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2024 PK3

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(2024 PK3)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.799 AU
True anomaly
296.27°
Distance from Earth
1.211 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 PK3 — 0.799 AU from the Sun 2024 PK3
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 PK3 is 1.211 AU from Earth today (10.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 17m 18s
Declination
+06° 30′ 14″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.21 AU
Elongation from the Sun
40.98° — 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
0.91 AU
Eccentricity
0.2045
Inclination
5.49°
Orbital period
316.9 days
Perihelion
0.724 AU
Aphelion
1.096 AU
Longitude of ascending node
321.82°
Argument of periapsis
214.22°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 7.0 LD
0.018 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.535

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
24
Data arc
5 days
First observed
8 August 2024
Last observed
13 August 2024
Residual RMS
0.39 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
14 August 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.73

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 62 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 PK3 at 2030-08-14 03:59 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-08-14 03:59 UTC close approach of 2024 PK3. Catalogue miss distance 164.7 LD · 6.33 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-08-11 to 2030-08-17, 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. Sun 164.7 LD · 6.33 × 10⁷ km 2030-08-14 03:59 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-08-14 03:59 UTC close approach of 2024 PK3. Catalogue miss distance 164.7 LD · 6.33 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-08-11 to 2030-08-17, 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.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2029-06-14 01:35:00 Venus 0.0517 AU 20.1 LD 7.1 km/s
2030-08-14 03:59:00 Earth 0.4232 AU 164.7 LD 18.4 km/s
2031-04-26 03:11:00 Earth 0.2667 AU 103.8 LD 7.6 km/s
2031-11-16 01:07:00 Earth 0.0999 AU 38.9 LD 6.4 km/s
2037-08-03 14:37:00 Earth 0.0358 AU 13.9 LD 6.7 km/s
2038-02-18 23:09:00 Earth 0.2523 AU 98.2 LD 8.3 km/s
2038-11-02 03:47:00 Earth 0.4338 AU 168.8 LD 18.5 km/s
2044-03-16 04:10:00 Venus 0.1422 AU 55.3 LD 11.5 km/s
2044-05-15 16:48:00 Earth 0.243 AU 94.6 LD 6 km/s
2044-10-23 22:37:00 Earth 0.1095 AU 42.6 LD 4.3 km/s

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

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