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2016 WX57

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(2016 WX57)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.822 AU
True anomaly
281.46°
Distance from Earth
1.541 AU
As of
19 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 2016 WX57 — 0.822 AU from the Sun 2016 WX57
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2016 WX57 is 1.541 AU from Earth today (12.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 47m 30s
Declination
-05° 41′ 39″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.54 AU
Elongation from the Sun
28.58° — 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.

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
0.868 AU
Eccentricity
0.1527
Inclination
12.31°
Orbital period
295.2 days
Perihelion
0.735 AU
Aphelion
1 AU
Longitude of ascending node
240.6°
Argument of periapsis
340.65°
Epoch · J2000
2460600.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.786

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
37
Data arc
0 hours
First observed
23 November 2016
Last observed
23 November 2016
Residual RMS
0.37 ″

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
31.03

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Sources