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2023 TG8

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(2023 TG8)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.944 AU
True anomaly
239.34°
Distance from Earth
1.496 AU
As of
20 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 TG8 — 0.944 AU from the Sun 2023 TG8
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2023 TG8 is 1.496 AU from Earth today (12.4 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 29m 56s
Declination
+07° 33′ 57″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.49 AU
Elongation from the Sun
38.16° — 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
0.897 AU
Eccentricity
0.4087
Inclination
6.73°
Orbital period
310.4 days
Perihelion
0.53 AU
Aphelion
1.264 AU
Longitude of ascending node
18.8°
Argument of periapsis
230.08°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 1.4 LD
0.0036 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.553

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
43
Data arc
3 days
First observed
12 October 2023
Last observed
15 October 2023
Residual RMS
0.75 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
17 October 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
28.1

Discovery & classification

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

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 127 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2023 TG8 at 2029-08-25 15:04 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-08-25 15:04 UTC close approach of 2023 TG8. Catalogue miss distance 132.7 LD · 5.1 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-08-22 to 2029-08-28, 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 132.7 LD · 5.1 × 10⁷ km 2029-08-25 15:04 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-08-25 15:04 UTC close approach of 2023 TG8. Catalogue miss distance 132.7 LD · 5.1 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-08-22 to 2029-08-28, 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
2026-12-25 12:20:00 Merc 0.0759 AU 29.5 LD 11.1 km/s
2026-12-25 12:20:00 Mercury 0.0759 AU 29.5 LD 11.1 km/s
2029-08-25 15:04:00 Earth 0.3409 AU 132.7 LD 7.1 km/s
2029-11-05 20:08:00 Earth 0.2472 AU 96.2 LD 9.5 km/s
2030-05-07 15:40:00 Earth 0.4681 AU 182.2 LD 18.3 km/s
2031-01-19 18:29:00 Earth 0.2073 AU 80.7 LD 17.9 km/s
2031-12-30 22:27:00 Venus 0.1219 AU 47.4 LD 9.7 km/s
2034-09-21 05:12:00 Venus 0.048 AU 18.7 LD 16.7 km/s
2034-10-18 16:06:00 Earth 0.2667 AU 103.8 LD 20.9 km/s
2035-07-08 11:34:00 Earth 0.4599 AU 179.0 LD 16.4 km/s

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

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