Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.833 AU
- True anomaly
- 52.06°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.042 AU
- As of
- 22 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 10h 47m 22s
- Declination
- +03° 57′ 09″
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Distance from Earth
- 1.05 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 48.23° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
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
- 0.954 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1774
- Inclination
- 4.86°
- Orbital period
- 340.5 days
- Perihelion
- 0.785 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.124 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 162.04°
- Argument of periapsis
- 243.94°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 2.0 LD
- 0.0053 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.293
Orbit quality
Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).
- Observations used
- 26
- Data arc
- 25 days
- First observed
- 18 March 2024
- Last observed
- 12 April 2024
- Residual RMS
- 0.34 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 12 April 2024
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 25.72
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 61 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2037-03-07 13:47 UTC close approach of 2024 FH1. Catalogue miss distance 107.1 LD · 4.12 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2037-03-04 to 2037-03-10, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2037-03-07 13:47:00 | Earth | 0.2752 AU | 107.1 LD | 13.4 km/s |
| 2037-11-30 22:48:00 | Venus | 0.1493 AU | 58.1 LD | 5.7 km/s |
| 2038-01-16 01:17:00 | Earth | 0.155 AU | 60.3 LD | 3.4 km/s |
| 2038-04-05 06:25:00 | Earth | 0.1176 AU | 45.8 LD | 4.2 km/s |
| 2038-10-01 09:10:00 | Earth | 0.1958 AU | 76.2 LD | 6.1 km/s |
| 2039-07-07 23:34:00 | Earth | 0.1515 AU | 59.0 LD | 9.1 km/s |
| 2039-09-26 23:37:00 | Venus | 0.067 AU | 26.1 LD | 3.9 km/s |
| 2041-07-20 17:10:00 | Venus | 0.1234 AU | 48.0 LD | 3.7 km/s |
| 2051-03-01 10:22:00 | Earth | 0.0937 AU | 36.5 LD | 8 km/s |
| 2051-11-23 22:41:00 | Earth | 0.2122 AU | 82.6 LD | 6.2 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