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2023 WP2

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(2023 WP2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.194 AU
True anomaly
202.96°
Distance from Earth
1.648 AU
As of
21 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 2023 WP2 — 1.194 AU from the Sun 2023 WP2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2023 WP2 is 1.648 AU from Earth today (13.7 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 38m 41s
Declination
+22° 44′ 07″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.65 AU
Elongation from the Sun
45.96° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

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.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

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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
0.909 AU
Eccentricity
0.3748
Inclination
27.88°
Orbital period
316.8 days
Perihelion
0.569 AU
Aphelion
1.25 AU
Longitude of ascending node
57.79°
Argument of periapsis
227.97°
Epoch · J2000
2460270.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 16.4 LD
0.0421 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.407

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 9).

Observations used
18
Data arc
24 hours
First observed
22 November 2023
Last observed
23 November 2023
Residual RMS
0.4 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
9 December 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.36

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Sources