2023 VC7 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.71 AU to 1.32 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 372 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 31 October 2024.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.176 AU
- True anomaly
- 223.91°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.333 AU
- As of
- 3 November 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 22h 31m 32s
- Declination
- -06° 14′ 13″
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Distance from Earth
- 0.33 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 115.58° — well clear of the Sun
Visible from both hemispheres.
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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
- 1.012 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.3034
- Inclination
- 0.91°
- Orbital period
- 372 days
- Perihelion
- 0.705 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.319 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 268.45°
- Argument of periapsis
- 254.23°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 0.3 LD
- 0.0007 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.98
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).
- Observations used
- 56
- Data arc
- 355 days
- First observed
- 10 November 2023
- Last observed
- 30 October 2024
- Residual RMS
- 0.47 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 31 October 2024
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 25.86
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 131 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-02-05 03:09 UTC close approach of 2023 VC7. Catalogue miss distance 103.0 LD · 3.96 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-02-02 to 2027-02-08, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 16:50:00 | Earth | 0.2725 AU | 106.0 LD | 7.3 km/s |
| 2027-02-05 03:09:00 | Earth | 0.2646 AU | 103.0 LD | 9.4 km/s |
| 2027-09-22 21:24:00 | Earth | 0.3006 AU | 117.0 LD | 7.7 km/s |
| 2028-02-23 22:15:00 | Earth | 0.2832 AU | 110.2 LD | 10.3 km/s |
| 2028-09-09 02:31:00 | Earth | 0.3117 AU | 121.3 LD | 7.9 km/s |
| 2029-03-12 20:09:00 | Earth | 0.2865 AU | 111.5 LD | 10.4 km/s |
| 2029-08-27 10:27:00 | Earth | 0.3071 AU | 119.5 LD | 7.8 km/s |
| 2030-03-31 05:20:00 | Earth | 0.2752 AU | 107.1 LD | 9.7 km/s |
| 2030-08-13 23:09:00 | Earth | 0.2863 AU | 111.4 LD | 7.4 km/s |
| 2031-04-20 22:36:00 | Earth | 0.2461 AU | 95.8 LD | 8.1 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB