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2024 KJ1

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(2024 KJ1)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.881 AU
True anomaly
35.35°
Distance from Earth
0.974 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.

Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2024 KJ1 — 0.881 AU from the Sun 2024 KJ1
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 KJ1 is 0.974 AU from Earth today (8.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 37m 19s
Declination
+10° 33′ 47″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
0.98 AU
Elongation from the Sun
53.11° — 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
0.961 AU
Eccentricity
0.0983
Inclination
7.54°
Orbital period
343.8 days
Perihelion
0.866 AU
Aphelion
1.055 AU
Longitude of ascending node
77.76°
Argument of periapsis
338.52°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 11.6 LD
0.0298 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.265

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
52
Data arc
12 days
First observed
30 May 2024
Last observed
11 June 2024
Residual RMS
0.38 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
11 June 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.21

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 72 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 KJ1 at 2039-03-20 10:38 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2039-03-20 10:38 UTC close approach of 2024 KJ1. Catalogue miss distance 124.6 LD · 4.79 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2039-03-17 to 2039-03-23, 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 124.6 LD · 4.79 × 10⁷ km 2039-03-20 10:38 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2039-03-20 10:38 UTC close approach of 2024 KJ1. Catalogue miss distance 124.6 LD · 4.79 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2039-03-17 to 2039-03-23, 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
2039-03-20 10:38:00 Earth 0.3202 AU 124.6 LD 11.2 km/s
2040-01-07 20:59:00 Earth 0.1066 AU 41.5 LD 4.9 km/s
2040-05-27 15:55:00 Earth 0.0683 AU 26.6 LD 4.1 km/s
2041-06-25 15:34:00 Earth 0.2574 AU 100.2 LD 10.3 km/s
2048-05-20 23:45:00 Venus 0.1469 AU 57.2 LD 2.8 km/s
2055-03-25 08:47:00 Earth 0.424 AU 165.0 LD 14.6 km/s
2056-02-14 13:37:00 Earth 0.1354 AU 52.7 LD 4.8 km/s
2056-11-03 11:26:00 Earth 0.1438 AU 56.0 LD 5 km/s
2057-06-25 22:12:00 Earth 0.1427 AU 55.5 LD 7 km/s
2058-06-19 19:51:00 Earth 0.48 AU 186.8 LD 16.8 km/s

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

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