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2021 FY2

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(2021 FY2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.991 AU
True anomaly
148.99°
Distance from Earth
1.779 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 2021 FY2 — 0.991 AU from the Sun 2021 FY2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2021 FY2 is 1.779 AU from Earth today (14.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 00m 02s
Declination
-02° 52′ 03″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.78 AU
Elongation from the Sun
26.37° — 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.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  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.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

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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
0.869 AU
Eccentricity
0.1748
Inclination
10.24°
Orbital period
295.8 days
Perihelion
0.717 AU
Aphelion
1.021 AU
Longitude of ascending node
181.86°
Argument of periapsis
183.4°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 9.3 LD
0.0239 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.781

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
32
Data arc
12 days
First observed
22 March 2021
Last observed
3 April 2021
Residual RMS
0.41 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.78

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 23 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2021 FY2 at 2029-09-18 12:14 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-09-18 12:14 UTC close approach of 2021 FY2. Catalogue miss distance 111.6 LD · 4.29 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-09-15 to 2029-09-21, 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 111.6 LD · 4.29 × 10⁷ km 2029-09-18 12:14 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-09-18 12:14 UTC close approach of 2021 FY2. Catalogue miss distance 111.6 LD · 4.29 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-09-15 to 2029-09-21, 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
2029-09-18 12:14:00 Earth 0.2867 AU 111.6 LD 10.3 km/s
2034-04-14 19:08:00 Earth 0.2504 AU 97.4 LD 11.4 km/s
2035-06-08 13:45:00 Venus 0.1101 AU 42.9 LD 10.8 km/s
2042-02-27 12:36:00 Earth 0.2523 AU 98.2 LD 11.4 km/s
2064-04-10 14:18:00 Earth 0.4401 AU 171.3 LD 17.4 km/s
2067-11-22 00:37:00 Earth 0.2591 AU 100.8 LD 7.2 km/s
2068-04-11 01:40:00 Earth 0.1509 AU 58.7 LD 8.4 km/s
2068-08-19 01:10:00 Venus 0.0273 AU 10.6 LD 8.5 km/s

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

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