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2020 SR6

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(2020 SR6)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.673 AU
True anomaly
15.71°
Distance from Earth
1.577 AU
As of
20 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 SR6 — 0.673 AU from the Sun 2020 SR6
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2020 SR6 is 1.577 AU from Earth today (13.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 43m 25s
Declination
-05° 10′ 24″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.58 AU
Elongation from the Sun
15.52° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

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
0.876 AU
Eccentricity
0.237
Inclination
1.2°
Orbital period
299.5 days
Perihelion
0.668 AU
Aphelion
1.084 AU
Longitude of ascending node
233.6°
Argument of periapsis
279.06°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 5.0 LD
0.0128 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.737

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
71
Data arc
24 days
First observed
18 September 2020
Last observed
12 October 2020
Residual RMS
0.51 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.7

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 141 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2020 SR6 at 2029-08-29 09:22 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-08-29 09:22 UTC close approach of 2020 SR6. Catalogue miss distance 29.6 LD · 1.14 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-08-26 to 2029-09-01, 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 29.6 LD · 1.14 × 10⁷ km 2029-08-29 09:22 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-08-29 09:22 UTC close approach of 2020 SR6. Catalogue miss distance 29.6 LD · 1.14 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-08-26 to 2029-09-01, 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
2029-08-29 09:22:00 Earth 0.076 AU 29.6 LD 4.5 km/s
2033-07-26 08:21:00 Earth 0.4303 AU 167.5 LD 18.9 km/s
2034-03-04 07:09:00 Earth 0.3212 AU 125.0 LD 10.4 km/s
2034-10-02 12:12:00 Earth 0.3582 AU 139.4 LD 16.7 km/s
2038-08-01 07:56:00 Earth 0.0558 AU 21.7 LD 4.4 km/s
2038-12-09 17:41:00 Earth 0.2222 AU 86.5 LD 5 km/s
2042-07-28 14:12:00 Earth 0.4754 AU 185.0 LD 20.3 km/s
2043-03-10 10:03:00 Earth 0.3199 AU 124.5 LD 10.2 km/s
2043-10-04 00:58:00 Earth 0.3202 AU 124.6 LD 15.5 km/s
2047-07-28 00:56:00 Earth 0.0476 AU 18.5 LD 4.5 km/s

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

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