About (2009 SY63)
(2009 SY63) is a common neo. It swings within 1.169 AU of the Sun at perihelion.
Its highly elliptical path swings between scorching and frozen each lap.
Common neo 15 EP
(2009 SY63)
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Live ephemeris
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Score breakdown
· 3 badgesCommon 24 pts → Uncommon
- Wildly elliptical orbit +10
- Near-Earth object +5
- Catalogue designation only +0
Total score 15
9 more points to reach Uncommon.
Badges
- Near-Earth object · +5
- Wildly elliptical orbit · +10
- 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.
- Ancient. A leftover from the Solar System's birth, older than every continent on Earth.
Properties
- eccentricity
- 0.9407
- h mag
- 20.21
- inclination
- 0.79
- name
- (2009 SY63)
- number only
- yes
- orbit class
- AMO
- perihelion au
- 1.1694
- semi major au
- 19.72
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, (2009 SY63) 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 (2009 SY63) is a common neo
(2009 SY63) scores 15 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Near-Earth object, Wildly elliptical 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.