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2023 QD2

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(2023 QD2)

2023 QD2 is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.72 AU to 1.25 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 356.4 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 23 August 2023.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.73 AU
True anomaly
20.22°
Distance from Earth
0.974 AU
As of
2 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.

Sun Earth — 0.992 AU from the Sun Earth 2023 QD2 — 0.73 AU from the Sun 2023 QD2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2023 QD2 is 0.974 AU from Earth today (8.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 51m 47s
Declination
+01° 48′ 15″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
0.98 AU
Elongation from the Sun
43.51° — 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.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

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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
0.984 AU
Eccentricity
0.2676
Inclination
1.29°
Orbital period
356.4 days
Perihelion
0.721 AU
Aphelion
1.247 AU
Longitude of ascending node
348.88°
Argument of periapsis
98.14°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 2.0 LD
0.005 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.127

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
19
Data arc
4 days
First observed
18 August 2023
Last observed
22 August 2023
Residual RMS
0.41 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
23 August 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.88

Discovery & classification

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

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 25 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2028-10-10 17:39:00 Venus 0.0069 AU 2.7 LD 5.2 km/s

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

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