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2024 JF1

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(2024 JF1)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.8 AU
True anomaly
349.45°
Distance from Earth
0.866 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.

Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2024 JF1 — 0.8 AU from the Sun 2024 JF1
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 JF1 is 0.866 AU from Earth today (7.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 45m 17s
Declination
+08° 42′ 06″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
0.87 AU
Elongation from the Sun
50.28° — 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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  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
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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
0.949 AU
Eccentricity
0.1588
Inclination
1.94°
Orbital period
337.7 days
Perihelion
0.798 AU
Aphelion
1.1 AU
Longitude of ascending node
61.94°
Argument of periapsis
34.41°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 5.4 LD
0.014 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.325

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
25
Data arc
10 days
First observed
2 May 2024
Last observed
12 May 2024
Residual RMS
0.41 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
13 May 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
27.89

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 38 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 JF1 at 2036-04-28 07:14 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2036-04-28 07:14 UTC close approach of 2024 JF1. Catalogue miss distance 41.7 LD · 1.6 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2036-04-25 to 2036-05-01, 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 41.7 LD · 1.6 × 10⁷ km 2036-04-28 07:14 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2036-04-28 07:14 UTC close approach of 2024 JF1. Catalogue miss distance 41.7 LD · 1.6 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2036-04-25 to 2036-05-01, 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
2036-04-28 07:14:00 Earth 0.1073 AU 41.7 LD 7.2 km/s
2037-01-03 17:33:00 Earth 0.1846 AU 71.8 LD 5.6 km/s
2037-08-29 02:22:00 Earth 0.0503 AU 19.6 LD 5.1 km/s
2048-04-29 21:56:00 Earth 0.1284 AU 50.0 LD 7.8 km/s
2049-01-07 11:48:00 Earth 0.1849 AU 72.0 LD 5.6 km/s
2049-08-29 04:11:00 Earth 0.0455 AU 17.7 LD 4.9 km/s
2059-05-16 20:51:00 Earth 0.4882 AU 190.0 LD 18.6 km/s
2060-04-29 14:40:00 Earth 0.0159 AU 6.2 LD 4.3 km/s
2060-12-15 16:02:00 Earth 0.1801 AU 70.1 LD 5.5 km/s
2061-08-29 12:54:00 Earth 0.1278 AU 49.7 LD 7.6 km/s

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

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