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2024 JQ

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(2024 JQ)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.972 AU
True anomaly
120.17°
Distance from Earth
1.832 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 JQ — 0.972 AU from the Sun 2024 JQ
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 JQ is 1.832 AU from Earth today (15.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 37m 13s
Declination
+00° 58′ 52″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.83 AU
Elongation from the Sun
21.08° — 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
0.918 AU
Eccentricity
0.1541
Inclination
9.68°
Orbital period
321.4 days
Perihelion
0.777 AU
Aphelion
1.06 AU
Longitude of ascending node
50.23°
Argument of periapsis
355.67°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 18.9 LD
0.0486 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.485

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
44
Data arc
29 days
First observed
16 April 2024
Last observed
15 May 2024
Residual RMS
0.34 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 May 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.19

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 113 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 JQ at 2031-03-31 14:11 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-03-31 14:11 UTC close approach of 2024 JQ. Catalogue miss distance 77.0 LD · 2.96 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-03-28 to 2031-04-03, 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 north of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 77.0 LD · 2.96 × 10⁷ km 2031-03-31 14:11 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-03-31 14:11 UTC close approach of 2024 JQ. Catalogue miss distance 77.0 LD · 2.96 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-03-28 to 2031-04-03, 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 north of the ecliptic. 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
2031-03-31 14:11:00 Earth 0.1979 AU 77.0 LD 8.4 km/s
2031-10-12 12:57:00 Earth 0.2235 AU 87.0 LD 7.8 km/s
2032-06-04 03:01:00 Earth 0.3905 AU 152.0 LD 15.3 km/s
2033-08-13 04:17:00 Venus 0.1426 AU 55.5 LD 6.1 km/s
2038-03-31 20:11:00 Earth 0.4054 AU 157.8 LD 15.3 km/s
2038-11-22 23:36:00 Earth 0.209 AU 81.4 LD 8.2 km/s
2039-06-06 03:45:00 Earth 0.1788 AU 69.6 LD 8.8 km/s
2039-10-04 10:01:00 Venus 0.103 AU 40.1 LD 5.5 km/s
2045-11-28 01:59:00 Venus 0.0968 AU 37.7 LD 5.3 km/s
2046-01-01 16:45:00 Earth 0.1988 AU 77.4 LD 6.3 km/s

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

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