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2024 RD7

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(2024 RD7)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.167 AU
True anomaly
213.86°
Distance from Earth
0.585 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 RD7 — 1.167 AU from the Sun 2024 RD7
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 RD7 is 0.585 AU from Earth today (4.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
06h 21m 13s
Declination
-59° 33′ 54″
Constellation
Pictor
Distance from Earth
0.59 AU
Elongation from the Sun
91.11° — well clear of the Sun

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

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
0.96 AU
Eccentricity
0.3069
Inclination
40.9°
Orbital period
343.7 days
Perihelion
0.666 AU
Aphelion
1.255 AU
Longitude of ascending node
172.49°
Argument of periapsis
15.45°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 86.7 LD
0.2228 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.037

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
35
Data arc
27 days
First observed
5 September 2024
Last observed
2 October 2024
Residual RMS
0.42 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
2 October 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
22.81

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 75 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 RD7 at 2038-09-10 00:18 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2038-09-10 00:18 UTC close approach of 2024 RD7. Catalogue miss distance 191.7 LD · 7.37 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2038-09-07 to 2038-09-13, 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. Sun 191.7 LD · 7.37 × 10⁷ km 2038-09-10 00:18 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2038-09-10 00:18 UTC close approach of 2024 RD7. Catalogue miss distance 191.7 LD · 7.37 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2038-09-07 to 2038-09-13, 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.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2038-09-10 00:18:00 Earth 0.4927 AU 191.7 LD 25.6 km/s
2039-05-07 08:05:00 Venus 0.135 AU 52.5 LD 28.9 km/s
2039-09-09 15:49:00 Earth 0.2816 AU 109.6 LD 21.1 km/s
2040-09-13 08:09:00 Earth 0.235 AU 91.4 LD 19.5 km/s
2041-03-23 19:09:00 Venus 0.1433 AU 55.8 LD 28.1 km/s
2041-09-20 21:15:00 Earth 0.3715 AU 144.6 LD 19.7 km/s
2054-09-09 22:36:00 Earth 0.4823 AU 187.7 LD 25.4 km/s
2055-09-09 19:58:00 Earth 0.275 AU 107.0 LD 21 km/s
2057-09-21 07:03:00 Earth 0.379 AU 147.5 LD 19.8 km/s
2070-09-09 20:09:00 Earth 0.4697 AU 182.8 LD 25.1 km/s

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

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