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Asteroid Near-Earth

2013 JX28

(2013 JX28)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.735 AU
True anomaly
141.7°
Distance from Earth
1.722 AU
As of
2 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 — 1.001 AU from the Sun Earth 2013 JX28 — 0.735 AU from the Sun 2013 JX28
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2013 JX28 is 1.722 AU from Earth today (14.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 23m 07s
Declination
+00° 53′ 06″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.73 AU
Elongation from the Sun
6.09° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it's up after dark, 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
0.601 AU
Eccentricity
0.5641
Inclination
10.76°
Orbital period
170.1 days
Perihelion
0.262 AU
Aphelion
0.94 AU
Longitude of ascending node
39.92°
Argument of periapsis
354.91°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · IEO
Atira (interior-Earth object)
Earth MOID · 26.4 LD
0.0678 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
9.212

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).

Observations used
55
Data arc
13.99 years
First observed
25 May 2006
Last observed
21 May 2020
Residual RMS
0.52 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
20.1

Discovery & classification

Also known as 2006 KZ39

Atira Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 467 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2027-04-19 07:48:00 Earth 0.1374 AU 53.5 LD 12.5 km/s
2027-08-05 14:20:00 Merc 0.0755 AU 29.4 LD 31 km/s
2027-08-05 14:20:00 Mercury 0.0755 AU 29.4 LD 31 km/s
2027-09-04 12:47:00 Venus 0.0685 AU 26.6 LD 21.2 km/s
2028-01-13 11:13:00 Mercury 0.0713 AU 27.8 LD 18.2 km/s
2028-01-13 11:13:00 Merc 0.0713 AU 27.8 LD 18.2 km/s
2028-05-01 06:21:00 Earth 0.1946 AU 75.7 LD 15.4 km/s
2028-06-18 10:24:00 Merc 0.0304 AU 11.8 LD 19.7 km/s
2028-06-18 10:24:00 Mercury 0.0304 AU 11.8 LD 19.7 km/s
2030-04-07 13:33:00 Venus 0.0854 AU 33.2 LD 20.7 km/s

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

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