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2014 YW14

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(2014 YW14)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.892 AU
True anomaly
228.45°
Distance from Earth
1.37 AU
As of
16 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2014 YW14 — 0.892 AU from the Sun 2014 YW14
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2014 YW14 is 1.37 AU from Earth today (11.4 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 55m 47s
Declination
+05° 04′ 22″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.37 AU
Elongation from the Sun
40.51° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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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
0.781 AU
Eccentricity
0.3408
Inclination
6.89°
Orbital period
252.2 days
Perihelion
0.515 AU
Aphelion
1.048 AU
Longitude of ascending node
275.35°
Argument of periapsis
332.53°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 1.1 LD
0.0028 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.384

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
38
Data arc
24 hours
First observed
27 December 2014
Last observed
28 December 2014
Residual RMS
0.55 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
27.6

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 82 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2014 YW14 at 2027-11-10 17:28 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-11-10 17:28 UTC close approach of 2014 YW14. Catalogue miss distance 170.2 LD · 6.54 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-11-07 to 2027-11-13, 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. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 170.2 LD · 6.54 × 10⁷ km 2027-11-10 17:28 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-11-10 17:28 UTC close approach of 2014 YW14. Catalogue miss distance 170.2 LD · 6.54 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-11-07 to 2027-11-13, 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. 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
2026-12-25 00:26:00 Merc 0.0635 AU 24.7 LD 14.1 km/s
2026-12-25 00:26:00 Mercury 0.0635 AU 24.7 LD 14.1 km/s
2027-11-10 17:28:00 Earth 0.4373 AU 170.2 LD 22.1 km/s
2028-03-28 08:08:00 Venus 0.1109 AU 43.2 LD 12.8 km/s
2028-04-28 06:56:00 Earth 0.4788 AU 186.3 LD 17 km/s
2030-06-10 15:55:00 Earth 0.4978 AU 193.7 LD 19 km/s
2032-07-25 02:00:00 Earth 0.4388 AU 170.8 LD 14.2 km/s
2032-12-28 01:21:00 Earth 0.2548 AU 99.2 LD 16.6 km/s
2033-10-08 06:33:00 Venus 0.1457 AU 56.7 LD 17.1 km/s
2034-12-01 19:09:00 Earth 0.0841 AU 32.7 LD 7.2 km/s

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

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