About (2001 SJ262)
(2001 SJ262) is a trash neo. It swings within 1.257 AU of the Sun at perihelion.
Roughly 0.3 km across.
Trash neo 9 EP
(2001 SJ262)
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Live ephemeris
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Score breakdown
· 3 badgesTrash 15 pts → Common
- Near-Earth object +5
- Tiny fragment (<1 km) +4
- Catalogue designation only +0
Total score 9
6 more points to reach Common.
Badges
- Near-Earth object · +5
- Tiny fragment (<1 km) · +4
- Catalogue designation only
Trivia
How we found it
- Designation. Known only by its catalogue designation — no name yet.
Cosmic context
- Size. Roughly 0.3 km across.
- Ancient. A leftover from the Solar System's birth, older than every continent on Earth.
Properties
- diameter km
- 0.34
- eccentricity
- 0.574
- h mag
- 19.9
- inclination
- 10.8
- name
- (2001 SJ262)
- number only
- yes
- orbit class
- AMO
- perihelion au
- 1.2567
- semi major au
- 2.95
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, (2001 SJ262) 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 (2001 SJ262) is a trash neo
(2001 SJ262) scores 9 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Near-Earth object, Tiny fragment (<1 km) 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.