2024 TL10 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.92 AU to 1.1 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 369.2 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 1 October 2026.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.095 AU
- True anomaly
- 191.99°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.214 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
- 23h 13m 01s
- Declination
- -30° 09′ 20″
- Constellation
- Sculptor
- Distance from Earth
- 0.21 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 113.29° — well clear of the Sun
Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.
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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
- 1.007 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.0892
- Inclination
- 6.69°
- Orbital period
- 369.2 days
- Perihelion
- 0.917 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.097 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 171.09°
- Argument of periapsis
- 29.05°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 22.7 LD
- 0.0584 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.037
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).
- Observations used
- 101
- Data arc
- 3.92 years
- First observed
- 1 November 2022
- Last observed
- 1 October 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.62 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 1 October 2026
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 24.65
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 56 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-08-22 09:18 UTC close approach of 2024 TL10. Catalogue miss distance 25.8 LD · 9.93 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-08-19 to 2027-08-25, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-08-22 09:18:00 | Earth | 0.0664 AU | 25.8 LD | 4.3 km/s |
| 2028-08-12 10:50:00 | Earth | 0.0966 AU | 37.6 LD | 5.4 km/s |
| 2029-08-09 04:42:00 | Earth | 0.156 AU | 60.7 LD | 7.2 km/s |
| 2096-01-30 10:57:00 | Earth | 0.1412 AU | 54.9 LD | 7 km/s |
| 2097-02-09 00:20:00 | Earth | 0.0814 AU | 31.7 LD | 5.3 km/s |
| 2098-02-23 18:05:00 | Earth | 0.0565 AU | 22.0 LD | 4.5 km/s |
| 2098-11-24 16:20:00 | Earth | 0.141 AU | 54.9 LD | 2.9 km/s |
| 2099-03-14 07:46:00 | Earth | 0.0727 AU | 28.3 LD | 4.3 km/s |
| 2099-10-23 07:18:00 | Earth | 0.1311 AU | 51.0 LD | 3.8 km/s |
| 2100-04-05 04:43:00 | Earth | 0.1013 AU | 39.4 LD | 4.3 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