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2023 UV1

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(2023 UV1)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.732 AU
True anomaly
324.19°
Distance from Earth
1.043 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 UV1 — 0.732 AU from the Sun 2023 UV1
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2023 UV1 is 1.043 AU from Earth today (8.7 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 11m 04s
Declination
-03° 00′ 55″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.04 AU
Elongation from the Sun
42.01° — 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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  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
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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
0.966 AU
Eccentricity
0.2729
Inclination
11.15°
Orbital period
346.7 days
Perihelion
0.702 AU
Aphelion
1.23 AU
Longitude of ascending node
206.25°
Argument of periapsis
293.34°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 1.3 LD
0.0034 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.2

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
31
Data arc
2 days
First observed
18 October 2023
Last observed
20 October 2023
Residual RMS
0.49 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
21 October 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.61

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 89 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2023 UV1 at 2038-06-13 04:06 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2038-06-13 04:06 UTC close approach of 2023 UV1. Catalogue miss distance 135.0 LD · 5.19 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2038-06-10 to 2038-06-16, 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. 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 135.0 LD · 5.19 × 10⁷ km 2038-06-13 04:06 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2038-06-13 04:06 UTC close approach of 2023 UV1. Catalogue miss distance 135.0 LD · 5.19 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2038-06-10 to 2038-06-16, 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. 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
2038-06-13 04:06:00 Earth 0.3468 AU 135.0 LD 18 km/s
2039-05-23 18:06:00 Earth 0.1293 AU 50.3 LD 9.9 km/s
2040-04-01 01:11:00 Earth 0.2458 AU 95.7 LD 9.4 km/s
2040-07-27 05:23:00 Earth 0.2943 AU 114.5 LD 6.4 km/s
2041-02-08 16:08:00 Earth 0.3206 AU 124.8 LD 10.3 km/s
2041-09-29 12:32:00 Earth 0.2074 AU 80.7 LD 6.9 km/s
2042-10-18 19:33:00 Earth 0.0836 AU 32.5 LD 11.6 km/s
2043-02-03 16:35:00 Venus 0.0895 AU 34.8 LD 11.6 km/s
2043-10-06 18:23:00 Earth 0.3936 AU 153.2 LD 20.5 km/s
2053-05-03 04:47:00 Venus 0.1388 AU 54.0 LD 9.4 km/s

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

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