2020 PN1 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.88 AU to 1.13 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 368.2 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 26 August 2022.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.129 AU
- True anomaly
- 176.85°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.427 AU
- As of
- 3 November 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 21h 40m 32s
- Declination
- -25° 44′ 04″
- Constellation
- Piscis Austrinus
- Distance from Earth
- 0.43 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 97.29° — well clear of the Sun
Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.
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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
- 1.005 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.123
- Inclination
- 5.09°
- Orbital period
- 368.2 days
- Perihelion
- 0.882 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.129 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 144.13°
- Argument of periapsis
- 58.79°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 9.8 LD
- 0.0252 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.044
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 69
- Data arc
- 3 years
- First observed
- 28 August 2019
- Last observed
- 26 August 2022
- Residual RMS
- 0.5 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 26 August 2022
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 25.45
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 133 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-08-06 17:11 UTC close approach of 2020 PN1. Catalogue miss distance 71.7 LD · 2.76 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-08-03 to 2027-08-09, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-08-06 17:11:00 | Earth | 0.1842 AU | 71.7 LD | 9.5 km/s |
| 2028-08-08 00:55:00 | Earth | 0.2397 AU | 93.3 LD | 11.1 km/s |
| 2029-08-10 09:30:00 | Earth | 0.2977 AU | 115.9 LD | 12.8 km/s |
| 2030-08-13 03:20:00 | Earth | 0.357 AU | 138.9 LD | 14.5 km/s |
| 2031-08-15 17:30:00 | Earth | 0.4167 AU | 162.2 LD | 16.3 km/s |
| 2032-08-17 13:28:00 | Earth | 0.4763 AU | 185.4 LD | 18 km/s |
| 2112-01-01 16:24:00 | Earth | 0.4674 AU | 181.9 LD | 18.2 km/s |
| 2113-01-03 15:27:00 | Earth | 0.4058 AU | 157.9 LD | 16.3 km/s |
| 2114-01-06 20:52:00 | Earth | 0.3451 AU | 134.3 LD | 14.5 km/s |
| 2115-01-09 20:24:00 | Earth | 0.2851 AU | 110.9 LD | 12.6 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB