2024 XP16 is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.85 AU to 1.13 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 361.6 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 30 December 2025.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.915 AU
- True anomaly
- 62.43°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.102 AU
- As of
- 2 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 12h 32m 44s
- Declination
- +11° 42′ 11″
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 0.1 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 40.46° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Visible from both hemispheres.
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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
- 0.993 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1397
- Inclination
- 2.85°
- Orbital period
- 361.6 days
- Perihelion
- 0.855 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.132 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 257.71°
- Argument of periapsis
- 83.86°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 0.4 LD
- 0.0011 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.103
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).
- Observations used
- 69
- Data arc
- 374 days
- First observed
- 10 December 2024
- Last observed
- 19 December 2025
- Residual RMS
- 0.48 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 30 December 2025
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 28.28
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 70 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-01-08 04:03 UTC close approach of 2024 XP16. Catalogue miss distance 41.7 LD · 1.6 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-01-05 to 2027-01-11, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 07:51:00 | Earth | 0.1145 AU | 44.6 LD | 3.2 km/s |
| 2027-01-08 04:03:00 | Earth | 0.1072 AU | 41.7 LD | 3.3 km/s |
| 2027-10-03 18:41:00 | Earth | 0.1444 AU | 56.2 LD | 4.3 km/s |
| 2028-01-31 05:08:00 | Earth | 0.136 AU | 52.9 LD | 3.9 km/s |
| 2028-09-12 01:56:00 | Earth | 0.1586 AU | 61.7 LD | 4.8 km/s |
| 2029-02-18 10:14:00 | Earth | 0.1486 AU | 57.8 LD | 4.1 km/s |
| 2029-08-24 01:00:00 | Earth | 0.1613 AU | 62.8 LD | 4.9 km/s |
| 2030-03-09 02:00:00 | Earth | 0.1477 AU | 57.5 LD | 4 km/s |
| 2030-08-04 17:44:00 | Earth | 0.1537 AU | 59.8 LD | 4.6 km/s |
| 2031-03-29 16:06:00 | Earth | 0.1329 AU | 51.7 LD | 3.6 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