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2014 WE6

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(2014 WE6)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.966 AU
True anomaly
263.31°
Distance from Earth
1.96 AU
As of
24 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 — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth 2014 WE6 — 0.966 AU from the Sun 2014 WE6
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2014 WE6 is 1.96 AU from Earth today (16.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 49m 55s
Declination
-11° 14′ 15″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.96 AU
Elongation from the Sun
1.89° — 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
0.969 AU
Eccentricity
0.1362
Inclination
0.34°
Orbital period
348.4 days
Perihelion
0.837 AU
Aphelion
1.101 AU
Longitude of ascending node
52.71°
Argument of periapsis
251.47°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.0 LD
0.0001 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.225

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
25
Data arc
4 days
First observed
17 November 2014
Last observed
21 November 2014
Residual RMS
0.76 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
28 July 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
30.4

Discovery & classification

Listed by JPL impact monitoring; see the Sentry table for current probabilities.

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 40 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2014 WE6 at 2034-11-18 20:26 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-11-18 20:26 UTC close approach of 2014 WE6. Catalogue miss distance 75.4 LD · 2.9 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-11-15 to 2034-11-21, 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 75.4 LD · 2.9 × 10⁷ km 2034-11-18 20:26 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-11-18 20:26 UTC close approach of 2014 WE6. Catalogue miss distance 75.4 LD · 2.9 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-11-15 to 2034-11-21, 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
2034-09-01 22:07:00 Venus 0.1152 AU 44.8 LD 1.3 km/s
2034-11-18 20:26:00 Earth 0.1936 AU 75.4 LD 10.4 km/s
2035-12-09 15:14:00 Earth 0.0831 AU 32.3 LD 3.2 km/s
2036-07-19 23:21:00 Earth 0.1788 AU 69.6 LD 5.4 km/s
2037-03-23 12:04:00 Earth 0.0604 AU 23.5 LD 2.9 km/s
2053-09-11 21:00:00 Venus 0.1216 AU 47.3 LD 1.8 km/s
2055-11-16 19:17:00 Earth 0.1557 AU 60.6 LD 9.2 km/s
2056-09-29 18:14:00 Earth 0.1219 AU 47.4 LD 3.2 km/s
2056-12-21 00:19:00 Earth 0.0992 AU 38.6 LD 3.5 km/s
2057-07-13 07:48:00 Earth 0.1769 AU 68.8 LD 5.3 km/s

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

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