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2023 OD5

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(2023 OD5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.46 AU
True anomaly
23.81°
Distance from Earth
1.136 AU
As of
17 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 2023 OD5 — 0.46 AU from the Sun 2023 OD5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2023 OD5 is 1.136 AU from Earth today (9.4 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 08m 18s
Declination
+00° 14′ 02″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.15 AU
Elongation from the Sun
23.53° — 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
0.821 AU
Eccentricity
0.4547
Inclination
31.49°
Orbital period
271.9 days
Perihelion
0.448 AU
Aphelion
1.195 AU
Longitude of ascending node
307.04°
Argument of periapsis
147.67°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 13.1 LD
0.0336 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.939

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
39
Data arc
4 days
First observed
28 July 2023
Last observed
1 August 2023
Residual RMS
0.75 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
14 August 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.2

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 40 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2023 OD5 at 2029-07-26 23:13 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-07-26 23:13 UTC close approach of 2023 OD5. Catalogue miss distance 99.6 LD · 3.83 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-07-23 to 2029-07-29, 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. 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 99.6 LD · 3.83 × 10⁷ km 2029-07-26 23:13 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-07-26 23:13 UTC close approach of 2023 OD5. Catalogue miss distance 99.6 LD · 3.83 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-07-23 to 2029-07-29, 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. 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
2029-07-26 23:13:00 Earth 0.256 AU 99.6 LD 23.8 km/s
2032-07-22 07:34:00 Earth 0.3795 AU 147.7 LD 27.2 km/s
2040-07-01 16:49:00 Earth 0.4546 AU 176.9 LD 16.3 km/s
2043-07-12 18:53:00 Earth 0.3904 AU 152.0 LD 16 km/s
2046-07-21 03:52:00 Earth 0.3135 AU 122.0 LD 15.8 km/s
2049-07-27 12:14:00 Earth 0.2232 AU 86.9 LD 15.8 km/s
2052-07-31 05:47:00 Earth 0.1214 AU 47.2 LD 16.4 km/s
2055-08-01 22:15:00 Earth 0.0344 AU 13.4 LD 17.9 km/s
2058-07-31 03:55:00 Earth 0.1176 AU 45.8 LD 20.3 km/s
2061-07-27 17:08:00 Earth 0.2373 AU 92.3 LD 23.3 km/s

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

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