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2019 XW1

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(2019 XW1)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.872 AU
True anomaly
88.01°
Distance from Earth
0.197 AU
As of
21 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2019 XW1 — 0.872 AU from the Sun 2019 XW1
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2019 XW1 is 0.197 AU from Earth today (1.6 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 44m 28s
Declination
-35° 04′ 51″
Constellation
Scorpius
Distance from Earth
0.2 AU
Elongation from the Sun
46.89° — 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.

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
0.916 AU
Eccentricity
0.2029
Inclination
5.6°
Orbital period
320.2 days
Perihelion
0.73 AU
Aphelion
1.102 AU
Longitude of ascending node
49.77°
Argument of periapsis
241.4°
Epoch · J2000
2458821.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 2.9 LD
0.0074 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.499

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 9).

Observations used
12
Data arc
4 days
First observed
2 December 2019
Last observed
6 December 2019
Residual RMS
0.39 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.7

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Sources