2024 CL1 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.56 AU to 1.46 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 369.8 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 25 February 2025.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.454 AU
- True anomaly
- 182.08°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.936 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
- 08h 24m 01s
- Declination
- +20° 13′ 03″
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Distance from Earth
- 0.93 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 98.01° — well clear of the Sun
Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.
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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
- 1.008 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4433
- Inclination
- 0.9°
- Orbital period
- 369.8 days
- Perihelion
- 0.561 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.455 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 299.09°
- Argument of periapsis
- 319.76°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 2.6 LD
- 0.0068 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.95
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).
- Observations used
- 26
- Data arc
- 375 days
- First observed
- 4 February 2024
- Last observed
- 13 February 2025
- Residual RMS
- 0.44 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 25 February 2025
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 25.74
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 97 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2045-10-06 01:13 UTC close approach of 2024 CL1. Catalogue miss distance 62.2 LD · 2.39 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2045-10-03 to 2045-10-09, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2033-06-30 13:41:00 | Venus | 0.1117 AU | 43.5 LD | 19.2 km/s |
| 2036-06-27 07:54:00 | Venus | 0.1399 AU | 54.5 LD | 11.7 km/s |
| 2039-06-12 17:10:00 | Venus | 0.1393 AU | 54.2 LD | 11.6 km/s |
| 2042-06-09 17:34:00 | Venus | 0.1209 AU | 47.0 LD | 19.7 km/s |
| 2045-10-06 01:13:00 | Earth | 0.1598 AU | 62.2 LD | 9.6 km/s |
| 2046-10-05 16:01:00 | Earth | 0.0871 AU | 33.9 LD | 11.6 km/s |
| 2047-10-07 13:09:00 | Earth | 0.0208 AU | 8.1 LD | 13.7 km/s |
| 2048-10-08 22:56:00 | Earth | 0.0535 AU | 20.8 LD | 15.6 km/s |
| 2049-10-11 19:42:00 | Earth | 0.1223 AU | 47.6 LD | 17.8 km/s |
| 2050-09-15 21:32:00 | Venus | 0.0493 AU | 19.2 LD | 14.8 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