Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.97 AU
- True anomaly
- 235.35°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.125 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 10h 30m 01s
- Declination
- +09° 50′ 34″
- Constellation
- Leo
- Distance from Earth
- 1.12 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 53.75° — 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
- 0.935 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5169
- Inclination
- 4.29°
- Orbital period
- 330.1 days
- Perihelion
- 0.452 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.418 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 92.85°
- Argument of periapsis
- 129.97°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 2.0 LD
- 0.0051 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.29
Orbit quality
Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 3).
- Observations used
- 65
- Data arc
- 6 days
- First observed
- 22 December 2024
- Last observed
- 28 December 2024
- Residual RMS
- 0.3 ″
- Solution · Giorgini
- 9 April 2025
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 25.75
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 168 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2040-09-12 11:46 UTC close approach of 2024 YQ2. Catalogue miss distance 50.0 LD · 1.92 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2040-09-09 to 2040-09-15, 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 approximate: a two-body Kepler propagation of the catalogue orbital elements, not a numerical integration. The Moon’s position is approximate. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-12-30 09:53:00 | Merc | 0.0976 AU | 38.0 LD | 24.9 km/s |
| 2026-12-30 09:53:00 | Mercury | 0.0976 AU | 38.0 LD | 24.9 km/s |
| 2029-10-09 05:11:00 | Venus | 0.0519 AU | 20.2 LD | 21.1 km/s |
| 2036-10-26 12:02:00 | Venus | 0.0048 AU | 1.9 LD | 18.8 km/s |
| 2040-09-12 11:46:00 | Earth | 0.1286 AU | 50.0 LD | 13 km/s |
| 2041-06-10 07:41:00 | Merc | 0.0652 AU | 25.4 LD | 21 km/s |
| 2041-06-10 07:41:00 | Mercury | 0.0652 AU | 25.4 LD | 21 km/s |
| 2043-04-22 16:48:00 | Venus | 0.0462 AU | 18.0 LD | 20.8 km/s |
| 2045-01-07 06:54:00 | Mercury | 0.0273 AU | 10.6 LD | 14.9 km/s |
| 2045-01-07 06:54:00 | Merc | 0.0273 AU | 10.6 LD | 14.9 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