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2024 AP2

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(2024 AP2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.049 AU
True anomaly
225.46°
Distance from Earth
0.973 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 2024 AP2 — 1.049 AU from the Sun 2024 AP2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 AP2 is 0.973 AU from Earth today (8.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
09h 50m 37s
Declination
+08° 09′ 37″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
0.97 AU
Elongation from the Sun
64.43° — well clear of the Sun

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
0.966 AU
Eccentricity
0.1367
Inclination
8.29°
Orbital period
347 days
Perihelion
0.834 AU
Aphelion
1.098 AU
Longitude of ascending node
118.94°
Argument of periapsis
103.34°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 1.3 LD
0.0035 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.229

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 3).

Observations used
64
Data arc
10 days
First observed
9 January 2024
Last observed
19 January 2024
Residual RMS
0.44 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
19 January 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.63

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 55 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 AP2 at 2040-08-31 09:05 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2040-08-31 09:05 UTC close approach of 2024 AP2. Catalogue miss distance 92.6 LD · 3.56 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2040-08-28 to 2040-09-03, 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. Sun 92.6 LD · 3.56 × 10⁷ km 2040-08-31 09:05 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2040-08-31 09:05 UTC close approach of 2024 AP2. Catalogue miss distance 92.6 LD · 3.56 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2040-08-28 to 2040-09-03, 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.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2027-02-22 14:43:00 Venus 0.1393 AU 54.2 LD 0.4 km/s
2037-08-20 08:02:00 Venus 0.1447 AU 56.3 LD 1.3 km/s
2040-08-31 09:05:00 Earth 0.2379 AU 92.6 LD 11.7 km/s
2041-07-29 22:10:00 Earth 0.0953 AU 37.1 LD 5.3 km/s
2042-05-05 17:17:00 Earth 0.2159 AU 84.0 LD 5.4 km/s
2043-01-18 18:02:00 Earth 0.0191 AU 7.4 LD 5.7 km/s
2044-01-09 21:27:00 Earth 0.2718 AU 105.8 LD 13.3 km/s
2048-01-18 08:13:00 Venus 0.1406 AU 54.7 LD 1 km/s
2060-09-04 05:06:00 Earth 0.3379 AU 131.5 LD 14.7 km/s
2061-08-17 04:55:00 Earth 0.0845 AU 32.9 LD 7.1 km/s

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

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