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2013 LX28

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(2013 LX28)

2013 LX28 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.55 AU to 1.45 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 366.2 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 23 June 2025.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.614 AU
True anomaly
311.22°
Distance from Earth
0.711 AU
As of
3 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 LX28 — 0.614 AU from the Sun 2013 LX28
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2013 LX28 is 0.711 AU from Earth today (5.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 30m 09s
Declination
-53° 09′ 32″
Constellation
Lupus
Distance from Earth
0.71 AU
Elongation from the Sun
37.93° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

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
1.002 AU
Eccentricity
0.4519
Inclination
49.98°
Orbital period
366.2 days
Perihelion
0.549 AU
Aphelion
1.454 AU
Longitude of ascending node
76.66°
Argument of periapsis
345.78°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · APO
Apollo
Earth MOID · 145.6 LD
0.3742 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.698

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).

Observations used
72
Data arc
12.03 years
First observed
12 June 2013
Last observed
22 June 2025
Residual RMS
0.72 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
23 June 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
21.88

Discovery & classification

Apollo Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 7 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2138-09-24 02:52:00 Mars 0.0897 AU 34.9 LD 18.6 km/s
2153-10-08 14:32:00 Mars 0.0911 AU 35.5 LD 18.8 km/s
2200-10-17 08:04:00 Mars 0.0844 AU 32.9 LD 18.7 km/s

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

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