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2025 WK6

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(2025 WK6)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.782 AU
True anomaly
255.78°
Distance from Earth
0.972 AU
As of
20 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 — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2025 WK6 — 0.782 AU from the Sun 2025 WK6
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 WK6 is 0.972 AU from Earth today (8.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 44m 19s
Declination
+04° 08′ 32″
Constellation
Sextans
Distance from Earth
0.97 AU
Elongation from the Sun
46.69° — 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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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
0.877 AU
Eccentricity
0.4561
Inclination
9.33°
Orbital period
299.9 days
Perihelion
0.477 AU
Aphelion
1.277 AU
Longitude of ascending node
244.26°
Argument of periapsis
312.59°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 2.1 LD
0.0054 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.655

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
36
Data arc
2 days
First observed
26 November 2025
Last observed
28 November 2025
Residual RMS
0.66 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
29 November 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
27.7

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 158 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 WK6 at 2034-11-20 02:23 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-11-20 02:23 UTC close approach of 2025 WK6. Catalogue miss distance 69.1 LD · 2.65 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-11-17 to 2034-11-23, 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 69.1 LD · 2.65 × 10⁷ km 2034-11-20 02:23 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-11-20 02:23 UTC close approach of 2025 WK6. Catalogue miss distance 69.1 LD · 2.65 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-11-17 to 2034-11-23, 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
2031-01-18 13:42:00 Merc 0.0513 AU 20.0 LD 16.3 km/s
2031-01-18 13:42:00 Mercury 0.0513 AU 20.0 LD 16.3 km/s
2034-11-20 02:23:00 Earth 0.1775 AU 69.1 LD 10.3 km/s
2047-07-07 02:33:00 Venus 0.1481 AU 57.7 LD 14.5 km/s
2047-08-21 08:25:00 Earth 0.1719 AU 66.9 LD 11.8 km/s
2048-11-27 01:35:00 Earth 0.0669 AU 26.0 LD 15.8 km/s
2049-02-09 00:26:00 Merc 0.055 AU 21.4 LD 15.6 km/s
2049-02-09 00:26:00 Mercury 0.055 AU 21.4 LD 15.6 km/s
2049-12-22 22:40:00 Venus 0.1439 AU 56.0 LD 14.5 km/s
2052-06-08 23:06:00 Venus 0.1431 AU 55.7 LD 14.5 km/s

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

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