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2021 UX1

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(2021 UX1)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.948 AU
True anomaly
232.05°
Distance from Earth
0.504 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 UX1 — 0.948 AU from the Sun 2021 UX1
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2021 UX1 is 0.504 AU from Earth today (4.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
09h 19m 11s
Declination
+14° 27′ 15″
Constellation
Cancer
Distance from Earth
0.5 AU
Elongation from the Sun
69.77° — well clear of the Sun

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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  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
0.875 AU
Eccentricity
0.1679
Inclination
1.58°
Orbital period
298.9 days
Perihelion
0.728 AU
Aphelion
1.022 AU
Longitude of ascending node
215.17°
Argument of periapsis
330.09°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.1 LD
0.0002 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.756

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
56
Data arc
3 days
First observed
27 October 2021
Last observed
30 October 2021
Residual RMS
0.55 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
2 November 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
29.27

Discovery & classification

Listed by JPL impact monitoring; see the Sentry table for current probabilities.

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 51 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2021 UX1 at 2030-10-26 18:55 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-10-26 18:55 UTC close approach of 2021 UX1. Catalogue miss distance 1.80 LD · 690,413 km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-10-23 to 2030-10-29, 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 24 Oct 29 Oct 1.80 LD · 690,413 km 2030-10-26 18:55 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-10-26 18:55 UTC close approach of 2021 UX1. Catalogue miss distance 1.80 LD · 690,413 km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-10-23 to 2030-10-29, 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
2027-01-03 10:26:00 Venus 0.1498 AU 58.3 LD 9.5 km/s
2030-10-26 18:55:00 Earth 0.0046 AU 1.8 LD 3.4 km/s
2030-10-28 22:21:00 Moon 0.0055 AU 2.2 LD 3.3 km/s

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

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