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2020 GF

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(2020 GF)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.725 AU
True anomaly
67.22°
Distance from Earth
0.577 AU
As of
19 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 2020 GF — 0.725 AU from the Sun 2020 GF
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2020 GF is 0.577 AU from Earth today (4.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 55m 09s
Declination
+11° 21′ 29″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
0.58 AU
Elongation from the Sun
46.04° — 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
0.837 AU
Eccentricity
0.236
Inclination
3.95°
Orbital period
279.9 days
Perihelion
0.64 AU
Aphelion
1.035 AU
Longitude of ascending node
5.26°
Argument of periapsis
348.66°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 6.5 LD
0.0168 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.992

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
16
Data arc
13 days
First observed
21 March 2020
Last observed
3 April 2020
Residual RMS
0.5 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 56 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2020 GF at 2030-04-13 17:09 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-04-13 17:09 UTC close approach of 2020 GF. Catalogue miss distance 80.4 LD · 3.09 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-04-10 to 2030-04-16, 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 80.4 LD · 3.09 × 10⁷ km 2030-04-13 17:09 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-04-13 17:09 UTC close approach of 2020 GF. Catalogue miss distance 80.4 LD · 3.09 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-04-10 to 2030-04-16, 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
2030-04-13 17:09:00 Earth 0.2067 AU 80.4 LD 11.9 km/s
2036-02-14 04:37:00 Earth 0.3653 AU 142.2 LD 16.9 km/s
2040-04-05 02:09:00 Earth 0.45 AU 175.1 LD 19.8 km/s
2043-04-14 23:44:00 Earth 0.0724 AU 28.2 LD 7.6 km/s
2046-02-06 21:06:00 Earth 0.1227 AU 47.7 LD 8.8 km/s
2053-04-11 06:48:00 Earth 0.2918 AU 113.6 LD 14.7 km/s
2059-02-11 12:21:00 Earth 0.3124 AU 121.6 LD 15.2 km/s
2059-08-03 16:17:00 Earth 0.3431 AU 133.5 LD 10.1 km/s
2061-02-14 17:41:00 Venus 0.0604 AU 23.5 LD 6.4 km/s
2062-09-25 20:45:00 Earth 0.3613 AU 140.6 LD 11.8 km/s

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

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