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2022 WA10

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(2022 WA10)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.661 AU
True anomaly
77.6°
Distance from Earth
0.451 AU
As of
19 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 WA10 — 0.661 AU from the Sun 2022 WA10
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 WA10 is 0.451 AU from Earth today (3.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
15h 48m 25s
Declination
-22° 00′ 54″
Constellation
Scorpius
Distance from Earth
0.44 AU
Elongation from the Sun
32.49° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

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
0.866 AU
Eccentricity
0.4112
Inclination
1.4°
Orbital period
294.3 days
Perihelion
0.51 AU
Aphelion
1.222 AU
Longitude of ascending node
73.89°
Argument of periapsis
213.44°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 2.4 LD
0.0062 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.753

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
20
Data arc
7 days
First observed
24 November 2022
Last observed
1 December 2022
Residual RMS
0.7 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
1 December 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.45

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 192 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 WA10 at 2026-11-24 15:15 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-11-24 15:15 UTC close approach of 2022 WA10. Catalogue miss distance 59.3 LD · 2.28 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-11-21 to 2026-11-27, 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 59.3 LD · 2.28 × 10⁷ km 2026-11-24 15:15 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-11-24 15:15 UTC close approach of 2022 WA10. Catalogue miss distance 59.3 LD · 2.28 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-11-21 to 2026-11-27, 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
2026-11-24 15:15:00 Earth 0.1525 AU 59.3 LD 16.9 km/s
2028-02-23 07:08:00 Earth 0.1137 AU 44.3 LD 15.6 km/s
2029-03-23 17:09:00 Venus 0.1192 AU 46.4 LD 9.3 km/s
2030-11-30 18:14:00 Earth 0.3198 AU 124.5 LD 22.4 km/s
2031-07-28 07:52:00 Earth 0.4984 AU 194.0 LD 19.5 km/s
2032-02-24 13:38:00 Earth 0.0567 AU 22.1 LD 10.6 km/s
2033-11-14 13:53:00 Venus 0.0641 AU 25.0 LD 11.8 km/s
2034-12-07 17:46:00 Earth 0.4907 AU 191.0 LD 28 km/s
2035-08-15 16:06:00 Earth 0.4725 AU 183.9 LD 17.4 km/s
2036-02-05 00:38:00 Earth 0.1895 AU 73.7 LD 9 km/s

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

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