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2024 CL3

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(2024 CL3)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.027 AU
True anomaly
211.16°
Distance from Earth
1.671 AU
As of
21 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2024 CL3 — 1.027 AU from the Sun 2024 CL3
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 CL3 is 1.671 AU from Earth today (13.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 38m 26s
Declination
+01° 52′ 19″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.67 AU
Elongation from the Sun
34.91° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

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.

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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
0.932 AU
Eccentricity
0.1247
Inclination
5.2°
Orbital period
328.4 days
Perihelion
0.815 AU
Aphelion
1.048 AU
Longitude of ascending node
148.17°
Argument of periapsis
140.44°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 6.6 LD
0.017 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.422

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
50
Data arc
11 days
First observed
12 February 2024
Last observed
23 February 2024
Residual RMS
0.45 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
24 February 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.34

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 60 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 CL3 at 2031-11-23 00:43 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-11-23 00:43 UTC close approach of 2024 CL3. Catalogue miss distance 139.7 LD · 5.37 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-11-20 to 2031-11-26, 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 approximate: a two-body Kepler propagation of the catalogue orbital elements, not a numerical integration. The Moon’s position is approximate. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. approximate Sun 139.7 LD · 5.37 × 10⁷ km 2031-11-23 00:43 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-11-23 00:43 UTC close approach of 2024 CL3. Catalogue miss distance 139.7 LD · 5.37 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-11-20 to 2031-11-26, 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 approximate: a two-body Kepler propagation of the catalogue orbital elements, not a numerical integration. The Moon’s position is approximate. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2031-11-23 00:43:00 Earth 0.359 AU 139.7 LD 14.6 km/s
2032-08-14 14:30:00 Earth 0.1851 AU 72.1 LD 5.8 km/s
2033-02-28 05:30:00 Earth 0.0383 AU 14.9 LD 5.4 km/s
2035-04-17 15:54:00 Venus 0.1097 AU 42.7 LD 2.2 km/s
2040-11-16 03:40:00 Earth 0.1836 AU 71.5 LD 8.8 km/s
2041-07-04 10:03:00 Earth 0.211 AU 82.1 LD 6.1 km/s
2042-02-26 19:14:00 Earth 0.2368 AU 92.2 LD 11.3 km/s
2045-01-10 20:18:00 Venus 0.1324 AU 51.5 LD 1.8 km/s
2051-02-20 16:15:00 Earth 0.4255 AU 165.6 LD 17.1 km/s
2057-11-26 23:53:00 Earth 0.4397 AU 171.1 LD 17.2 km/s

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

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