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2026 HK5

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(2026 HK5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.608 AU
True anomaly
32.42°
Distance from Earth
0.829 AU
As of
16 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 — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2026 HK5 — 0.608 AU from the Sun 2026 HK5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2026 HK5 is 0.829 AU from Earth today (6.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 02m 48s
Declination
+00° 06′ 05″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
0.84 AU
Elongation from the Sun
37.63° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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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
0.808 AU
Eccentricity
0.2724
Inclination
9.72°
Orbital period
265.5 days
Perihelion
0.588 AU
Aphelion
1.029 AU
Longitude of ascending node
209.34°
Argument of periapsis
197.83°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 2.1 LD
0.0054 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.185

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
82
Data arc
68 days
First observed
26 April 2026
Last observed
3 July 2026
Residual RMS
0.41 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
3 July 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
20.77

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

Close approaches 91 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2026 HK5 at 2034-04-11 07:27 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-04-11 07:27 UTC close approach of 2026 HK5. Catalogue miss distance 49.5 LD · 1.9 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-04-08 to 2034-04-14, 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 south of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 49.5 LD · 1.9 × 10⁷ km 2034-04-11 07:27 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-04-11 07:27 UTC close approach of 2026 HK5. Catalogue miss distance 49.5 LD · 1.9 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-04-08 to 2034-04-14, 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 south 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
2027-07-13 16:26:00 Venus 0.1447 AU 56.3 LD 10.7 km/s
2031-01-15 14:45:00 Venus 0.1397 AU 54.4 LD 11 km/s
2034-04-11 07:27:00 Earth 0.1272 AU 49.5 LD 9.8 km/s
2035-07-08 19:19:00 Venus 0.1434 AU 55.8 LD 10.9 km/s
2039-01-12 01:44:00 Venus 0.1422 AU 55.3 LD 11.1 km/s
2042-04-11 13:11:00 Earth 0.1051 AU 40.9 LD 9.2 km/s
2043-07-06 16:43:00 Venus 0.1429 AU 55.6 LD 11 km/s
2047-01-11 12:19:00 Venus 0.1417 AU 55.1 LD 11.1 km/s
2050-04-11 16:46:00 Earth 0.0985 AU 38.3 LD 9 km/s
2051-07-08 05:35:00 Venus 0.1436 AU 55.9 LD 10.8 km/s

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

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