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2026 RW1

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(2026 RW1)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.858 AU
True anomaly
287.83°
Distance from Earth
0.15 AU
As of
22 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 2026 RW1 — 0.858 AU from the Sun 2026 RW1
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2026 RW1 is 0.15 AU from Earth today (1.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 43m 07s
Declination
+02° 29′ 03″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
0.15 AU
Elongation from the Sun
21.63° — 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.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

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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
0.943 AU
Eccentricity
0.1917
Inclination
1.51°
Orbital period
334.2 days
Perihelion
0.762 AU
Aphelion
1.123 AU
Longitude of ascending node
343.77°
Argument of periapsis
121.21°
Epoch · J2000
2461289.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.0 LD
0 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.356

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
41
Data arc
24 hours
First observed
5 September 2026
Last observed
6 September 2026
Residual RMS
0.36 ″
Solution · Davide Farnocchia
16 September 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
33.32

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Sources