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2026 TS2

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(2026 TS2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.968 AU
True anomaly
263.93°
Distance from Earth
0.046 AU
As of
24 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 — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth 2026 TS2 — 0.968 AU from the Sun 2026 TS2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2026 TS2 is 0.046 AU from Earth today (23.0 light-seconds).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 52m 45s
Declination
+19° 09′ 34″
Constellation
Hercules
Distance from Earth
0.05 AU
Elongation from the Sun
53.31° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

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
0.969 AU
Eccentricity
0.1164
Inclination
5.7°
Orbital period
348.3 days
Perihelion
0.856 AU
Aphelion
1.082 AU
Longitude of ascending node
11.69°
Argument of periapsis
114.55°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 1.0 LD
0.0027 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.223

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
21
Data arc
24 hours
First observed
5 October 2026
Last observed
6 October 2026
Residual RMS
0.48 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
7 October 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
29.14

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 24 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2026 TS2 at 2027-10-01 02:00 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-10-01 02:00 UTC close approach of 2026 TS2. Catalogue miss distance 73.2 LD · 2.81 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-09-28 to 2027-10-04, 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 73.2 LD · 2.81 × 10⁷ km 2027-10-01 02:00 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-10-01 02:00 UTC close approach of 2026 TS2. Catalogue miss distance 73.2 LD · 2.81 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-09-28 to 2027-10-04, 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
2026-10-06 05:26:00 Earth 0.0033 AU 1.3 LD 4.3 km/s
2026-10-06 11:19:00 Moon 0.0054 AU 2.1 LD 3.7 km/s
2027-10-01 02:00:00 Earth 0.188 AU 73.2 LD 9.1 km/s
2038-09-07 16:37:00 Venus 0.149 AU 58.0 LD 3.3 km/s
2045-05-30 17:42:00 Venus 0.1494 AU 58.1 LD 2.7 km/s
2055-05-08 12:09:00 Earth 0.1135 AU 44.2 LD 6.6 km/s
2056-03-31 19:06:00 Earth 0.0833 AU 32.4 LD 3.6 km/s
2057-01-19 16:56:00 Earth 0.1471 AU 57.3 LD 3.9 km/s
2057-10-02 03:27:00 Earth 0.0452 AU 17.6 LD 3.3 km/s
2058-10-02 09:44:00 Earth 0.1313 AU 51.1 LD 7.5 km/s

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

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