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2020 XX6

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(2020 XX6)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.893 AU
True anomaly
222.69°
Distance from Earth
1.699 AU
As of
19 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 — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2020 XX6 — 0.893 AU from the Sun 2020 XX6
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2020 XX6 is 1.699 AU from Earth today (14.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 20m 39s
Declination
+04° 22′ 24″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.7 AU
Elongation from the Sun
24.37° — 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
0.839 AU
Eccentricity
0.6894
Inclination
12.54°
Orbital period
280.8 days
Perihelion
0.261 AU
Aphelion
1.418 AU
Longitude of ascending node
88.04°
Argument of periapsis
205.21°
Epoch · J2000
2459199.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 16.2 LD
0.0416 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.768

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
20
Data arc
4 days
First observed
15 December 2020
Last observed
19 December 2020
Residual RMS
0.39 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Sources