About 471926 Jormungandr (2013 KN6)
471926 Jormungandr (2013 KN6) is an epic neo. It swings within 0.219 AU of the Sun at perihelion.
Its orbit passes close enough to Earth's to be officially monitored.
Epic neo 51 EP
471926 Jormungandr (2013 KN6)
Position computed live · sbdb
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Live ephemeris
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Score breakdown
· 5 badgesEpic 68 pts → Anomaly
- Potentially hazardous +16
- Crosses Earth's orbit +12
- Wildly elliptical orbit +10
- Has a proper name +8
- Near-Earth object +5
Total score 51
17 more points to reach Anomaly.
Badges
- Near-Earth object · +5
- Potentially hazardous · +16
- Wildly elliptical orbit · +10
- Crosses Earth's orbit · +12
- Has a proper name · +8
Trivia
What makes it special
- Potentially hazardous. Its orbit passes close enough to Earth's to be officially monitored.
How we found it
- Named. Notable enough to have earned a proper name, not just a catalogue number.
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
- 0.8508
- h mag
- 18.62
- inclination
- 23.54
- name
- 471926 Jormungandr (2013 KN6)
- named
- yes
- orbit class
- APO
- perihelion au
- 0.2187
- pha
- yes
- semi major au
- 1.466
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, 471926 Jormungandr (2013 KN6) 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 471926 Jormungandr (2013 KN6) is an epic neo
471926 Jormungandr (2013 KN6) scores 51 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 17 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Near-Earth object, Potentially hazardous, Wildly elliptical orbit, Crosses Earth's orbit and Has a proper name — 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.