 On 6 June 2014, the asteroid brightened to about apparent magnitude 13.7 while in the southern constellation of Horologium.Near its closest approach to Earth of 3.25 lunar distances on 8 June 2014, the asteroid crossed the celestial equator, making it a northern hemisphere object.It however had an elongation of about 20 degrees from the Sun, and was lost in astronomical twilight during the closest approach to Earth.