2024 BM1 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.76 AU to 1.26 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 370.1 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 24 January 2025.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.763 AU
- True anomaly
- 351.6°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.659 AU
- As of
- 3 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
- 18h 06m 23s
- Declination
- -31° 13′ 06″
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Distance from Earth
- 0.66 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 50.29° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.
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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
- 1.009 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.2448
- Inclination
- 7.1°
- Orbital period
- 370.1 days
- Perihelion
- 0.762 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.256 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 109.88°
- Argument of periapsis
- 258.82°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 2.1 LD
- 0.0053 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.005
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).
- Observations used
- 31
- Data arc
- 377 days
- First observed
- 11 January 2024
- Last observed
- 22 January 2025
- Residual RMS
- 0.47 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 24 January 2025
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 26.03
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 66 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-01-15 16:32 UTC close approach of 2024 BM1. Catalogue miss distance 75.5 LD · 2.9 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-01-12 to 2027-01-18, 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-01-15 16:32:00 | Earth | 0.1939 AU | 75.5 LD | 13.8 km/s |
| 2032-12-09 04:45:00 | Venus | 0.0952 AU | 37.0 LD | 5.2 km/s |
| 2053-03-09 07:02:00 | Venus | 0.0764 AU | 29.7 LD | 6.2 km/s |
| 2070-05-31 15:33:00 | Venus | 0.0708 AU | 27.6 LD | 5.8 km/s |
| 2085-06-10 01:03:00 | Earth | 0.188 AU | 73.2 LD | 13.2 km/s |
| 2086-06-14 06:39:00 | Earth | 0.1146 AU | 44.6 LD | 11 km/s |
| 2087-06-18 16:47:00 | Earth | 0.0573 AU | 22.3 LD | 9 km/s |
| 2087-08-19 12:47:00 | Venus | 0.101 AU | 39.3 LD | 7.6 km/s |
| 2088-06-22 12:52:00 | Earth | 0.0631 AU | 24.6 LD | 7.2 km/s |
| 2089-07-01 19:00:00 | Earth | 0.1168 AU | 45.4 LD | 5.8 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