262623 is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.66 AU to 1.31 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 356.1 days; it is about 0.76 km across. Discovered 17 November 2006 by Siding Spring Survey. Orbit from the JPL solution of 16 January 2024.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.045 AU
- True anomaly
- 240.61°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.519 AU
- As of
- 2 November 2026
Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 12h 16m 19s
- Declination
- +11° 23′ 03″
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 1.52 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 43.11° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Visible from both hemispheres.
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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 0.983 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.3329
- Inclination
- 27.55°
- Orbital period
- 356.1 days
- Perihelion
- 0.656 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.311 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 99.83°
- Argument of periapsis
- 159.98°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 98.8 LD
- 0.2538 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.019
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 952
- Data arc
- 15.95 years
- First observed
- 17 November 2006
- Last observed
- 31 October 2022
- Residual RMS
- 0.55 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 16 January 2024
Physical properties
- Mean radius
- 0.38 km
- Rotation period
- 16.3 hours
Visual & observation
- Geometric albedo
- 0.122
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 18.64
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- Siding Spring Survey
- Discovery date
- 17 November 2006
- Discovery site
- Siding Spring
Also known as 2006 WY2
Close approaches 166 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2045-09-18 09:46 UTC close approach of 262623. Catalogue miss distance 186.3 LD · 7.16 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2045-09-15 to 2045-09-21, with a mark at UTC midnights and an arrow for the direction of motion. The circle is the Moon’s mean orbit; the Moon is plotted at closest approach. A ray shows the Sun’s direction. The labelled distance is the full separation. The drawn radius is the part that lies in the ecliptic plane. At closest approach the object is south of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2035-11-16 00:18:00 | Venus | 0.0895 AU | 34.8 LD | 19 km/s |
| 2045-09-18 09:46:00 | Earth | 0.4786 AU | 186.3 LD | 18.6 km/s |
| 2046-08-29 19:24:00 | Earth | 0.4224 AU | 164.4 LD | 18.9 km/s |
| 2046-11-01 14:43:00 | Earth | 0.4838 AU | 188.3 LD | 12.4 km/s |
| 2047-08-12 16:34:00 | Earth | 0.379 AU | 147.5 LD | 19.5 km/s |
| 2047-11-24 00:09:00 | Earth | 0.4611 AU | 179.5 LD | 14.1 km/s |
| 2048-07-27 02:59:00 | Earth | 0.3521 AU | 137.0 LD | 20.2 km/s |
| 2048-12-04 16:21:00 | Earth | 0.4319 AU | 168.1 LD | 14.6 km/s |
| 2049-07-12 07:08:00 | Earth | 0.3443 AU | 134.0 LD | 20.7 km/s |
| 2049-12-14 04:08:00 | Earth | 0.398 AU | 154.9 LD | 14.8 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- physical properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- physical properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB