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2026 DT5

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(2026 DT5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.168 AU
True anomaly
183.92°
Distance from Earth
1.408 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 2026 DT5 — 1.168 AU from the Sun 2026 DT5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2026 DT5 is 1.408 AU from Earth today (11.7 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 20m 41s
Declination
+11° 54′ 40″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.41 AU
Elongation from the Sun
55.07° — 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
0.883 AU
Eccentricity
0.3248
Inclination
2.3°
Orbital period
303 days
Perihelion
0.596 AU
Aphelion
1.17 AU
Longitude of ascending node
339.37°
Argument of periapsis
304.78°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 1.0 LD
0.0025 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.672

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
32
Data arc
24 hours
First observed
23 February 2026
Last observed
24 February 2026
Residual RMS
0.39 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
24 February 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
28.52

Discovery & classification

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

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 43 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2026 DT5 at 2029-11-18 22:10 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-11-18 22:10 UTC close approach of 2026 DT5. Catalogue miss distance 77.1 LD · 2.96 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-11-15 to 2029-11-21, 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 77.1 LD · 2.96 × 10⁷ km 2029-11-18 22:10 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-11-18 22:10 UTC close approach of 2026 DT5. Catalogue miss distance 77.1 LD · 2.96 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-11-15 to 2029-11-21, 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
2027-02-08 01:06:00 Venus 0.1082 AU 42.1 LD 15.3 km/s
2029-08-19 23:03:00 Venus 0.1041 AU 40.5 LD 8.5 km/s
2029-11-18 22:10:00 Earth 0.1981 AU 77.1 LD 15.7 km/s
2031-02-22 19:13:00 Earth 0.1352 AU 52.6 LD 13.8 km/s
2032-03-15 13:28:00 Venus 0.1234 AU 48.0 LD 9.6 km/s
2034-10-04 16:14:00 Venus 0.0608 AU 23.7 LD 12.3 km/s
2034-11-15 07:24:00 Earth 0.0662 AU 25.8 LD 11.2 km/s
2039-11-17 00:08:00 Earth 0.0652 AU 25.4 LD 8 km/s
2044-12-05 23:41:00 Earth 0.1506 AU 58.6 LD 7.1 km/s
2046-03-13 05:32:00 Venus 0.0559 AU 21.7 LD 9.9 km/s

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

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