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2013 AF69

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(2013 AF69)

2013 AF69 is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.58 AU to 1.39 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 357.9 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.297 AU
True anomaly
153.72°
Distance from Earth
1.616 AU
As of
2 November 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 — 0.992 AU from the Sun Earth 2013 AF69 — 1.297 AU from the Sun 2013 AF69
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2013 AF69 is 1.616 AU from Earth today (13.4 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 22m 49s
Declination
+10° 02′ 34″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.61 AU
Elongation from the Sun
53.68° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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
0.987 AU
Eccentricity
0.4094
Inclination
28.54°
Orbital period
357.9 days
Perihelion
0.583 AU
Aphelion
1.39 AU
Longitude of ascending node
116.51°
Argument of periapsis
220.48°
Epoch · J2000
2456307.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 58.8 LD
0.151 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.972

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 8).

Observations used
38
Data arc
7 days
First observed
12 January 2013
Last observed
19 January 2013
Residual RMS
0.43 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
22.48

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Sources