2023 HM4 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.96 AU to 1.06 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 373 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 11 July 2023.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.016 AU
- True anomaly
- 265.45°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.563 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
- 20h 01m 12s
- Declination
- -22° 56′ 40″
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Distance from Earth
- 0.56 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 76.03° — well clear of the Sun
Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.
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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
- 1.014 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.049
- Inclination
- 1.54°
- Orbital period
- 373 days
- Perihelion
- 0.964 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.064 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 67.88°
- Argument of periapsis
- 35.48°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 4.3 LD
- 0.0109 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.013
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).
- Observations used
- 102
- Data arc
- 86 days
- First observed
- 14 April 2023
- Last observed
- 9 July 2023
- Residual RMS
- 0.47 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 11 July 2023
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 27.69
Discovery & classification
Listed by JPL impact monitoring; see the Sentry table for current probabilities.
Close approaches 33 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-04-16 18:23 UTC close approach of 2023 HM4. Catalogue miss distance 184.5 LD · 7.09 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-04-13 to 2027-04-19, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-04-16 18:23:00 | Earth | 0.474 AU | 184.5 LD | 15 km/s |
| 2067-10-02 18:07:00 | Earth | 0.3739 AU | 145.5 LD | 12.1 km/s |
| 2068-10-09 15:49:00 | Earth | 0.2435 AU | 94.8 LD | 8.2 km/s |
| 2069-10-18 19:20:00 | Earth | 0.1165 AU | 45.4 LD | 4.4 km/s |
| 2070-11-04 00:39:00 | Earth | 0.0128 AU | 5.0 LD | 1.4 km/s |
| 2071-10-22 04:18:00 | Earth | 0.022 AU | 8.6 LD | 1.6 km/s |
| 2072-09-26 11:21:00 | Earth | 0.1266 AU | 49.3 LD | 4.4 km/s |
| 2073-09-14 11:04:00 | Earth | 0.2508 AU | 97.6 LD | 8 km/s |
| 2074-09-04 15:46:00 | Earth | 0.3785 AU | 147.3 LD | 11.8 km/s |
| 2114-06-16 13:39:00 | Earth | 0.3892 AU | 151.5 LD | 12.1 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