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2024 WX15

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(2024 WX15)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.598 AU
True anomaly
22.48°
Distance from Earth
1.272 AU
As of
16 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 — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2024 WX15 — 0.598 AU from the Sun 2024 WX15
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 WX15 is 1.272 AU from Earth today (10.6 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
15h 18m 41s
Declination
-16° 44′ 43″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
1.26 AU
Elongation from the Sun
27.6° — 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
0.813 AU
Eccentricity
0.2771
Inclination
4.45°
Orbital period
267.8 days
Perihelion
0.588 AU
Aphelion
1.038 AU
Longitude of ascending node
237.07°
Argument of periapsis
20.86°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 4.0 LD
0.0102 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.157

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
27
Data arc
39 days
First observed
29 November 2024
Last observed
7 January 2025
Residual RMS
0.53 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
9 January 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.27

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 82 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 WX15 at 2035-12-29 10:15 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2035-12-29 10:15 UTC close approach of 2024 WX15. Catalogue miss distance 23.5 LD · 9.04 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2035-12-26 to 2036-01-01, 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 23.5 LD · 9.04 × 10⁶ km 2035-12-29 10:15 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2035-12-29 10:15 UTC close approach of 2024 WX15. Catalogue miss distance 23.5 LD · 9.04 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2035-12-26 to 2036-01-01, 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
2029-10-20 23:30:00 Venus 0.0977 AU 38.0 LD 9.9 km/s
2033-05-21 23:06:00 Venus 0.1397 AU 54.4 LD 9.9 km/s
2035-12-29 10:15:00 Earth 0.0604 AU 23.5 LD 5.9 km/s
2036-12-28 12:28:00 Venus 0.1243 AU 48.4 LD 9.7 km/s
2040-08-06 09:02:00 Venus 0.0952 AU 37.0 LD 11.6 km/s
2043-11-09 11:02:00 Earth 0.1825 AU 71.0 LD 12.6 km/s
2047-01-03 03:31:00 Earth 0.0588 AU 22.9 LD 6.2 km/s
2052-06-03 01:29:00 Venus 0.1402 AU 54.6 LD 10.4 km/s
2054-11-08 15:36:00 Earth 0.1565 AU 60.9 LD 11.7 km/s
2058-01-07 05:54:00 Earth 0.0598 AU 23.3 LD 6.6 km/s

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

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