-02-19 01:58:00 Earth 0.3922 AU 152.6 LD 12.5 km/s
2034-07-28 02:59:00 Earth 0.4304 AU 167.5 LD 19 km/s
2035-05-25 14:26:00 Venus 0.1228 AU 47.8 LD 15 km/s
2036-04-28 20:49:00 Venus 0.0704 AU 27.4 LD 10.1 km/s

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

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