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2019 UO5

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(2019 UO5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.045 AU
True anomaly
178.13°
Distance from Earth
0.126 AU
As of
21 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2019 UO5 — 1.045 AU from the Sun 2019 UO5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2019 UO5 is 0.126 AU from Earth today (1.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
22h 23m 30s
Declination
-41° 09′ 22″
Constellation
Grus
Distance from Earth
0.13 AU
Elongation from the Sun
109.91° — well clear of the Sun

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

From your location

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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
0.916 AU
Eccentricity
0.1405
Inclination
20.41°
Orbital period
320.4 days
Perihelion
0.788 AU
Aphelion
1.045 AU
Longitude of ascending node
32.16°
Argument of periapsis
171.9°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 18.9 LD
0.0485 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.457

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
25
Data arc
12 days
First observed
19 October 2019
Last observed
31 October 2019
Residual RMS
0.48 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.6

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 92 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2019 UO5 at 2026-10-22 00:52 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-10-22 00:52 UTC close approach of 2019 UO5. Catalogue miss distance 43.3 LD · 1.67 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-25, 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 south of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 43.3 LD · 1.67 × 10⁷ km 2026-10-22 00:52 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-10-22 00:52 UTC close approach of 2019 UO5. Catalogue miss distance 43.3 LD · 1.67 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-25, 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 south 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
2026-10-22 00:52:00 Earth 0.1114 AU 43.3 LD 10.9 km/s
2027-03-19 11:20:00 Earth 0.276 AU 107.4 LD 12.7 km/s
2033-10-17 16:43:00 Earth 0.2123 AU 82.6 LD 12.1 km/s
2034-04-04 12:32:00 Earth 0.2353 AU 91.6 LD 13 km/s
2034-11-03 22:48:00 Earth 0.4647 AU 180.9 LD 18.3 km/s
2040-10-14 01:04:00 Earth 0.3226 AU 125.5 LD 14.2 km/s
2041-04-20 05:38:00 Earth 0.2161 AU 84.1 LD 13.1 km/s
2041-11-03 19:39:00 Earth 0.348 AU 135.4 LD 15.2 km/s
2047-10-12 16:13:00 Earth 0.4377 AU 170.4 LD 17 km/s
2048-05-06 09:15:00 Earth 0.2296 AU 89.4 LD 13 km/s

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

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