2024 LW is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.58 AU to 1.39 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 356.8 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 10 June 2026.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.068 AU
- True anomaly
- 124.68°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.641 AU
- As of
- 2 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
- 12h 21m 36s
- Declination
- +06° 05′ 01″
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 1.64 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 38.99° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Visible from both hemispheres.
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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
- 0.985 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4117
- Inclination
- 23.29°
- Orbital period
- 356.8 days
- Perihelion
- 0.579 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.39 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 117.29°
- Argument of periapsis
- 266.31°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 39.5 LD
- 0.1014 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.013
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).
- Observations used
- 43
- Data arc
- 11.25 years
- First observed
- 10 March 2015
- Last observed
- 9 June 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.57 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 10 June 2026
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 22.24
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 66 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2056-02-03 05:07 UTC close approach of 2024 LW. Catalogue miss distance 57.7 LD · 2.22 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2056-01-31 to 2056-02-06, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030-08-20 11:50:00 | Venus | 0.0988 AU | 38.5 LD | 18.8 km/s |
| 2040-03-15 19:38:00 | Venus | 0.0347 AU | 13.5 LD | 17.6 km/s |
| 2047-03-31 17:09:00 | Venus | 0.1022 AU | 39.8 LD | 19.3 km/s |
| 2056-02-03 05:07:00 | Earth | 0.1482 AU | 57.7 LD | 20 km/s |
| 2056-10-26 16:49:00 | Venus | 0.0761 AU | 29.6 LD | 16.1 km/s |
| 2057-01-26 01:30:00 | Earth | 0.106 AU | 41.3 LD | 16.9 km/s |
| 2058-01-17 16:47:00 | Earth | 0.1954 AU | 76.0 LD | 14.4 km/s |
| 2063-11-10 21:32:00 | Venus | 0.127 AU | 49.4 LD | 21.2 km/s |
| 2067-07-10 09:49:00 | Earth | 0.1787 AU | 69.5 LD | 15.9 km/s |
| 2068-06-29 23:28:00 | Earth | 0.1637 AU | 63.7 LD | 18.4 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