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Sarneczky

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C/2024 V2 (Sarneczky)

Sarneczky is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 1.24 AU to 73.61 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 229 years. Orbit from the JPL solution of 26 December 2024.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
7.555 AU
True anomaly
134.41°
Distance from Earth
7.841 AU
As of
24 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 — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth Sarneczky — 7.555 AU from the Sun Sarneczky
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. Sarneczky is 7.841 AU from Earth today (1.1 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
18h 27m 01s
Declination
+07° 08′ 04″
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Distance from Earth
7.85 AU
Elongation from the Sun
69.41° — well clear of the Sun

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.

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  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
37.425 AU
Eccentricity
0.9668
Inclination
95.97°
Orbital period
229 years
Perihelion
1.243 AU
Aphelion
73.607 AU
Longitude of ascending node
102.19°
Argument of periapsis
13.69°
Epoch · J2000
2460630.5
Orbit class · COM
Comet
Earth MOID · 107.1 LD
0.2752 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
-0.003

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
58
Data arc
28 days
First observed
10 November 2024
Last observed
8 December 2024
Residual RMS
0.94 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
26 December 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
15.1
Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 47.5
15.1

Discovery & classification

Also known as 2024 V2

Named

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