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2021 AV4

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(2021 AV4)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.069 AU
True anomaly
154.73°
Distance from Earth
0.837 AU
As of
21 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 2021 AV4 — 1.069 AU from the Sun 2021 AV4
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2021 AV4 is 0.837 AU from Earth today (7.0 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
18h 42m 48s
Declination
-37° 19′ 31″
Constellation
Corona Australis
Distance from Earth
0.84 AU
Elongation from the Sun
70.8° — 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
0.91 AU
Eccentricity
0.2031
Inclination
13.3°
Orbital period
317.2 days
Perihelion
0.725 AU
Aphelion
1.095 AU
Longitude of ascending node
105.9°
Argument of periapsis
81.78°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 34.8 LD
0.0893 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.513

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).

Observations used
29
Data arc
6.97 years
First observed
22 November 2014
Last observed
9 November 2021
Residual RMS
0.5 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
1 March 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
20.94

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 158 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2021 AV4 at 2027-07-15 00:31 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-07-15 00:31 UTC close approach of 2021 AV4. Catalogue miss distance 47.6 LD · 1.83 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-07-12 to 2027-07-18, 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 47.6 LD · 1.83 × 10⁷ km 2027-07-15 00:31 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-07-15 00:31 UTC close approach of 2021 AV4. Catalogue miss distance 47.6 LD · 1.83 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-07-12 to 2027-07-18, 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
2027-07-15 00:31:00 Earth 0.1223 AU 47.6 LD 7.8 km/s
2028-01-30 22:55:00 Earth 0.2379 AU 92.6 LD 8.3 km/s
2033-08-16 00:27:00 Earth 0.3906 AU 152.0 LD 18.4 km/s
2034-05-06 17:13:00 Earth 0.3154 AU 122.7 LD 8.2 km/s
2034-12-13 13:00:00 Earth 0.1275 AU 49.6 LD 10.6 km/s
2040-07-28 01:23:00 Earth 0.1067 AU 41.5 LD 10.1 km/s
2041-02-20 18:14:00 Venus 0.085 AU 33.1 LD 9.1 km/s
2041-03-01 22:47:00 Earth 0.3077 AU 119.7 LD 8.7 km/s
2041-05-10 10:21:00 Venus 0.1437 AU 55.9 LD 6.6 km/s
2041-11-22 04:49:00 Earth 0.4176 AU 162.5 LD 19.3 km/s

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

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