125897 2001 XK214 (Asteroid)
From Cambridge , 125897 2001 XK214 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:40 (EDT), 51° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:38, 53° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:00, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
Name
125897 2001 XK214
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Object type
Asteroid
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Computed for: | 18 April 2024 |
Right ascension: | 10h44m [1] |
Declination: | +06°10' [1] |
Constellation: | Sextans |
Magnitude: | 20.28 (V) [1] |
Distance: | 1.56 AU 12.94 lightmin [1] |
Angular motion (speed): | 24.52 arcmin/day[1] |
Angular motion (pos ang): | 289.0° |
Semi-major axis: | 2.35 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.151750 |
Inclination: | 3.79° |
Longitude ascending node: | 195.99° |
Argument of perihelion: | 244.12° |
Epoch of elements: | 22 December 2023 |
Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 48.82° |
Absolute mag (H): | 16.51 [1] |
Slope parameter (G): | 0.15 [1] |
Perihelion: | 1.99 AU |
Aphelion: | 2.71 AU |
Orbital period: | 3.60 years |
All times shown in Cambridge local time.