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2023 QL7

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(2023 QL7)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.152 AU
True anomaly
205.44°
Distance from Earth
0.617 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 QL7 — 1.152 AU from the Sun 2023 QL7
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2023 QL7 is 0.617 AU from Earth today (5.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 21m 55s
Declination
+66° 50′ 56″
Constellation
Ursa Major
Distance from Earth
0.62 AU
Elongation from the Sun
88.01° — well clear of the Sun

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

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
0.972 AU
Eccentricity
0.2172
Inclination
25.09°
Orbital period
350 days
Perihelion
0.761 AU
Aphelion
1.183 AU
Longitude of ascending node
334.9°
Argument of periapsis
233.78°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 17.9 LD
0.046 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.118

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).

Observations used
191
Data arc
891 days
First observed
15 August 2023
Last observed
22 January 2026
Residual RMS
0.39 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
22 January 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
20.71

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

Close approaches 55 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2023 QL7 at 2045-08-26 15:50 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2045-08-26 15:50 UTC close approach of 2023 QL7. Catalogue miss distance 39.0 LD · 1.5 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2045-08-23 to 2045-08-29, 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 south of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 39.0 LD · 1.5 × 10⁷ km 2045-08-26 15:50 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2045-08-26 15:50 UTC close approach of 2023 QL7. Catalogue miss distance 39.0 LD · 1.5 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2045-08-23 to 2045-08-29, 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 south 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
2033-10-15 06:13:00 Venus 0.1387 AU 54.0 LD 15.8 km/s
2045-08-26 15:50:00 Earth 0.1001 AU 39.0 LD 15.2 km/s
2046-08-27 01:54:00 Earth 0.1533 AU 59.7 LD 12.6 km/s
2049-02-11 12:35:00 Earth 0.1628 AU 63.4 LD 16 km/s
2066-05-24 12:24:00 Venus 0.1228 AU 47.8 LD 17.4 km/s
2068-08-26 16:17:00 Earth 0.1105 AU 43.0 LD 15.4 km/s
2069-08-26 14:33:00 Earth 0.1432 AU 55.7 LD 12.7 km/s
2072-02-13 06:05:00 Earth 0.1604 AU 62.4 LD 15.9 km/s
2075-01-03 09:19:00 Venus 0.1174 AU 45.7 LD 16.2 km/s
2091-08-27 19:05:00 Earth 0.1251 AU 48.7 LD 15.7 km/s

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

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