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2010 CS262

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(2010 CS262)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.896 AU
True anomaly
243.37°
Distance from Earth
1.842 AU
As of
11 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 — 0.998 AU from the Sun Earth 2010 CS262 — 0.896 AU from the Sun 2010 CS262
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2010 CS262 is 1.842 AU from Earth today (15.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 01m 05s
Declination
-10° 27′ 03″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.84 AU
Elongation from the Sun
12.77° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

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.

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
0.85 AU
Eccentricity
0.1955
Inclination
7.89°
Orbital period
286.2 days
Perihelion
0.684 AU
Aphelion
1.016 AU
Longitude of ascending node
73.26°
Argument of periapsis
268.32°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.908

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
6
Data arc
24 hours
First observed
11 February 2010
Last observed
12 February 2010
Residual RMS
0.54 ″

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Sources