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2023 PZ

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(2023 PZ)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.912 AU
True anomaly
343.03°
Distance from Earth
0.952 AU
As of
24 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 — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth 2023 PZ — 0.912 AU from the Sun 2023 PZ
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2023 PZ is 0.952 AU from Earth today (7.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 30m 51s
Declination
+10° 10′ 36″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
0.95 AU
Elongation from the Sun
55.8° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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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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
0.967 AU
Eccentricity
0.0597
Inclination
1.1°
Orbital period
347.5 days
Perihelion
0.91 AU
Aphelion
1.025 AU
Longitude of ascending node
319.29°
Argument of periapsis
148.76°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.5 LD
0.0012 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.24

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 3).

Observations used
51
Data arc
11 days
First observed
11 August 2023
Last observed
22 August 2023
Residual RMS
0.49 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
10 October 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
29.12

Discovery & classification

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

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 27 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2023 PZ at 2041-06-13 01:08 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2041-06-13 01:08 UTC close approach of 2023 PZ. Catalogue miss distance 169.5 LD · 6.52 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2041-06-10 to 2041-06-16, 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 169.5 LD · 6.52 × 10⁷ km 2041-06-13 01:08 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2041-06-13 01:08 UTC close approach of 2023 PZ. Catalogue miss distance 169.5 LD · 6.52 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2041-06-10 to 2041-06-16, 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
2041-06-13 01:08:00 Earth 0.4355 AU 169.5 LD 13.8 km/s
2042-05-29 19:39:00 Earth 0.1412 AU 55.0 LD 5.1 km/s
2043-01-21 04:33:00 Earth 0.0722 AU 28.1 LD 1.9 km/s
2043-08-25 20:57:00 Earth 0.1056 AU 41.1 LD 4.2 km/s
2044-08-10 07:10:00 Earth 0.4067 AU 158.3 LD 13 km/s
2061-06-02 12:06:00 Earth 0.2264 AU 88.1 LD 7.7 km/s
2062-03-09 05:53:00 Earth 0.0596 AU 23.2 LD 1.4 km/s
2062-08-23 06:10:00 Earth 0.0309 AU 12.0 LD 2 km/s
2063-08-09 21:10:00 Earth 0.3985 AU 155.1 LD 12.8 km/s
2077-06-06 05:12:00 Earth 0.147 AU 57.2 LD 5.3 km/s

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

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