About 275974 (2001 XD)
275974 (2001 XD) is a common neo. It swings within 0.419 AU of the Sun at perihelion.
Roughly 0.6 km across.
Common neo 21 EP
275974 (2001 XD)
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Score breakdown
· 4 badgesCommon 24 pts → Uncommon
- Crosses Earth's orbit +12
- Near-Earth object +5
- Tiny fragment (<1 km) +4
- Catalogue designation only +0
Total score 21
3 more points to reach Uncommon.
Badges
- Near-Earth object · +5
- Tiny fragment (<1 km) · +4
- Crosses Earth's orbit · +12
- Catalogue designation only
Trivia
How we found it
- Designation. Known only by its catalogue designation — no name yet.
Cosmic context
- Size. Roughly 0.6 km across.
- Ancient. A leftover from the Solar System's birth, older than every continent on Earth.
Properties
- diameter km
- 0.626
- eccentricity
- 0.7955
- h mag
- 18.68
- inclination
- 11.24
- name
- 275974 (2001 XD)
- number only
- yes
- orbit class
- APO
- perihelion au
- 0.4188
- semi major au
- 2.048
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, 275974 (2001 XD) is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. Because it moves against the background stars, the live position panel on this page tracks where it is right now. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
Why 275974 (2001 XD) is a common neo
275974 (2001 XD) scores 21 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Near-Earth object, Tiny fragment (<1 km), Crosses Earth's orbit and Catalogue designation only — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.