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2024 XV

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(2024 XV)

2024 XV is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.61 AU to 1.43 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 375.8 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 14 November 2025.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.393 AU
True anomaly
195.59°
Distance from Earth
0.402 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.

Sun Earth — 0.992 AU from the Sun Earth 2024 XV — 1.393 AU from the Sun 2024 XV
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 XV is 0.402 AU from Earth today (3.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
02h 50m 10s
Declination
+11° 11′ 00″
Constellation
Aries
Distance from Earth
0.4 AU
Elongation from the Sun
174.78° — near opposition — up most of the night

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.

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.

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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
1.019 AU
Eccentricity
0.4003
Inclination
13.8°
Orbital period
375.8 days
Perihelion
0.611 AU
Aphelion
1.427 AU
Longitude of ascending node
216.49°
Argument of periapsis
350.15°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · APO
Apollo
Earth MOID · 79.1 LD
0.2033 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.894

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).

Observations used
35
Data arc
708 days
First observed
4 December 2023
Last observed
11 November 2025
Residual RMS
0.4 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
14 November 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
22.87

Discovery & classification

Apollo Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 40 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2034-01-12 04:38:00 Mars 0.0839 AU 32.7 LD 10.4 km/s
2043-09-17 13:32:00 Venus 0.1368 AU 53.2 LD 14.9 km/s
2045-04-19 13:51:00 Mars 0.0361 AU 14.0 LD 9.1 km/s
2046-10-22 13:36:00 Venus 0.1189 AU 46.3 LD 15 km/s
2049-11-26 05:35:00 Venus 0.1046 AU 40.7 LD 15 km/s
2052-12-30 16:30:00 Venus 0.0986 AU 38.4 LD 15.1 km/s
2056-02-04 03:32:00 Venus 0.1064 AU 41.4 LD 15.7 km/s
2059-03-10 09:29:00 Venus 0.1327 AU 51.6 LD 16.9 km/s
2109-07-13 13:00:00 Venus 0.1433 AU 55.8 LD 14.9 km/s
2111-02-19 16:27:00 Mars 0.0296 AU 11.5 LD 9.4 km/s

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

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