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2019 OR1

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(2019 OR1)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.627 AU
True anomaly
324.38°
Distance from Earth
1.331 AU
As of
22 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2019 OR1 — 0.627 AU from the Sun 2019 OR1
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2019 OR1 is 1.331 AU from Earth today (11.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 05m 36s
Declination
-09° 44′ 23″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.34 AU
Elongation from the Sun
26.19° — 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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  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.
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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
0.96 AU
Eccentricity
0.3801
Inclination
18.28°
Orbital period
343.5 days
Perihelion
0.595 AU
Aphelion
1.325 AU
Longitude of ascending node
236.83°
Argument of periapsis
297.66°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 2.0 LD
0.0051 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.176

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).

Observations used
463
Data arc
4.22 years
First observed
27 July 2019
Last observed
16 October 2023
Residual RMS
0.28 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
17 October 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
21.07

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

Close approaches 189 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2019 OR1 at 2034-07-12 01:24 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-07-12 01:24 UTC close approach of 2019 OR1. Catalogue miss distance 117.6 LD · 4.52 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-07-09 to 2034-07-15, 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 117.6 LD · 4.52 × 10⁷ km 2034-07-12 01:24 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-07-12 01:24 UTC close approach of 2019 OR1. Catalogue miss distance 117.6 LD · 4.52 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-07-09 to 2034-07-15, 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
2034-07-12 01:24:00 Earth 0.3022 AU 117.6 LD 18.9 km/s
2035-06-07 18:02:00 Earth 0.2557 AU 99.5 LD 13.7 km/s
2036-04-21 09:50:00 Earth 0.3907 AU 152.0 LD 16.2 km/s
2036-09-22 21:24:00 Earth 0.4557 AU 177.3 LD 10.3 km/s
2037-03-08 17:32:00 Earth 0.4574 AU 178.0 LD 16.1 km/s
2037-11-06 19:57:00 Earth 0.2974 AU 115.7 LD 10.7 km/s
2038-11-19 05:21:00 Earth 0.0423 AU 16.5 LD 15.4 km/s
2039-11-05 15:51:00 Earth 0.4067 AU 158.3 LD 25.6 km/s
2040-02-04 05:27:00 Venus 0.0329 AU 12.8 LD 18.8 km/s
2050-07-05 09:51:00 Earth 0.254 AU 98.8 LD 16.7 km/s

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

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