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214088

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214088 (2004 JN13)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
4.834 AU
True anomaly
174.66°
Distance from Earth
5.764 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.

Orbit of Mercury Orbit of Venus Orbit of Mars Sun Earth — 0.998 AU from the Sun Earth 214088 — 4.834 AU from the Sun 214088
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 214088 is 5.764 AU from Earth today (47.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 27m 01s
Declination
+09° 13′ 29″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
5.76 AU
Elongation from the Sun
19.86° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

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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
2.888 AU
Eccentricity
0.6903
Inclination
13.35°
Orbital period
4.91 years
Perihelion
0.894 AU
Aphelion
4.881 AU
Longitude of ascending node
85.01°
Argument of periapsis
279.22°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · APO
Apollo
Earth MOID · 51.9 LD
0.1335 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
2.851

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
2,839
Data arc
50.28 years
First observed
5 December 1975
Last observed
17 March 2026
Residual RMS
0.3 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
31 August 2026

Physical properties

Mean radius
1.21 km
Rotation period
6.34 hours

Visual & observation

Geometric albedo
0.25
Absolute magnitude (H)
15.34

Discovery & classification

Discovered by
LINEAR
Discovery date
15 May 2004
Discovery site
Socorro

Also known as 2004 JN13 · 1975 XA

Apollo Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 17 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 214088 at 2063-11-27 09:55 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2063-11-27 09:55 UTC close approach of 214088. Catalogue miss distance 66.2 LD · 2.54 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2063-11-24 to 2063-11-30, 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. At closest approach the object is south of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 66.2 LD · 2.54 × 10⁷ km 2063-11-27 09:55 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2063-11-27 09:55 UTC close approach of 214088. Catalogue miss distance 66.2 LD · 2.54 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2063-11-24 to 2063-11-30, 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. At closest approach the object is south of the ecliptic. 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
2052-06-09 14:54:00 Juptr 1.8202 AU 708.4 LD 8.8 km/s
2063-07-29 11:51:00 Mars 0.0583 AU 22.7 LD 16.4 km/s
2063-11-27 09:55:00 Earth 0.17 AU 66.2 LD 19.4 km/s
2073-10-27 05:58:00 Mars 0.0959 AU 37.3 LD 14.6 km/s
2076-04-03 17:19:00 Juptr 1.1896 AU 463.0 LD 5.2 km/s
2099-09-26 22:15:00 Juptr 1.6235 AU 631.8 LD 7.2 km/s
2107-11-18 18:05:00 Earth 0.1107 AU 43.1 LD 16.2 km/s
2135-07-31 01:10:00 Juptr 1.5806 AU 615.1 LD 8 km/s
2159-04-23 09:17:00 Juptr 1.1876 AU 462.2 LD 5.1 km/s
2182-11-23 23:51:00 Juptr 1.9201 AU 747.3 LD 8.3 km/s

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

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