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Solar
Asteroid Near-Earth

2026 SA17

(2026 SA17)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.035 AU
True anomaly
322.84°
Distance from Earth
0.036 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.

Orbit of Mercury Orbit of Venus Orbit of Mars Sun Earth — 1.001 AU from the Sun Earth 2026 SA17 — 1.035 AU from the Sun 2026 SA17
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2026 SA17 is 0.036 AU from Earth today (18.0 light-seconds).

In the sky

Right ascension
23h 29m 13s
Declination
+01° 48′ 27″
Constellation
Pisces
Distance from Earth
0.03 AU
Elongation from the Sun
162.65° — near opposition — up most of the night

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
2.799 AU
Eccentricity
0.6601
Inclination
3.46°
Orbital period
4.68 years
Perihelion
0.951 AU
Aphelion
4.646 AU
Longitude of ascending node
192.22°
Argument of periapsis
213.84°
Epoch · J2000
2461304.5
Orbit class · APO
Apollo
Earth MOID · 2.2 LD
0.0056 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
2.959

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
23
Data arc
11 days
First observed
20 September 2026
Last observed
1 October 2026
Residual RMS
0.39 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
1 October 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.19

Discovery & classification

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

Apollo Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 2 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2026-10-05 13:43:00 Earth 0.0257 AU 10.0 LD 11.3 km/s
2026-10-05 13:44:00 Earth 0.0257 AU 10.0 LD 11.3 km/s

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

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