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2024 UV

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(2024 UV)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.718 AU
True anomaly
109.38°
Distance from Earth
0.589 AU
As of
16 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 — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2024 UV — 0.718 AU from the Sun 2024 UV
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 UV is 0.589 AU from Earth today (4.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 29m 12s
Declination
-24° 38′ 12″
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Distance from Earth
0.59 AU
Elongation from the Sun
45.72° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

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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
0.786 AU
Eccentricity
0.4833
Inclination
2.59°
Orbital period
254.6 days
Perihelion
0.406 AU
Aphelion
1.166 AU
Longitude of ascending node
49.88°
Argument of periapsis
188.44°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 7.8 LD
0.02 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.298

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
21
Data arc
9 days
First observed
22 October 2024
Last observed
31 October 2024
Residual RMS
0.58 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
31 October 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.97

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 311 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 UV at 2029-12-26 21:42 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-12-26 21:42 UTC close approach of 2024 UV. Catalogue miss distance 13.5 LD · 5.18 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-12-23 to 2029-12-29, 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 24 Dec 29 Dec 13.5 LD · 5.18 × 10⁶ km 2029-12-26 21:42 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-12-26 21:42 UTC close approach of 2024 UV. Catalogue miss distance 13.5 LD · 5.18 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-12-23 to 2029-12-29, 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
2029-12-26 21:42:00 Earth 0.0346 AU 13.5 LD 13.4 km/s
2030-01-23 14:36:00 Venus 0.1257 AU 48.9 LD 11.9 km/s
2031-09-02 00:59:00 Venus 0.0655 AU 25.5 LD 20.9 km/s
2031-10-30 09:31:00 Earth 0.1346 AU 52.4 LD 10.3 km/s
2032-03-15 22:24:00 Earth 0.4932 AU 191.9 LD 16.1 km/s
2032-04-10 08:51:00 Mercury 0.0575 AU 22.4 LD 18 km/s
2032-04-10 08:51:00 Merc 0.0575 AU 22.4 LD 18 km/s
2033-10-25 09:24:00 Earth 0.3442 AU 133.9 LD 24.4 km/s
2036-12-23 17:28:00 Earth 0.1888 AU 73.5 LD 19 km/s
2038-07-26 16:42:00 Mercury 0.0297 AU 11.6 LD 21.6 km/s

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

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