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Asteroid Near-Earth

2026 JB2

(2026 JB2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.864 AU
True anomaly
156.11°
Distance from Earth
1.841 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 2026 JB2 — 0.864 AU from the Sun 2026 JB2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2026 JB2 is 1.841 AU from Earth today (15.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 10m 03s
Declination
-06° 37′ 05″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.85 AU
Elongation from the Sun
8.5° — too close to the Sun to observe

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
0.612 AU
Eccentricity
0.7159
Inclination
7.29°
Orbital period
175 days
Perihelion
0.174 AU
Aphelion
1.051 AU
Longitude of ascending node
41.02°
Argument of periapsis
10.72°
Epoch · J2000
2461162.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.2 LD
0.0004 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
8.974

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 9).

Observations used
9
First observed
2 May 2026
Last observed
2 May 2026
Residual RMS
0.65 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
11 May 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.52

Discovery & classification

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

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 22 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2027-02-20 15:28:00 Mercury 0.0338 AU 13.2 LD 32.9 km/s
2027-02-20 15:28:00 Merc 0.0338 AU 13.2 LD 32.9 km/s
2027-05-17 06:00:00 Earth 0.0467 AU 18.2 LD 14.3 km/s
2027-08-15 06:44:00 Mercury 0.0248 AU 9.6 LD 31.7 km/s
2027-08-15 06:44:00 Merc 0.0248 AU 9.6 LD 31.7 km/s
2028-02-06 22:23:00 Mercury 0.0162 AU 6.3 LD 30.6 km/s
2028-02-06 22:23:00 Merc 0.0162 AU 6.3 LD 30.6 km/s
2028-05-25 06:24:00 Earth 0.0969 AU 37.7 LD 17.8 km/s
2028-06-11 07:20:00 Venus 0.148 AU 57.6 LD 19.9 km/s
2028-07-31 14:09:00 Mercury 0.0076 AU 3.0 LD 29.4 km/s

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

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