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2019 AR13

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(2019 AR13)

2019 AR13 is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.8 AU to 1.15 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 353.1 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.072 AU
True anomaly
228.97°
Distance from Earth
1.56 AU
As of
24 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 — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth 2019 AR13 — 1.072 AU from the Sun 2019 AR13
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2019 AR13 is 1.56 AU from Earth today (13.0 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 20m 34s
Declination
+05° 17′ 06″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.56 AU
Elongation from the Sun
42.89° — 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
0.978 AU
Eccentricity
0.1767
Inclination
2.54°
Orbital period
353.1 days
Perihelion
0.805 AU
Aphelion
1.151 AU
Longitude of ascending node
96.51°
Argument of periapsis
163.86°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 14.7 LD
0.0378 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.174

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).

Observations used
73
Data arc
389 days
First observed
5 January 2019
Last observed
29 January 2020
Residual RMS
0.47 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.1

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 151 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2019 AR13 at 2042-10-19 21:42 UTC Sun 190.5 LD · 7.32 × 10⁷ km 2042-10-19 21:42 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2042-10-19 21:42 UTC close approach of 2019 AR13. Catalogue miss distance 190.5 LD · 7.32 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2042-10-16 to 2042-10-22, 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
2029-01-14 10:48:00 Venus 0.0846 AU 32.9 LD 1.3 km/s
2035-10-18 16:48:00 Venus 0.094 AU 36.6 LD 1.3 km/s
2042-07-19 09:56:00 Venus 0.1128 AU 43.9 LD 1 km/s
2042-10-19 21:42:00 Earth 0.4894 AU 190.5 LD 20.6 km/s
2043-10-12 02:54:00 Earth 0.295 AU 114.8 LD 14.6 km/s
2044-10-03 17:44:00 Earth 0.1034 AU 40.2 LD 8.5 km/s
2045-10-18 01:46:00 Earth 0.106 AU 41.2 LD 3.8 km/s
2046-07-10 23:45:00 Earth 0.199 AU 77.4 LD 6.3 km/s
2046-12-09 01:25:00 Earth 0.1675 AU 65.2 LD 5.2 km/s
2047-05-31 04:58:00 Earth 0.2074 AU 80.7 LD 6.7 km/s

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

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