2026 PC is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.84 AU to 1.19 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 373.5 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 10 August 2026.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.844 AU
- True anomaly
- 2.79°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.345 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
- 11h 53m 40s
- Declination
- +22° 50′ 39″
- Constellation
- Leo
- Distance from Earth
- 0.35 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 55.32° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.
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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
- 1.015 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1687
- Inclination
- 8.65°
- Orbital period
- 373.5 days
- Perihelion
- 0.844 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.186 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 310.85°
- Argument of periapsis
- 105.39°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 4.5 LD
- 0.0116 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.987
Orbit quality
Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).
- Observations used
- 112
- Data arc
- 6 days
- First observed
- 3 August 2026
- Last observed
- 9 August 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.4 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 10 August 2026
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 26.32
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 27 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-07-24 23:09 UTC close approach of 2026 PC. Catalogue miss distance 55.2 LD · 2.12 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-07-21 to 2027-07-27, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-07-24 23:09:00 | Earth | 0.1419 AU | 55.2 LD | 4.6 km/s |
| 2028-11-18 19:01:00 | Earth | 0.197 AU | 76.7 LD | 5.1 km/s |
| 2030-01-14 07:14:00 | Earth | 0.1263 AU | 49.1 LD | 5.1 km/s |
| 2031-02-09 08:14:00 | Earth | 0.0327 AU | 12.7 LD | 6.9 km/s |
| 2032-02-19 11:31:00 | Earth | 0.1746 AU | 68.0 LD | 10.9 km/s |
| 2067-08-03 15:46:00 | Earth | 0.1164 AU | 45.3 LD | 9.2 km/s |
| 2068-08-06 18:11:00 | Earth | 0.03 AU | 11.7 LD | 5.9 km/s |
| 2069-07-10 18:26:00 | Earth | 0.1715 AU | 66.7 LD | 4.7 km/s |
| 2070-12-08 16:53:00 | Earth | 0.1815 AU | 70.6 LD | 5.3 km/s |
| 2072-01-31 22:48:00 | Earth | 0.0662 AU | 25.8 LD | 5.5 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