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2015 XB128

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(2015 XB128)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.662 AU
True anomaly
44.31°
Distance from Earth
1.101 AU
As of
17 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2015 XB128 — 0.662 AU from the Sun 2015 XB128
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2015 XB128 is 1.101 AU from Earth today (9.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 03m 19s
Declination
-12° 16′ 26″
Constellation
Scorpius
Distance from Earth
1.09 AU
Elongation from the Sun
36.77° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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
0.82 AU
Eccentricity
0.2367
Inclination
15.59°
Orbital period
271.3 days
Perihelion
0.626 AU
Aphelion
1.014 AU
Longitude of ascending node
245.01°
Argument of periapsis
15.84°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 5.6 LD
0.0145 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.087

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
25
Data arc
7 days
First observed
1 December 2015
Last observed
8 December 2015
Residual RMS
0.92 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.4

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 43 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2015 XB128 at 2027-07-03 18:25 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-07-03 18:25 UTC close approach of 2015 XB128. Catalogue miss distance 157.2 LD · 6.04 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-06-30 to 2027-07-06, 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. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 157.2 LD · 6.04 × 10⁷ km 2027-07-03 18:25 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-07-03 18:25 UTC close approach of 2015 XB128. Catalogue miss distance 157.2 LD · 6.04 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-06-30 to 2027-07-06, 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. 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
2027-07-03 18:25:00 Earth 0.404 AU 157.2 LD 14.6 km/s
2030-06-13 20:00:00 Earth 0.395 AU 153.7 LD 15.5 km/s
2033-05-25 10:11:00 Earth 0.3817 AU 148.5 LD 15.4 km/s
2035-11-24 10:47:00 Earth 0.3554 AU 138.3 LD 17.7 km/s
2038-11-21 13:35:00 Earth 0.1928 AU 75.0 LD 13 km/s
2041-11-24 01:55:00 Earth 0.0408 AU 15.9 LD 9.5 km/s
2044-12-04 10:20:00 Earth 0.0883 AU 34.4 LD 8.7 km/s
2047-12-20 03:32:00 Earth 0.2072 AU 80.6 LD 10.4 km/s
2050-08-02 12:18:00 Earth 0.399 AU 155.3 LD 11.3 km/s
2050-12-27 08:04:00 Earth 0.3342 AU 130.0 LD 14.3 km/s

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

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