2024 XK14 is a centaur in a 70 year retrograde orbit, which arrived at perihelion on 2025 May 20 at 2.06AU. This is a stack of 10x60 second exposures taken on 2025 July 7.43UT using a 3411 mm f/6.8 PlaneWave L-500 + FLI ML16200 located in Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile, which indicates a moderately condensed coma 10” wide of total Gaia Broadband G magnitude 18.4 and tail 20” long in PA210. Note that the MPC predicted magnitude for 2024 XK14 is currently mag 21.7 |
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