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2023 DW

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(2023 DW)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.916 AU
True anomaly
128.2°
Distance from Earth
1.571 AU
As of
17 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 — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2023 DW — 0.916 AU from the Sun 2023 DW
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2023 DW is 1.571 AU from Earth today (13.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 31m 35s
Declination
+03° 44′ 28″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.58 AU
Elongation from the Sun
33.24° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

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
0.82 AU
Eccentricity
0.3962
Inclination
5.8°
Orbital period
271.2 days
Perihelion
0.495 AU
Aphelion
1.145 AU
Longitude of ascending node
326.07°
Argument of periapsis
40.46°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.2 LD
0.0005 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.071

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).

Observations used
133
Data arc
3.06 years
First observed
26 February 2023
Last observed
20 March 2026
Residual RMS
0.45 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
5 June 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.32

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 118 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2023 DW at 2029-04-15 20:06 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-04-15 20:06 UTC close approach of 2023 DW. Catalogue miss distance 57.6 LD · 2.21 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-04-12 to 2029-04-18, 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 57.6 LD · 2.21 × 10⁷ km 2029-04-15 20:06 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-04-15 20:06 UTC close approach of 2023 DW. Catalogue miss distance 57.6 LD · 2.21 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-04-12 to 2029-04-18, 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
2029-04-15 20:06:00 Earth 0.1479 AU 57.6 LD 8.3 km/s
2032-05-04 12:10:00 Earth 0.1012 AU 39.4 LD 10.9 km/s
2041-05-13 20:53:00 Venus 0.0756 AU 29.4 LD 17.5 km/s
2042-04-26 01:19:00 Venus 0.0325 AU 12.7 LD 14.4 km/s
2045-01-29 13:51:00 Venus 0.0943 AU 36.7 LD 11.4 km/s
2046-01-08 06:39:00 Venus 0.1337 AU 52.0 LD 21.1 km/s
2046-02-14 13:40:00 Earth 0.0272 AU 10.6 LD 11.5 km/s
2049-02-25 14:43:00 Earth 0.1051 AU 40.9 LD 8.5 km/s
2052-03-23 19:07:00 Earth 0.1626 AU 63.3 LD 8.5 km/s
2055-04-21 06:34:00 Earth 0.1397 AU 54.4 LD 8.3 km/s

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

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