Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.774 AU
- True anomaly
- 108.9°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.58 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 16h 03m 37s
- Declination
- -48° 35′ 34″
- Constellation
- Norma
- Distance from Earth
- 0.58 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 51.06° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.
From your location
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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
- 0.3611
- Inclination
- 27.87°
- Orbital period
- 254.4 days
- Perihelion
- 0.502 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.069 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 37.22°
- Argument of periapsis
- 203.81°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 9.3 LD
- 0.0239 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 7.263
Orbit quality
Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).
- Observations used
- 46
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 30 October 2024
- Last observed
- 31 October 2024
- Residual RMS
- 0.42 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 2 November 2024
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 26.51
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 130 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-11-07 15:47 UTC close approach of 2024 UX10. Catalogue miss distance 184.5 LD · 7.09 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-11-04 to 2026-11-10, 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 south 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-07 15:47:00 | Earth | 0.474 AU | 184.5 LD | 27.2 km/s |
| 2027-05-03 10:13:00 | Earth | 0.499 AU | 194.2 LD | 26 km/s |
| 2031-07-10 13:23:00 | Mercury | 0.0722 AU | 28.1 LD | 21.2 km/s |
| 2031-07-10 13:23:00 | Merc | 0.0722 AU | 28.1 LD | 21.2 km/s |
| 2031-11-05 08:07:00 | Earth | 0.1817 AU | 70.7 LD | 14.4 km/s |
| 2032-02-15 13:36:00 | Earth | 0.4731 AU | 184.1 LD | 14.7 km/s |
| 2033-11-01 10:38:00 | Earth | 0.2799 AU | 108.9 LD | 21.5 km/s |
| 2034-04-14 08:07:00 | Earth | 0.4779 AU | 186.0 LD | 24.8 km/s |
| 2037-10-15 10:29:00 | Merc | 0.074 AU | 28.8 LD | 18.9 km/s |
| 2037-10-15 10:29:00 | Mercury | 0.074 AU | 28.8 LD | 18.9 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