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2023 TX19

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(2023 TX19)

2023 TX19 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.6 AU to 1.47 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 382.3 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 16 October 2023.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.791 AU
True anomaly
80.34°
Distance from Earth
0.867 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 2023 TX19 — 0.791 AU from the Sun 2023 TX19
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2023 TX19 is 0.867 AU from Earth today (7.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
18h 11m 12s
Declination
-27° 30′ 44″
Constellation
Sagittarius
Distance from Earth
0.86 AU
Elongation from the Sun
50.37° — 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.

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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
1.031 AU
Eccentricity
0.4224
Inclination
8.39°
Orbital period
382.3 days
Perihelion
0.595 AU
Aphelion
1.466 AU
Longitude of ascending node
17.62°
Argument of periapsis
246.32°
Epoch · J2000
2460232.5
Orbit class · APO
Apollo
Earth MOID · 2.4 LD
0.0061 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.846

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
18
Data arc
2 days
First observed
15 October 2023
Last observed
17 October 2023
Residual RMS
0.39 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
16 October 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.51

Discovery & classification

Apollo Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 21 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2023 TX19 at 2062-02-16 01:33 UTC Sun 97.0 LD · 3.73 × 10⁷ km 2062-02-16 01:33 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2062-02-16 01:33 UTC close approach of 2023 TX19. Catalogue miss distance 97.0 LD · 3.73 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2062-02-13 to 2062-02-19, 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. At closest approach the object is north of the ecliptic. 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
2027-09-11 13:07:00 Venus 0.0966 AU 37.6 LD 18 km/s
2059-01-24 14:52:00 Venus 0.1307 AU 50.8 LD 19.7 km/s
2062-02-16 01:33:00 Earth 0.2493 AU 97.0 LD 20.9 km/s
2063-03-01 07:11:00 Earth 0.1067 AU 41.5 LD 12.6 km/s
2107-02-06 17:23:00 Earth 0.4784 AU 186.2 LD 28.4 km/s
2108-02-19 17:29:00 Earth 0.2127 AU 82.8 LD 19.7 km/s
2153-02-09 23:44:00 Earth 0.4024 AU 156.6 LD 25.9 km/s
2154-02-22 19:16:00 Earth 0.149 AU 58.0 LD 17.4 km/s
2190-12-27 06:57:00 Venus 0.0915 AU 35.6 LD 17.8 km/s

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

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