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2024 BX5

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(2024 BX5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.044 AU
True anomaly
173.25°
Distance from Earth
1.742 AU
As of
21 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2024 BX5 — 1.044 AU from the Sun 2024 BX5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 BX5 is 1.742 AU from Earth today (14.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 48m 08s
Declination
+01° 12′ 04″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.74 AU
Elongation from the Sun
32.25° — 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.

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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
0.926 AU
Eccentricity
0.1287
Inclination
0.32°
Orbital period
325.5 days
Perihelion
0.807 AU
Aphelion
1.045 AU
Longitude of ascending node
302.32°
Argument of periapsis
30.06°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.9 LD
0.0023 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.456

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
17
Data arc
13 days
First observed
31 January 2024
Last observed
13 February 2024
Residual RMS
0.55 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
13 February 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
27.51

Discovery & classification

Listed by JPL impact monitoring; see the Sentry table for current probabilities.

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 27 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 BX5 at 2031-12-27 05:41 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-12-27 05:41 UTC close approach of 2024 BX5. Catalogue miss distance 24.1 LD · 9.27 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-12-24 to 2031-12-30, 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 24.1 LD · 9.27 × 10⁶ km 2031-12-27 05:41 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-12-27 05:41 UTC close approach of 2024 BX5. Catalogue miss distance 24.1 LD · 9.27 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-12-24 to 2031-12-30, 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
2031-12-27 05:41:00 Earth 0.062 AU 24.1 LD 5.6 km/s
2032-07-14 14:14:00 Earth 0.1875 AU 73.0 LD 5 km/s
2033-04-01 23:43:00 Earth 0.3753 AU 146.1 LD 15.2 km/s
2040-01-02 16:05:00 Earth 0.2821 AU 109.8 LD 12.4 km/s
2040-08-31 11:09:00 Earth 0.2007 AU 78.1 LD 5.7 km/s
2041-04-09 09:42:00 Earth 0.1601 AU 62.3 LD 8.5 km/s
2043-04-11 23:54:00 Venus 0.1024 AU 39.8 LD 1.6 km/s
2048-01-11 03:01:00 Earth 0.4899 AU 190.6 LD 18.9 km/s
2048-10-21 14:23:00 Earth 0.1545 AU 60.1 LD 3.8 km/s
2049-03-25 06:32:00 Earth 0.0374 AU 14.6 LD 2.8 km/s

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

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