2023 DA is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.83 AU to 1.2 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 374.4 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 31 August 2025.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.173 AU
- True anomaly
- 153.66°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.184 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
- 02h 48m 34s
- Declination
- +26° 03′ 11″
- Constellation
- Aries
- Distance from Earth
- 0.18 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 168.98° — near opposition — up most of the night
Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.
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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
- 1.017 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1798
- Inclination
- 1.84°
- Orbital period
- 374.4 days
- Perihelion
- 0.834 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.199 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 349.66°
- Argument of periapsis
- 259.03°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 0.7 LD
- 0.0018 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.988
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).
- Observations used
- 89
- Data arc
- 354 days
- First observed
- 16 February 2023
- Last observed
- 5 February 2024
- Residual RMS
- 0.38 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 31 August 2025
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 26.43
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 56 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-09-06 23:04 UTC close approach of 2023 DA. Catalogue miss distance 35.4 LD · 1.36 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-09-03 to 2027-09-09, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 06:13:00 | Earth | 0.1859 AU | 72.4 LD | 4.9 km/s |
| 2027-09-06 23:04:00 | Earth | 0.0911 AU | 35.4 LD | 3.3 km/s |
| 2028-09-10 23:39:00 | Earth | 0.0578 AU | 22.5 LD | 7.6 km/s |
| 2062-02-21 10:35:00 | Earth | 0.1152 AU | 44.8 LD | 9.3 km/s |
| 2063-02-28 16:56:00 | Earth | 0.0462 AU | 18.0 LD | 4.5 km/s |
| 2064-01-12 23:52:00 | Earth | 0.176 AU | 68.5 LD | 4.7 km/s |
| 2064-04-29 10:22:00 | Earth | 0.1618 AU | 63.0 LD | 5.4 km/s |
| 2065-06-10 08:12:00 | Earth | 0.1808 AU | 70.4 LD | 6 km/s |
| 2066-07-27 23:27:00 | Earth | 0.1366 AU | 53.1 LD | 4.3 km/s |
| 2066-10-04 23:21:00 | Earth | 0.1411 AU | 54.9 LD | 3.8 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