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2022 WR9

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(2022 WR9)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.848 AU
True anomaly
263.7°
Distance from Earth
0.933 AU
As of
24 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 WR9 — 0.848 AU from the Sun 2022 WR9
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 WR9 is 0.933 AU from Earth today (7.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 39m 10s
Declination
+04° 18′ 14″
Constellation
Sextans
Distance from Earth
0.93 AU
Elongation from the Sun
51.97° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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
0.972 AU
Eccentricity
0.4082
Inclination
9.86°
Orbital period
350.1 days
Perihelion
0.575 AU
Aphelion
1.369 AU
Longitude of ascending node
246.06°
Argument of periapsis
302.01°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 6.5 LD
0.0167 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.13

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
18
Data arc
3 days
First observed
27 November 2022
Last observed
30 November 2022
Residual RMS
0.71 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
13 September 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
27.2

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 67 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 WR9 at 2038-08-12 04:10 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2038-08-12 04:10 UTC close approach of 2022 WR9. Catalogue miss distance 150.8 LD · 5.8 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2038-08-09 to 2038-08-15, 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. At closest approach the object is north of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 150.8 LD · 5.8 × 10⁷ km 2038-08-12 04:10 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2038-08-12 04:10 UTC close approach of 2022 WR9. Catalogue miss distance 150.8 LD · 5.8 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2038-08-09 to 2038-08-15, 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. At closest approach the object is north of the ecliptic. 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
2038-08-12 04:10:00 Earth 0.3876 AU 150.8 LD 23.5 km/s
2039-07-31 12:57:00 Earth 0.1856 AU 72.2 LD 16.1 km/s
2045-12-03 23:31:00 Earth 0.0232 AU 9.0 LD 12.8 km/s
2046-01-04 12:53:00 Venus 0.1147 AU 44.6 LD 15.5 km/s
2046-11-25 23:59:00 Earth 0.2361 AU 91.9 LD 20.1 km/s
2108-08-10 01:52:00 Earth 0.3343 AU 130.1 LD 21.7 km/s
2109-07-29 08:20:00 Earth 0.1575 AU 61.3 LD 14.4 km/s
2110-07-05 15:24:00 Earth 0.2433 AU 94.7 LD 8.6 km/s
2111-03-21 09:11:00 Venus 0.1448 AU 56.3 LD 18.7 km/s
2111-05-21 04:39:00 Earth 0.3687 AU 143.5 LD 13.7 km/s

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

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