2025 XN6 is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.6 AU to 1.4 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 364.1 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 9 January 2026.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.689 AU
- True anomaly
- 58.23°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.359 AU
- As of
- 2 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 16h 21m 55s
- Declination
- -16° 40′ 45″
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Distance from Earth
- 0.35 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 25.63° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.
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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
- 0.998 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4036
- Inclination
- 2.98°
- Orbital period
- 364.1 days
- Perihelion
- 0.595 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.4 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 262.08°
- Argument of periapsis
- 66.88°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 0.4 LD
- 0.001 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.015
Orbit quality
Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).
- Observations used
- 21
- Data arc
- 8 days
- First observed
- 15 December 2025
- Last observed
- 23 December 2025
- Residual RMS
- 0.37 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 9 January 2026
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 29.2
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 57 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-12-12 22:26 UTC close approach of 2025 XN6. Catalogue miss distance 6.91 LD · 2.65 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-12-09 to 2026-12-15, 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. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-12-12 22:26:00 | Earth | 0.0177 AU | 6.9 LD | 12.2 km/s |
| 2027-12-12 10:34:00 | Earth | 0.0507 AU | 19.7 LD | 11.2 km/s |
| 2028-12-11 07:38:00 | Earth | 0.0878 AU | 34.2 LD | 10.2 km/s |
| 2029-08-30 22:27:00 | Venus | 0.0066 AU | 2.6 LD | 13.1 km/s |
| 2029-12-11 01:45:00 | Earth | 0.1214 AU | 47.2 LD | 9.3 km/s |
| 2030-12-11 13:31:00 | Earth | 0.1309 AU | 50.9 LD | 9.1 km/s |
| 2031-12-12 09:12:00 | Earth | 0.1418 AU | 55.2 LD | 8.8 km/s |
| 2032-12-12 07:49:00 | Earth | 0.1541 AU | 60.0 LD | 8.6 km/s |
| 2033-12-13 20:00:00 | Earth | 0.1673 AU | 65.1 LD | 8.4 km/s |
| 2034-10-29 12:20:00 | Venus | 0.0562 AU | 21.9 LD | 14 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB