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2024 VB4

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(2024 VB4)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.785 AU
True anomaly
281.86°
Distance from Earth
1.635 AU
As of
20 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 — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2024 VB4 — 0.785 AU from the Sun 2024 VB4
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 VB4 is 1.635 AU from Earth today (13.6 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 46m 09s
Declination
+04° 43′ 43″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.64 AU
Elongation from the Sun
20.57° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

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
0.869 AU
Eccentricity
0.2307
Inclination
21.08°
Orbital period
295.8 days
Perihelion
0.668 AU
Aphelion
1.069 AU
Longitude of ascending node
45.59°
Argument of periapsis
194.38°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 25.6 LD
0.0657 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.731

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
31
Data arc
2 days
First observed
11 November 2024
Last observed
13 November 2024
Residual RMS
0.39 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
12 November 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.51

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 40 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 VB4 at 2028-10-29 16:37 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-10-29 16:37 UTC close approach of 2024 VB4. Catalogue miss distance 82.6 LD · 3.18 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-10-26 to 2028-11-01, 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. Sun 82.6 LD · 3.18 × 10⁷ km 2028-10-29 16:37 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-10-29 16:37 UTC close approach of 2024 VB4. Catalogue miss distance 82.6 LD · 3.18 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-10-26 to 2028-11-01, 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.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2028-10-29 16:37:00 Earth 0.2122 AU 82.6 LD 14.5 km/s
2029-04-24 16:59:00 Earth 0.3299 AU 128.4 LD 16.2 km/s
2032-11-01 21:08:00 Earth 0.4799 AU 186.8 LD 22 km/s
2033-05-28 07:56:00 Earth 0.3623 AU 141.0 LD 16.4 km/s
2033-12-10 00:28:00 Earth 0.4585 AU 178.4 LD 17.6 km/s
2037-07-05 13:45:00 Earth 0.4083 AU 158.9 LD 13.1 km/s
2037-11-24 19:42:00 Earth 0.2382 AU 92.7 LD 12.1 km/s
2040-08-27 13:16:00 Venus 0.0536 AU 20.8 LD 13.5 km/s
2041-11-05 13:07:00 Earth 0.0661 AU 25.7 LD 11.4 km/s
2042-03-27 03:39:00 Earth 0.3382 AU 131.6 LD 14.4 km/s

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

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