Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 4.221 AU
- True anomaly
- 213.69°
- Distance from Earth
- 4.531 AU
- As of
- 11 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 09h 05m 14s
- Declination
- +20° 25′ 11″
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Distance from Earth
- 4.52 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 66.25° — well clear of the Sun
Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.
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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
- 3.288 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4969
- Inclination
- 15.37°
- Orbital period
- 5.96 years
- Perihelion
- 1.654 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.922 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 106.08°
- Argument of periapsis
- 160.92°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2458351.5
- Orbit class · JFc
- Jupiter-family comet (P < 20 y)
- Earth MOID · 251.1 LD
- 0.6453 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 2.913
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 386
- Data arc
- 12.34 years
- First observed
- 13 April 2010
- Last observed
- 14 August 2022
- Residual RMS
- 0.42 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 4 January 2024
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 17.3
- Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 10.5
- 17.3
Discovery & classification
Also known as 337P · 337P/2010 N1 · 337P/2016 GE216
Close approaches 20 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2150-07-03 13:05 UTC close approach of WISE. Catalogue miss distance 173.3 LD · 6.66 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2150-06-30 to 2150-07-06, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2096-09-03 05:01:00 | Juptr | 1.7487 AU | 680.5 LD | 9.2 km/s |
| 2108-08-11 18:03:00 | Juptr | 0.2759 AU | 107.4 LD | 5.5 km/s |
| 2108-08-11 18:03:00 | Jupiter | 0.2759 AU | 107.4 LD | 5.5 km/s |
| 2120-07-08 18:03:00 | Jupiter | 0.4276 AU | 166.4 LD | 5.7 km/s |
| 2120-07-08 18:03:00 | Juptr | 0.4276 AU | 166.4 LD | 5.7 km/s |
| 2150-07-03 13:05:00 | Earth | 0.4453 AU | 173.3 LD | 10.3 km/s |
| 2179-08-27 23:30:00 | Juptr | 1.3126 AU | 510.8 LD | 7.6 km/s |
| 2191-08-22 15:03:00 | Juptr | 0.338 AU | 131.5 LD | 5.5 km/s |
| 2191-08-22 15:03:00 | Jupiter | 0.338 AU | 131.5 LD | 5.5 km/s |
| 2194-06-26 13:40:00 | Earth | 0.4595 AU | 178.8 LD | 9.8 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB