Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.803 AU
- True anomaly
- 33.42°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.92 AU
- As of
- 22 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 11h 08m 45s
- Declination
- +16° 58′ 17″
- Constellation
- Leo
- Distance from Earth
- 0.92 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 49.37° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.
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
- 0.96 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1855
- Inclination
- 13.71°
- Orbital period
- 343.6 days
- Perihelion
- 0.782 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.138 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 27.94°
- Argument of periapsis
- 28.35°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 36.7 LD
- 0.0942 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.239
Orbit quality
Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).
- Observations used
- 46
- Data arc
- 25 days
- First observed
- 7 April 2024
- Last observed
- 2 May 2024
- Residual RMS
- 0.56 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 3 May 2024
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 24.1
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 131 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2039-03-27 23:11 UTC close approach of 2024 HM. Catalogue miss distance 84.2 LD · 3.24 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2039-03-24 to 2039-03-30, 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. At closest approach the object is north of the ecliptic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2032-05-05 14:28:00 | Venus | 0.0875 AU | 34.1 LD | 8.2 km/s |
| 2039-03-27 23:11:00 | Earth | 0.2163 AU | 84.2 LD | 11.7 km/s |
| 2039-12-23 07:02:00 | Earth | 0.2612 AU | 101.7 LD | 7.7 km/s |
| 2040-04-22 05:29:00 | Earth | 0.1288 AU | 50.1 LD | 7.7 km/s |
| 2040-10-17 14:34:00 | Earth | 0.196 AU | 76.3 LD | 9.9 km/s |
| 2041-08-12 13:58:00 | Earth | 0.2433 AU | 94.7 LD | 9 km/s |
| 2042-07-07 04:04:00 | Earth | 0.4885 AU | 190.1 LD | 17.8 km/s |
| 2048-05-04 04:25:00 | Venus | 0.1071 AU | 41.7 LD | 8.9 km/s |
| 2054-04-02 05:00:00 | Earth | 0.4794 AU | 186.6 LD | 19.6 km/s |
| 2055-03-29 07:12:00 | Earth | 0.1587 AU | 61.8 LD | 10 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