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Asteroid Near-Earth

2023 VF3

(2023 VF3)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.104 AU
True anomaly
188.18°
Distance from Earth
0.197 AU
As of
2 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 — 1.001 AU from the Sun Earth 2023 VF3 — 1.104 AU from the Sun 2023 VF3
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2023 VF3 is 0.197 AU from Earth today (1.6 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
04h 37m 40s
Declination
+31° 41′ 34″
Constellation
Perseus
Distance from Earth
0.19 AU
Elongation from the Sun
117.6° — well clear of the Sun

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

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it's up after dark, 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
0.826 AU
Eccentricity
0.3442
Inclination
5.58°
Orbital period
274.1 days
Perihelion
0.541 AU
Aphelion
1.11 AU
Longitude of ascending node
216.33°
Argument of periapsis
333.97°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 8.4 LD
0.0215 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.046

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
19
Data arc
2 days
First observed
6 November 2023
Last observed
8 November 2023
Residual RMS
0.61 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
8 November 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.38

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 64 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2026-11-11 08:45:00 Earth 0.0217 AU 8.4 LD 8.8 km/s
2029-06-05 06:48:00 Earth 0.3838 AU 149.4 LD 11.3 km/s
2029-11-11 01:40:00 Earth 0.0217 AU 8.4 LD 8.8 km/s
2032-11-11 03:06:00 Earth 0.0223 AU 8.7 LD 9 km/s
2085-08-28 15:41:00 Earth 0.1087 AU 42.3 LD 10.8 km/s
2088-08-29 00:59:00 Earth 0.0882 AU 34.3 LD 9.6 km/s
2089-01-22 18:40:00 Venus 0.0787 AU 30.6 LD 12.4 km/s

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

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