2012 XE133

Asteroid February 2018 yes #FFC2E0 2012 XE 133 Catalina Sky Survey 12 December 2012 2012 XE 133 Aten asteroidhttps://archive.today/20121205013441/http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/lists/Atens.html List Of Aten Minor Planets Mercury grazer Venus crosser Earth crosser 21 November 2025 (JD 2461000.5) Epoch (2025-Nov-21.0) 1.0360 AU Gm on on 0.41032 AU Gm on 0.72316 AU Gm on 0.43261 0.61 yr (224.5 d) 6.7277° 281.007° 337.108° 194.21° 72 mA a none 23.4 1.6027°/day 0 8.07 yr (2946 days) 0.00250483 AU km on 2012 XE 133 is an asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Aten group that is a temporary co-orbital of Venus. Discovery, orbit and physical properties 2012 XE 133 was first observed on 12 December 2012 by J. A. Johnson working for the Catalina Sky Survey. As of January 2026, it has been observed 180 times with a data-arc span of about 8 years. It is an Aten asteroid and its semi-major axis of 0.72 AU is very similar to that of Venus but its eccentricity is rather large (0.4332) and its inclination of 6.7° is also significant. With an absolute magnitude of 23.4, it has a diameter of approximately 62 to 138 meters. On 26 November 2020, 2012 XE 133 was recoveredMPEC 2020-W187 : 2012 XE133 https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K20/K20WI7.html 2026-01-13 www.minorplanetcenter.net and now has a well established orbit with an uncertainty parameter of 0.IAU Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?utf8=%E2%9C%93&object_id=K12XD3E 2026-01-13 www.minorplanetcenter.net15 April 2021 Small-Body Database Lookup https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2012%20XE133 13 January 2026 JPL Small-Body Database The asteroid often makes close approaches to Earth within 0.05 AU, and the next close approach will occur on 30 December 2028, approaching Earth at 0.0099 AU (and the Moon at 0.0080 AU). Quasi-satellite dynamical state and orbital evolution 2012 XE 133 has been identified as a Venus co-orbital following a transitional path between Venus's Lagrangian points yes and yes. Besides being a Venus co-orbital, this asteroid is also a Mercury grazer and an Earth crosser. 2012 XE 133 exhibits resonant (or near-resonant) behavior with Mercury, Venus and the Earth. Its short-term dynamical evolution is similar to that of two other Venus co-orbitals, 2001 CK 32 and Zoozve. See also (322756) 2001 CK 32 524522 Zoozve 2013 ND 15 Notes A a none This is assuming an albedo of 0.25–0.05. References 2012 XE133 3620867 3 April 2016 Asteroid Size Estimator CNEOS NASA/JPL https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/ast_size_est.html 16 February 2018 Asteroid 2012 XE133, a transient companion to Venus C. de la Fuente Marcos de la Fuente Marcos R. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2013 432 2 886–893 10.1093/mnras/stt454 free 1303.3705 2013MNRAS.432..886D Further reading Understanding the Distribution of Near-Earth Asteroids Bottke, W. F., Jedicke, R., Morbidelli, A., Petit, J.-M., Gladman, B. 2000, Science, Vol. 288, Issue 5474, pp. 2190–2194. A Numerical Survey of Transient Co-orbitals of the Terrestrial Planets Christou, A. A. 2000, Icarus, Vol. 144, Issue 1, pp. 1–20. Debiased Orbital and Absolute Magnitude Distribution of the Near-Earth Objects Bottke, W. F., Morbidelli, A., Jedicke, R., Petit, J.-M., Levison, H. F., Michel, P., Metcalfe, T. S. 2002, Icarus, Vol. 156, Issue 2, pp. 399–433. Transient co-orbital asteroids Brasser, R., Innanen, K. A., Connors, M., Veillet, C., Wiegert, P., Mikkola, S., Chodas, P. W. 2004, Icarus, Vol. 171, Issue 1, pp. 102–109. The population of Near Earth Asteroids in coorbital motion with Venus Morais, M. H. M., Morbidelli, A. 2006, Icarus, Vol. 185, Issue 1, pp. 29–38. Asteroid 2012 XE133: a transient companion to Venus de la Fuente Marcos, C., de la Fuente Marcos, R. 2013, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 432, Issue 2, pp. 886–893. AstDys-2 on 2012 XE133 Retrieved 2013-02-20 External links 2012 XE 133 data at MPC List of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) 2012+XE133 2012XE133 # Category:Minor planet object articles (unnumbered) Category:Discoveries by the Catalina Sky Survey Category:Venus-crossing asteroids Category:Earth-crossing asteroids Category:Venus co-orbital minor planets 20121212