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2023 FZ10

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(2023 FZ10)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.988 AU
True anomaly
141.33°
Distance from Earth
1.8 AU
As of
22 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 2023 FZ10 — 0.988 AU from the Sun 2023 FZ10
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2023 FZ10 is 1.8 AU from Earth today (15.0 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 19m 56s
Declination
-00° 39′ 11″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.8 AU
Elongation from the Sun
24.71° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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
0.94 AU
Eccentricity
0.0672
Inclination
4.69°
Orbital period
333 days
Perihelion
0.877 AU
Aphelion
1.003 AU
Longitude of ascending node
12.38°
Argument of periapsis
5.99°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 1.4 LD
0.0037 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.38

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
40
Data arc
5 days
First observed
29 March 2023
Last observed
3 April 2023
Residual RMS
0.56 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
3 April 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
28.57

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 22 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2023 FZ10 at 2033-03-03 16:37 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2033-03-03 16:37 UTC close approach of 2023 FZ10. Catalogue miss distance 63.9 LD · 2.45 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2033-02-28 to 2033-03-06, 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 63.9 LD · 2.45 × 10⁷ km 2033-03-03 16:37 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2033-03-03 16:37 UTC close approach of 2023 FZ10. Catalogue miss distance 63.9 LD · 2.45 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2033-02-28 to 2033-03-06, 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
2033-03-03 16:37:00 Earth 0.1641 AU 63.9 LD 6.2 km/s
2033-08-26 10:59:00 Earth 0.1259 AU 49.0 LD 3.5 km/s
2034-04-21 20:45:00 Earth 0.3485 AU 135.6 LD 11.9 km/s
2043-03-06 16:35:00 Earth 0.3657 AU 142.3 LD 12.3 km/s
2043-10-29 06:28:00 Earth 0.1171 AU 45.6 LD 3.7 km/s
2044-04-21 20:01:00 Earth 0.1483 AU 57.7 LD 5.9 km/s
2054-03-29 01:56:00 Moon 0.0086 AU 3.3 LD 3.1 km/s
2054-03-31 05:52:00 Earth 0.007 AU 2.7 LD 2.8 km/s
2055-04-15 06:48:00 Earth 0.4149 AU 161.5 LD 13.7 km/s

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

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