2024 CZ is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.96 AU to 1.06 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 370.5 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 13 February 2024.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.963 AU
- True anomaly
- 346.69°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.331 AU
- As of
- 3 November 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
- 20h 17m 53s
- Declination
- -50° 13′ 59″
- Constellation
- Telescopium
- Distance from Earth
- 0.33 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 75.41° — well clear of the Sun
Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.
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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
- 1.009 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.0469
- Inclination
- 10.45°
- Orbital period
- 370.5 days
- Perihelion
- 0.962 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.057 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 135.23°
- Argument of periapsis
- 262.87°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 5.0 LD
- 0.0127 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.02
Orbit quality
Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).
- Observations used
- 26
- Data arc
- 8 days
- First observed
- 5 February 2024
- Last observed
- 13 February 2024
- Residual RMS
- 0.41 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 13 February 2024
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 26.61
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 46 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-01-29 23:06 UTC close approach of 2024 CZ. Catalogue miss distance 86.9 LD · 3.34 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-01-26 to 2027-02-01, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-01-29 23:06:00 | Earth | 0.2232 AU | 86.9 LD | 9.4 km/s |
| 2028-01-30 22:55:00 | Earth | 0.3148 AU | 122.5 LD | 11.8 km/s |
| 2029-02-01 02:11:00 | Earth | 0.4082 AU | 158.9 LD | 14.4 km/s |
| 2084-07-11 03:52:00 | Earth | 0.4278 AU | 166.5 LD | 14.7 km/s |
| 2085-07-16 13:31:00 | Earth | 0.3359 AU | 130.7 LD | 12.2 km/s |
| 2086-07-21 23:56:00 | Earth | 0.2449 AU | 95.3 LD | 9.9 km/s |
| 2087-07-27 19:18:00 | Earth | 0.1565 AU | 60.9 LD | 7.9 km/s |
| 2088-08-01 11:44:00 | Earth | 0.0731 AU | 28.5 LD | 6.3 km/s |
| 2089-02-20 02:36:00 | Earth | 0.1833 AU | 71.4 LD | 6.6 km/s |
| 2089-08-06 23:44:00 | Earth | 0.0128 AU | 5.0 LD | 5.6 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB