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2024 WE2

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(2024 WE2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.981 AU
True anomaly
238.47°
Distance from Earth
1.227 AU
As of
21 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2024 WE2 — 0.981 AU from the Sun 2024 WE2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 WE2 is 1.227 AU from Earth today (10.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 31m 33s
Declination
+04° 05′ 09″
Constellation
Sextans
Distance from Earth
1.23 AU
Elongation from the Sun
51.02° — 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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  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
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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
0.922 AU
Eccentricity
0.1592
Inclination
8.02°
Orbital period
323.5 days
Perihelion
0.775 AU
Aphelion
1.069 AU
Longitude of ascending node
236.97°
Argument of periapsis
349.91°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 28.8 LD
0.0741 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.465

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
27
Data arc
11 days
First observed
22 November 2024
Last observed
3 December 2024
Residual RMS
0.34 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
25 October 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.97

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 48 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 WE2 at 2032-12-25 02:44 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-12-25 02:44 UTC close approach of 2024 WE2. Catalogue miss distance 45.6 LD · 1.75 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-12-22 to 2032-12-28, 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 south of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 45.6 LD · 1.75 × 10⁷ km 2032-12-25 02:44 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-12-25 02:44 UTC close approach of 2024 WE2. Catalogue miss distance 45.6 LD · 1.75 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-12-22 to 2032-12-28, 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 south 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
2032-12-25 02:44:00 Earth 0.117 AU 45.6 LD 7.1 km/s
2039-06-22 03:48:00 Venus 0.1017 AU 39.6 LD 8.4 km/s
2039-09-28 17:46:00 Earth 0.1866 AU 72.6 LD 9 km/s
2047-06-22 00:28:00 Venus 0.1088 AU 42.4 LD 7.6 km/s
2061-08-14 03:19:00 Venus 0.1005 AU 39.1 LD 8.3 km/s
2063-12-24 15:24:00 Earth 0.1075 AU 41.8 LD 6.7 km/s
2069-08-14 01:01:00 Venus 0.108 AU 42.0 LD 7.6 km/s
2078-10-14 01:06:00 Earth 0.1033 AU 40.2 LD 5.6 km/s
2083-10-07 05:18:00 Venus 0.0816 AU 31.8 LD 7.9 km/s
2086-11-19 13:37:00 Earth 0.0789 AU 30.7 LD 5.4 km/s

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

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