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2024 UK5

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(2024 UK5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.658 AU
True anomaly
296.29°
Distance from Earth
1.105 AU
As of
21 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 UK5 — 0.658 AU from the Sun 2024 UK5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 UK5 is 1.105 AU from Earth today (9.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 35m 26s
Declination
+02° 23′ 41″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.11 AU
Elongation from the Sun
35.64° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

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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  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.
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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
0.929 AU
Eccentricity
0.4048
Inclination
2.2°
Orbital period
326.9 days
Perihelion
0.553 AU
Aphelion
1.305 AU
Longitude of ascending node
280.19°
Argument of periapsis
252.98°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 4.8 LD
0.0124 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.375

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
30
Data arc
32 days
First observed
11 October 2024
Last observed
12 November 2024
Residual RMS
0.45 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
12 November 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
23.99

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 126 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 UK5 at 2031-07-21 17:54 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-07-21 17:54 UTC close approach of 2024 UK5. Catalogue miss distance 8.54 LD · 3.28 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-07-18 to 2031-07-24, 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 19 Jul 24 Jul 8.54 LD · 3.28 × 10⁶ km 2031-07-21 17:54 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-07-21 17:54 UTC close approach of 2024 UK5. Catalogue miss distance 8.54 LD · 3.28 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-07-18 to 2031-07-24, 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
2029-08-26 23:28:00 Venus 0.0154 AU 6.0 LD 14 km/s
2031-07-21 17:54:00 Earth 0.0219 AU 8.5 LD 11.3 km/s
2032-04-12 17:51:00 Earth 0.4273 AU 166.3 LD 15.9 km/s
2032-09-25 04:51:00 Earth 0.2978 AU 115.9 LD 9.5 km/s
2033-02-01 01:06:00 Earth 0.3905 AU 152.0 LD 14 km/s
2033-11-09 10:28:00 Earth 0.1493 AU 58.1 LD 16.3 km/s
2039-07-01 06:46:00 Venus 0.0154 AU 6.0 LD 14.1 km/s
2039-07-31 19:37:00 Earth 0.2851 AU 110.9 LD 20.5 km/s
2040-05-26 06:55:00 Earth 0.3328 AU 129.5 LD 9.1 km/s
2040-08-21 00:35:00 Earth 0.2592 AU 100.9 LD 8.9 km/s

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

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