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Asteroid Near-Earth

2023 VE6

(2023 VE6)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.032 AU
True anomaly
328.24°
Distance from Earth
0.261 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.

Orbit of Mercury Orbit of Venus Orbit of Mars Sun Earth — 1.001 AU from the Sun Earth 2023 VE6 — 1.032 AU from the Sun 2023 VE6
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2023 VE6 is 0.261 AU from Earth today (2.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
18h 34m 01s
Declination
-00° 31′ 00″
Constellation
Serpens
Distance from Earth
0.26 AU
Elongation from the Sun
88.94° — well clear of the Sun

Visible from both hemispheres.

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
2.084 AU
Eccentricity
0.5306
Inclination
7.31°
Orbital period
3.01 years
Perihelion
0.978 AU
Aphelion
3.19 AU
Longitude of ascending node
226.09°
Argument of periapsis
161.41°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · APO
Apollo
Earth MOID · 1.4 LD
0.0037 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
3.561

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
46
Data arc
9 days
First observed
9 November 2023
Last observed
18 November 2023
Residual RMS
0.47 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
19 November 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
27.16

Discovery & classification

Apollo Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 13 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2026-11-17 06:46:00 Earth 0.0471 AU 18.3 LD 10.1 km/s
2029-11-28 16:06:00 Earth 0.1376 AU 53.6 LD 12.8 km/s
2032-12-06 02:56:00 Earth 0.2404 AU 93.6 LD 15.9 km/s
2035-12-14 19:39:00 Earth 0.3622 AU 141.0 LD 19.5 km/s
2038-12-21 02:54:00 Earth 0.4845 AU 188.5 LD 23.1 km/s
2186-08-19 15:54:00 Earth 0.4736 AU 184.3 LD 21.8 km/s
2189-08-27 11:50:00 Earth 0.3466 AU 134.9 LD 18 km/s
2192-09-05 19:15:00 Earth 0.2347 AU 91.3 LD 14.4 km/s

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

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