2024 JT8 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.22 AU to 1.82 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 376.4 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 27 April 2026.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.549 AU
- True anomaly
- 197.91°
- Distance from Earth
- 2.374 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
- 15h 20m 42s
- Declination
- -39° 51′ 06″
- Constellation
- Lupus
- Distance from Earth
- 2.37 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 26.22° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.
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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
- 1.02 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.7815
- Inclination
- 47.47°
- Orbital period
- 376.4 days
- Perihelion
- 0.223 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.818 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 34.49°
- Argument of periapsis
- 29.34°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 44.3 LD
- 0.114 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.473
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).
- Observations used
- 37
- Data arc
- 15.89 years
- First observed
- 6 June 2010
- Last observed
- 26 April 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.55 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 27 April 2026
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 19.67
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 47 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-04-17 16:09 UTC close approach of 2024 JT8. Catalogue miss distance 50.1 LD · 1.92 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-04-14 to 2028-04-20, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2028-04-17 16:09:00 | Earth | 0.1286 AU | 50.1 LD | 29.4 km/s |
| 2029-04-22 17:18:00 | Earth | 0.1496 AU | 58.2 LD | 33.4 km/s |
| 2048-10-01 11:29:00 | Mercury | 0.0889 AU | 34.6 LD | 52.9 km/s |
| 2048-10-01 11:29:00 | Merc | 0.0889 AU | 34.6 LD | 52.9 km/s |
| 2062-04-19 15:11:00 | Earth | 0.1124 AU | 43.7 LD | 30.6 km/s |
| 2063-04-25 04:41:00 | Earth | 0.1837 AU | 71.5 LD | 34.7 km/s |
| 2067-04-22 10:43:00 | Merc | 0.092 AU | 35.8 LD | 51.6 km/s |
| 2067-04-22 10:43:00 | Mercury | 0.092 AU | 35.8 LD | 51.6 km/s |
| 2093-01-25 18:02:00 | Merc | 0.0848 AU | 33.0 LD | 52.4 km/s |
| 2093-01-25 18:02:00 | Mercury | 0.0848 AU | 33.0 LD | 52.4 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