About 2024 WD19
2024 WD19 is a rare neo. It swings within 0.572 AU of the Sun at perihelion.
Its orbit genuinely intersects Earth's track around the Sun. The two paths cross; only the timing keeps them apart.
Rare neo 39 EP
2024 WD19
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Score breakdown
· 4 badgesRare 50 pts → Epic
- Atira: orbits entirely inside Earth's +26
- Crosses Earth's orbit +8
- Near-Earth object +5
- Catalogue designation only +0
Total score 39
11 more points to reach Epic.
Badges
- Near-Earth object · +5
- Crosses Earth's orbit · +8
- Catalogue designation only
- Atira: orbits entirely inside Earth's · +26
Trivia
What makes it special
- It crosses our path. Its orbit genuinely intersects Earth's track around the Sun. The two paths cross; only the timing keeps them apart.
What it actually is
- Its orbit family. An Atira: its entire orbit lies inside Earth's. Only a couple of dozen are known, because they are never in a dark sky when we are.
- Closest approach. At its nearest it comes within 0.57 AU of the Sun — inside the orbit of Venus.
- One lap. A single orbit around the Sun takes it about 205 days.
- How far it roams. Its orbit swings between 0.57 and 0.79 AU from the Sun.
Sense of scale
- Sense of scale. In everyday terms it is about 1.8 football pitches across.
Standing on it
- Don't jump. Escape velocity here is only around 0.12 m/s. A determined jump would launch you off it and into your own orbit around the Sun.
By the numbers
- Estimated size. Nobody has measured its size directly. Assuming it reflects light like a typical asteroid, its brightness implies something roughly 193 metres across.
Properties
- aphelion au
- 0.79
- designation
- 2024 WD19
- eccentricity
- 0.1579
- full name
- (2024 WD19)
- h mag
- 21.32
- inclination
- 3.79
- mean motion deg day
- 1.76
- moid au
- 0.207
- name
- 2024 WD19
- number only
- yes
- orbit class
- IEO
- perihelion au
- 0.572
- semi major au
- 0.6795
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, 2024 WD19 is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. Because it moves against the background stars, the live position panel on this page tracks where it is right now. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
Why 2024 WD19 is a rare neo
2024 WD19 scores 39 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Near-Earth object, Crosses Earth's orbit, Catalogue designation only and Atira: orbits entirely inside Earth's — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.