2024 RB6 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 1 AU to 1.04 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 376.8 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 8 September 2024.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.033 AU
- True anomaly
- 129.68°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.475 AU
- As of
- 3 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
- 20h 04m 09s
- Declination
- -02° 27′ 24″
- Constellation
- Aquila
- Distance from Earth
- 0.48 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 81.3° — well clear of the Sun
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
- 1.021 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.019
- Inclination
- 14.56°
- Orbital period
- 376.8 days
- Perihelion
- 1.002 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.04 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 343.12°
- Argument of periapsis
- 263.4°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 5.5 LD
- 0.0141 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.954
Orbit quality
Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).
- Observations used
- 24
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 7 September 2024
- Last observed
- 8 September 2024
- Residual RMS
- 0.43 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 8 September 2024
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 27.76
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 34 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2054-03-03 06:15 UTC close approach of 2024 RB6. Catalogue miss distance 173.7 LD · 6.68 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2054-02-28 to 2054-03-06, 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2054-03-03 06:15:00 | Earth | 0.4465 AU | 173.7 LD | 16 km/s |
| 2054-09-07 01:30:00 | Earth | 0.4782 AU | 186.1 LD | 14.7 km/s |
| 2055-03-05 06:50:00 | Earth | 0.254 AU | 98.8 LD | 11.3 km/s |
| 2055-09-03 18:11:00 | Earth | 0.2889 AU | 112.4 LD | 10.5 km/s |
| 2056-03-04 17:29:00 | Earth | 0.0659 AU | 25.7 LD | 8.1 km/s |
| 2056-09-03 18:31:00 | Earth | 0.1027 AU | 40.0 LD | 7.7 km/s |
| 2057-03-03 03:43:00 | Earth | 0.1245 AU | 48.4 LD | 8 km/s |
| 2057-09-06 16:13:00 | Earth | 0.0814 AU | 31.7 LD | 8.2 km/s |
| 2058-02-24 14:10:00 | Earth | 0.3068 AU | 119.4 LD | 10.7 km/s |
| 2058-09-10 13:45:00 | Earth | 0.2707 AU | 105.4 LD | 11.6 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