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2024 WD19

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(2024 WD19)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.693 AU
True anomaly
254.01°
Distance from Earth
1.687 AU
As of
15 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2024 WD19 — 0.693 AU from the Sun 2024 WD19
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 WD19 is 1.687 AU from Earth today (14.0 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 37m 30s
Declination
-09° 32′ 48″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.68 AU
Elongation from the Sun
3.03° — too close to the Sun to observe

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
0.68 AU
Eccentricity
0.1579
Inclination
3.79°
Orbital period
204.6 days
Perihelion
0.572 AU
Aphelion
0.787 AU
Longitude of ascending node
51.41°
Argument of periapsis
263.73°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · IEO
Atira (interior-Earth object)
Earth MOID · 80.5 LD
0.2069 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
8.37

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
14
Data arc
32 days
First observed
28 November 2024
Last observed
30 December 2024
Residual RMS
0.56 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
31 December 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
21.32

Discovery & classification

Atira Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 30 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2029-03-21 23:06:00 Venus 0.1339 AU 52.1 LD 6.1 km/s
2029-06-27 13:23:00 Venus 0.0617 AU 24.0 LD 4.3 km/s
2041-08-27 21:21:00 Venus 0.0247 AU 9.6 LD 4.7 km/s
2047-10-21 08:32:00 Venus 0.0314 AU 12.2 LD 6.6 km/s
2048-08-13 13:06:00 Venus 0.1125 AU 43.8 LD 11 km/s
2053-12-17 10:49:00 Venus 0.1259 AU 49.0 LD 11.6 km/s
2054-10-09 21:23:00 Venus 0.0159 AU 6.2 LD 6.1 km/s
2060-02-11 12:21:00 Venus 0.0994 AU 38.7 LD 10.2 km/s
2060-12-03 22:48:00 Venus 0.0564 AU 21.9 LD 8.2 km/s
2066-04-06 11:44:00 Venus 0.0396 AU 15.4 LD 7.1 km/s

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

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