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614689 (2020 XL5)

614689 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.61 AU to 1.39 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 365.6 days. Discovered 12 December 2020 by Pan-STARRS 1. Orbit from the JPL solution of 31 December 2024.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.29 AU
True anomaly
208.4°
Distance from Earth
1.01 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 614689 — 1.29 AU from the Sun 614689
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 614689 is 1.01 AU from Earth today (8.4 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
09h 15m 14s
Declination
-00° 44′ 07″
Constellation
Hydra
Distance from Earth
1.01 AU
Elongation from the Sun
80.24° — well clear of the Sun

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.

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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
1.001 AU
Eccentricity
0.3872
Inclination
13.85°
Orbital period
365.6 days
Perihelion
0.613 AU
Aphelion
1.388 AU
Longitude of ascending node
153.57°
Argument of periapsis
88.04°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · APO
Apollo
Earth MOID · 29.9 LD
0.0769 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.985

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
61
Data arc
12.02 years
First observed
23 December 2012
Last observed
30 December 2024
Residual RMS
0.61 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
31 December 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
20.28

Discovery & classification

Discovered by
Pan-STARRS 1
Discovery date
12 December 2020
Discovery site
Haleakala

Also known as 2020 XL5

Apollo Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 29 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2035-04-18 08:16:00 Venus 0.1149 AU 44.7 LD 12 km/s
2043-04-19 10:08:00 Venus 0.1019 AU 39.7 LD 14.6 km/s
2046-02-11 13:44:00 Venus 0.1058 AU 41.2 LD 18.7 km/s
2051-04-20 06:55:00 Venus 0.1201 AU 46.7 LD 16.8 km/s
2054-02-12 18:10:00 Venus 0.0613 AU 23.9 LD 16.7 km/s
2059-04-20 08:16:00 Venus 0.1355 AU 52.7 LD 17.9 km/s
2062-02-12 13:07:00 Venus 0.0491 AU 19.1 LD 16.1 km/s
2067-04-19 04:20:00 Venus 0.1285 AU 50.0 LD 17.5 km/s
2070-02-10 13:04:00 Venus 0.0708 AU 27.6 LD 17.2 km/s
2075-04-16 23:56:00 Venus 0.1077 AU 41.9 LD 15.8 km/s

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

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