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2014 WT202

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(2014 WT202)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.909 AU
True anomaly
21.75°
Distance from Earth
1.691 AU
As of
23 October 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.

Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2014 WT202 — 0.909 AU from the Sun 2014 WT202
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2014 WT202 is 1.691 AU from Earth today (14.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
15h 31m 49s
Declination
-25° 07′ 43″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
1.69 AU
Elongation from the Sun
26.08° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

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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
0.966 AU
Eccentricity
0.0631
Inclination
23.39°
Orbital period
346.6 days
Perihelion
0.905 AU
Aphelion
1.027 AU
Longitude of ascending node
58.8°
Argument of periapsis
185.72°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 14.7 LD
0.0378 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.178

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).

Observations used
91
Data arc
360 days
First observed
23 November 2014
Last observed
18 November 2015
Residual RMS
0.46 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
21.1

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

Close approaches 113 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2014 WT202 at 2031-11-21 16:28 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-11-21 16:28 UTC close approach of 2014 WT202. Catalogue miss distance 159.9 LD · 6.15 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-11-18 to 2031-11-24, 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. Sun 159.9 LD · 6.15 × 10⁷ km 2031-11-21 16:28 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-11-21 16:28 UTC close approach of 2014 WT202. Catalogue miss distance 159.9 LD · 6.15 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-11-18 to 2031-11-24, 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.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2031-11-21 16:28:00 Earth 0.4109 AU 159.9 LD 17.5 km/s
2032-06-21 01:54:00 Earth 0.3313 AU 128.9 LD 14.9 km/s
2032-11-20 10:20:00 Earth 0.1168 AU 45.5 LD 12.6 km/s
2033-05-22 00:27:00 Earth 0.1102 AU 42.9 LD 12.8 km/s
2033-11-21 22:06:00 Earth 0.1904 AU 74.1 LD 13 km/s
2034-04-24 11:32:00 Earth 0.2798 AU 108.9 LD 14.9 km/s
2034-11-23 06:37:00 Earth 0.4826 AU 187.8 LD 18.2 km/s
2050-07-16 13:31:00 Earth 0.4966 AU 193.3 LD 16.9 km/s
2050-11-20 23:27:00 Earth 0.3014 AU 117.3 LD 15.3 km/s
2051-06-09 23:57:00 Earth 0.2352 AU 91.5 LD 13.8 km/s

Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.

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