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2024 PS5

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(2024 PS5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.115 AU
True anomaly
217.6°
Distance from Earth
0.416 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 PS5 — 1.115 AU from the Sun 2024 PS5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 PS5 is 0.416 AU from Earth today (3.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
08h 35m 07s
Declination
+63° 33′ 36″
Constellation
Ursa Major
Distance from Earth
0.41 AU
Elongation from the Sun
95.47° — well clear of the Sun

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

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
0.956 AU
Eccentricity
0.2447
Inclination
14.88°
Orbital period
341.5 days
Perihelion
0.722 AU
Aphelion
1.19 AU
Longitude of ascending node
324.67°
Argument of periapsis
223.66°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 22.8 LD
0.0586 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.245

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).

Observations used
183
Data arc
438 days
First observed
12 August 2024
Last observed
24 October 2025
Residual RMS
0.42 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
25 October 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
22.35

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 49 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 PS5 at 2038-08-08 06:59 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2038-08-08 06:59 UTC close approach of 2024 PS5. Catalogue miss distance 31.1 LD · 1.2 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2038-08-05 to 2038-08-11, 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 south of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 31.1 LD · 1.2 × 10⁷ km 2038-08-08 06:59 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2038-08-08 06:59 UTC close approach of 2024 PS5. Catalogue miss distance 31.1 LD · 1.2 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2038-08-05 to 2038-08-11, 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 south 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
2038-08-08 06:59:00 Earth 0.08 AU 31.1 LD 11.1 km/s
2041-01-03 00:26:00 Earth 0.1964 AU 76.4 LD 11.5 km/s
2046-09-08 21:52:00 Venus 0.0652 AU 25.4 LD 11.2 km/s
2053-08-17 17:55:00 Earth 0.1378 AU 53.6 LD 8.5 km/s
2055-01-30 16:49:00 Earth 0.199 AU 77.4 LD 10.8 km/s
2067-08-08 15:47:00 Earth 0.0771 AU 30.0 LD 11 km/s
2068-03-19 00:46:00 Venus 0.1057 AU 41.1 LD 14.1 km/s
2070-01-02 14:50:00 Earth 0.1979 AU 77.0 LD 11.6 km/s
2070-01-25 01:26:00 Venus 0.1189 AU 46.3 LD 10.3 km/s
2082-08-15 08:49:00 Earth 0.1178 AU 45.9 LD 8.6 km/s

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

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