About 397237 (2006 KZ112)
397237 (2006 KZ112) is an uncommon neo. It swings within 0.285 AU of the Sun at perihelion.
Its highly elliptical path swings between scorching and frozen each lap.
Uncommon neo 27 EP
397237 (2006 KZ112)
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Score breakdown
· 4 badgesUncommon 33 pts → Rare
- Crosses Earth's orbit +12
- Wildly elliptical orbit +10
- Near-Earth object +5
- Catalogue designation only +0
Total score 27
6 more points to reach Rare.
Badges
- Near-Earth object · +5
- Wildly elliptical orbit · +10
- 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
- Wild orbit. Its highly elliptical path swings between scorching and frozen each lap.
- Size. Roughly 1.2 km across.
- Ancient. A leftover from the Solar System's birth, older than every continent on Earth.
Properties
- diameter km
- 1.18
- eccentricity
- 0.8872
- h mag
- 16.76
- inclination
- 37.85
- name
- 397237 (2006 KZ112)
- number only
- yes
- orbit class
- APO
- perihelion au
- 0.2846
- semi major au
- 2.523
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, 397237 (2006 KZ112) 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 397237 (2006 KZ112) is an uncommon neo
397237 (2006 KZ112) scores 27 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Near-Earth object, Wildly elliptical orbit, 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.