Skip to content
Public Universe
Comet

Fazekas

Add to an observing list or journal →

C/2024 X1 (Fazekas)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
4.808 AU
True anomaly
63.36°
Distance from Earth
5.678 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 Fazekas — 4.808 AU from the Sun Fazekas
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. Fazekas is 5.678 AU from Earth today (47.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 17m 08s
Declination
-02° 39′ 28″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
5.68 AU
Elongation from the Sun
26.56° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

Know your what3words address? Paste it, e.g. ///filled.count.soap. This is optional — the three words are sent to what3words to convert them, and we don't store the address or the result.

Your location stays in your browser and is sent only for this calculation. Using a what3words address is optional; if you do, the three words go to what3words to be converted and we don't record them. Set a location first, then you can save an email alert for this object. See our privacy policy.

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
9.455 AU
Eccentricity
0.5963
Inclination
6.47°
Orbital period
29.08 years
Perihelion
3.817 AU
Aphelion
15.094 AU
Longitude of ascending node
351.98°
Argument of periapsis
124.36°
Epoch · J2000
2460883.5
Orbit class · JFc
Jupiter-family comet (P < 20 y)
Earth MOID · 1,104.1 LD
2.8371 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
2.701

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 3).

Observations used
179
Data arc
637 days
First observed
5 September 2024
Last observed
4 June 2026
Residual RMS
0.4 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
7 August 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
14.4
Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 4.5
14.4

Discovery & classification

Also known as 2024 X1

Named

Close approaches 5 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2111-09-30 15:30:00 Jupiter 0.4582 AU 178.3 LD 6.7 km/s
2111-09-30 15:30:00 Juptr 0.4582 AU 178.3 LD 6.7 km/s

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

Sources