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2024 QH2

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(2024 QH2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.633 AU
True anomaly
338.68°
Distance from Earth
1.559 AU
As of
19 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 — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2024 QH2 — 0.633 AU from the Sun 2024 QH2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 QH2 is 1.559 AU from Earth today (13.0 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 47m 45s
Declination
-10° 40′ 56″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.56 AU
Elongation from the Sun
13.14° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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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
0.865 AU
Eccentricity
0.2794
Inclination
35.33°
Orbital period
294.1 days
Perihelion
0.624 AU
Aphelion
1.107 AU
Longitude of ascending node
336.72°
Argument of periapsis
221.69°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.7 LD
0.0018 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.651

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
20
Data arc
2 days
First observed
31 August 2024
Last observed
2 September 2024
Residual RMS
0.36 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
1 September 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.87

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 49 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 QH2 at 2028-09-02 10:08 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-09-02 10:08 UTC close approach of 2024 QH2. Catalogue miss distance 55.2 LD · 2.12 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-08-30 to 2028-09-05, 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 55.2 LD · 2.12 × 10⁷ km 2028-09-02 10:08 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-09-02 10:08 UTC close approach of 2024 QH2. Catalogue miss distance 55.2 LD · 2.12 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-08-30 to 2028-09-05, 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
2028-09-02 10:08:00 Earth 0.1419 AU 55.2 LD 20.6 km/s
2029-03-10 19:43:00 Earth 0.3739 AU 145.5 LD 23.6 km/s
2032-09-06 22:34:00 Earth 0.2889 AU 112.4 LD 23.5 km/s
2033-03-25 10:35:00 Earth 0.4415 AU 171.8 LD 23.5 km/s
2035-08-15 04:44:00 Venus 0.0827 AU 32.2 LD 25.7 km/s
2036-09-12 04:29:00 Earth 0.4363 AU 169.8 LD 27.1 km/s
2041-09-01 21:16:00 Earth 0.484 AU 188.3 LD 18.8 km/s
2045-08-29 03:16:00 Earth 0.3532 AU 137.5 LD 17.6 km/s
2049-08-27 23:50:00 Earth 0.2171 AU 84.5 LD 17.2 km/s
2074-08-30 21:08:00 Earth 0.4132 AU 160.8 LD 18.1 km/s

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

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