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412P/WISE

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
2.027 AU
True anomaly
68.24°
Distance from Earth
2.951 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.

Orbit of Mercury Orbit of Venus Orbit of Mars Sun Earth — 0.998 AU from the Sun Earth WISE — 2.027 AU from the Sun WISE
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. WISE is 2.951 AU from Earth today (24.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 10m 21s
Declination
-17° 41′ 16″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
2.96 AU
Elongation from the Sun
17.93° — too close to the Sun to observe

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.

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
3.107 AU
Eccentricity
0.4809
Inclination
8.94°
Orbital period
5.48 years
Perihelion
1.613 AU
Aphelion
4.601 AU
Longitude of ascending node
0.86°
Argument of periapsis
155.96°
Epoch · J2000
2456599.5
Orbit class · ETc
Encke-type comet
Earth MOID · 243.3 LD
0.6251 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
3.013

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
74
Data arc
11.11 years
First observed
22 January 2010
Last observed
3 March 2021
Residual RMS
0.51 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
9 April 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
15.2
Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 20
15.2

Discovery & classification

Also known as 412P · 412P/2010 B2 · 412P/2020 Y1

Named

Close approaches 9 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2045-09-12 09:33:00 Juptr 0.5091 AU 198.1 LD 4.5 km/s
2057-07-16 17:42:00 Juptr 0.7257 AU 282.4 LD 4.9 km/s
2129-02-25 06:51:00 Juptr 0.602 AU 234.3 LD 4.6 km/s
2141-01-23 14:52:00 Juptr 0.7393 AU 287.7 LD 5 km/s

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

Sources