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2024 BN3

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(2024 BN3)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.705 AU
True anomaly
57.16°
Distance from Earth
0.796 AU
As of
19 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 — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2024 BN3 — 0.705 AU from the Sun 2024 BN3
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 BN3 is 0.796 AU from Earth today (6.6 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 42m 25s
Declination
-19° 04′ 13″
Constellation
Ophiuchus
Distance from Earth
0.79 AU
Elongation from the Sun
44.83° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

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.

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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
0.851 AU
Eccentricity
0.2476
Inclination
8.31°
Orbital period
287 days
Perihelion
0.641 AU
Aphelion
1.062 AU
Longitude of ascending node
310.09°
Argument of periapsis
326.91°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 5.5 LD
0.0142 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.887

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
32
Data arc
2 days
First observed
30 January 2024
Last observed
1 February 2024
Residual RMS
0.42 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
12 February 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
27.47

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 60 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 BN3 at 2027-07-10 16:05 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-07-10 16:05 UTC close approach of 2024 BN3. Catalogue miss distance 146.5 LD · 5.63 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-07-07 to 2027-07-13, 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. Sun 146.5 LD · 5.63 × 10⁷ km 2027-07-10 16:05 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-07-10 16:05 UTC close approach of 2024 BN3. Catalogue miss distance 146.5 LD · 5.63 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-07-07 to 2027-07-13, 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.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2027-07-10 16:05:00 Earth 0.3764 AU 146.5 LD 13 km/s
2028-01-29 07:12:00 Earth 0.4077 AU 158.6 LD 19.9 km/s
2029-01-31 15:38:00 Venus 0.0931 AU 36.2 LD 9.6 km/s
2030-11-20 01:10:00 Earth 0.1937 AU 75.4 LD 10.7 km/s
2031-05-15 12:57:00 Earth 0.3549 AU 138.1 LD 10.1 km/s
2034-09-07 23:46:00 Earth 0.2902 AU 113.0 LD 8.5 km/s
2035-02-02 17:40:00 Earth 0.0203 AU 7.9 LD 7.2 km/s
2037-10-19 20:46:00 Venus 0.1297 AU 50.5 LD 13 km/s
2038-07-14 01:54:00 Earth 0.3726 AU 145.0 LD 12.9 km/s
2039-01-30 07:12:00 Earth 0.3715 AU 144.6 LD 18.8 km/s

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

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