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Asteroid 2016 HO3

Dado que su órbita es en torno al Sol y no a la Tierra, se trata de un Asteroide y no de otra luna de nuestro planeta.

Asteroid 2016 HO3 Ephemeris

Available Resources

Asteroid 2016 HO3 Sky Charts and Coordinates

This is a simplified sky chart, showing where Asteroid 2016 HO3 is now with respect to the brightest stars and constellations. More advanced sky charts are available on TheSkyLive for this object: 1) the Online Planetarium which is interactive and allows to select dates and additional objects to visualize; and 2) the Live Position and Data Tracker which provides the highest precision position data and features deep sky imagery from the Digitized Sky Survey.
object currently below the horizon
2016 HO3 in Virgo on December,09 2016
 12h 14m 31s
 +12° 29’ 48”
 24.13
 = visible to the naked eye  = binocular, brighter than 10th magnitude

Asteroid 2016 HO3 Rise and Set Times

Today's Asteroid 2016 HO3 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. All times are relative to the local timezone Europe/London.
Azimuth: 77.5°  
Max altitude: 51.0°  
Azimuth: 282.5°  

Asteroid 2016 HO3 Orbit Diagram

This 3d orbit diagram is a feature of our 3D Solar System Simulator and shows the orbit of Asteroid 2016 HO3 with respect of the Sun and the orbits of the major planets. The position of Asteroid 2016 HO3 and the planets along their orbits in this diagram accurately represents the current configuration of the objects in the Solar System. This is an experimental feature and it requires a WebGL enabled browser. Please provide us feedback!

Asteroid 2016 HO3 Ephemeris

The following table lists the ephemerides of Asteroid 2016 HO3 computed for the past and next 7 days, with a 24 hours interval. Click on each row of the table to locate Asteroid 2016 HO3 in our Online Planetarium at the chosen date.

Distance of Asteroid 2016 HO3 from Earth

The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid 2016 HO3 from Earth as a function of time. Distance data is measured in Astronomical Units and sampled with a 2 days interval. The reported distances might be inaccurate around the times of closest approach for objects passing extremely close to Earth. The value of the distance of 2016 HO3 is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Distance of Asteroid 2016 HO3 from Earth between January 2013 and January 2030

Light Curve of Asteroid 2016 HO3

The following chart is the predicted light curve (visual magnitude as a function of time) of Asteroid 2016 HO3, according to the most recent ephemerides data. Magnitude data is sampled with a 2 days interval and there might be inaccuracies for objects changing brightness very rapidly during the course of a few days. For comets there could be large discrepancies between the observed and predicted brightness because of their highly dynamic behaviour.
Predicted magnitude of Asteroid 2016 HO3 between January 2013 and January 2030


Asteroid 2016 HO3 Orbital Elements

The following table lists the orbital elements of Asteroid 2016 HO3 at epoch 30 July 2016 00:00 UTC (JD: 2457600.5). Source: JPL Small-Body Database
ElementSymbolValue
Orbit eccentricitye0.10414291
Orbit inclinationi7.77139562°
Perihelion distanceq0.89695894 AU
134,183,147 km
Aphelion distanceQ1.10550093 AU
165,380,586 km
Semi-major axisa1.00122993 AU
149,781,867 km
Orbital periodperiod1.0000 years
365.9310 days
Date of perihelion transitTp2016-Oct-02 11:55:44
2,457,663.9970 JD
Next perihelion transit2017-Oct-03 10:16
2,458,029.9280 JD
Argument of perihelionperi307.22765163896°
Longitude of the ascending nodenode66.513257981625°
Mean anomalyM297.53210591374°
Mean motionn0.98379211°/day
Closest approach to Earth*2029-Nov-09
Distance of closest approach*0.10738490 AU
16,064,553 km
* NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed for the time interval between 2013-Jan-01 and 2030-Jan-01, with a sampling interval of 1 day.