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2025 WU9

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(2025 WU9)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.879 AU
True anomaly
251.57°
Distance from Earth
1.121 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 2025 WU9 — 0.879 AU from the Sun 2025 WU9
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 WU9 is 1.121 AU from Earth today (9.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 38m 30s
Declination
+06° 28′ 36″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.12 AU
Elongation from the Sun
48.42° — 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
0.86 AU
Eccentricity
0.2287
Inclination
4.79°
Orbital period
291.4 days
Perihelion
0.663 AU
Aphelion
1.057 AU
Longitude of ascending node
248.97°
Argument of periapsis
319.04°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.2 LD
0.0006 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.838

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
65
Data arc
4 days
First observed
26 November 2025
Last observed
30 November 2025
Residual RMS
0.35 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
31 December 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
28.26

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 67 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 WU9 at 2029-12-03 17:02 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-12-03 17:02 UTC close approach of 2025 WU9. Catalogue miss distance 22.5 LD · 8.65 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-11-30 to 2029-12-06, 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 22.5 LD · 8.65 × 10⁶ km 2029-12-03 17:02 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-12-03 17:02 UTC close approach of 2025 WU9. Catalogue miss distance 22.5 LD · 8.65 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-11-30 to 2029-12-06, 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
2029-12-03 17:02:00 Earth 0.0579 AU 22.5 LD 7.7 km/s
2030-01-30 13:26:00 Venus 0.1023 AU 39.8 LD 7.8 km/s
2033-12-02 06:45:00 Earth 0.1623 AU 63.2 LD 10.9 km/s
2035-10-29 23:51:00 Venus 0.045 AU 17.5 LD 9.7 km/s
2043-09-14 12:35:00 Venus 0.1008 AU 39.2 LD 6.7 km/s
2049-05-19 02:25:00 Venus 0.1375 AU 53.5 LD 13.9 km/s
2057-04-25 02:25:00 Venus 0.0566 AU 22.0 LD 7.1 km/s
2060-09-14 16:36:00 Earth 0.1634 AU 63.6 LD 10 km/s
2064-09-14 14:35:00 Earth 0.0977 AU 38.0 LD 7.2 km/s
2065-02-21 14:28:00 Venus 0.1132 AU 44.1 LD 9.4 km/s

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

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