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2000 HB24

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(2000 HB24)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.94 AU
True anomaly
133.02°
Distance from Earth
1.936 AU
As of
16 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 — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2000 HB24 — 0.94 AU from the Sun 2000 HB24
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2000 HB24 is 1.936 AU from Earth today (16.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 35m 08s
Declination
-09° 15′ 26″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.94 AU
Elongation from the Sun
1.43° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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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
0.815 AU
Eccentricity
0.4304
Inclination
2.67°
Orbital period
268.8 days
Perihelion
0.464 AU
Aphelion
1.166 AU
Longitude of ascending node
55.04°
Argument of periapsis
18.02°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 6.1 LD
0.0158 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.097

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
113
Data arc
17.15 years
First observed
28 April 2000
Last observed
22 June 2017
Residual RMS
0.54 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
14 April 2021

Physical properties

Rotation period
0.22 hours

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
23.7

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 208 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2000 HB24 at 2028-05-08 20:47 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-05-08 20:47 UTC close approach of 2000 HB24. Catalogue miss distance 43.1 LD · 1.66 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-05-05 to 2028-05-11, 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 43.1 LD · 1.66 × 10⁷ km 2028-05-08 20:47 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-05-08 20:47 UTC close approach of 2000 HB24. Catalogue miss distance 43.1 LD · 1.66 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-05-05 to 2028-05-11, 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
2028-05-08 20:47:00 Earth 0.1108 AU 43.1 LD 8.5 km/s
2028-09-28 01:33:00 Earth 0.4256 AU 165.6 LD 12.5 km/s
2031-02-03 08:08:00 Earth 0.4328 AU 168.4 LD 13.7 km/s
2031-07-01 22:45:00 Earth 0.1024 AU 39.8 LD 8.6 km/s
2032-08-06 19:12:00 Venus 0.0768 AU 29.9 LD 19.1 km/s
2034-07-09 06:25:00 Earth 0.1953 AU 76.0 LD 16.7 km/s
2035-05-03 11:11:00 Venus 0.1093 AU 42.5 LD 10.2 km/s
2036-04-13 09:17:00 Venus 0.0155 AU 6.0 LD 15.8 km/s
2036-05-07 05:19:00 Earth 0.4222 AU 164.3 LD 24.2 km/s
2037-06-27 06:26:00 Earth 0.4913 AU 191.2 LD 26.4 km/s

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

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