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2024 JN16

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(2024 JN16)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.143 AU
True anomaly
164.97°
Distance from Earth
1.962 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 JN16 — 1.143 AU from the Sun 2024 JN16
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 JN16 is 1.962 AU from Earth today (16.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 17m 51s
Declination
+00° 24′ 14″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.96 AU
Elongation from the Sun
25.37° — 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
0.932 AU
Eccentricity
0.2402
Inclination
3.88°
Orbital period
328.5 days
Perihelion
0.708 AU
Aphelion
1.156 AU
Longitude of ascending node
53.38°
Argument of periapsis
303.07°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.0 LD
0 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.404

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
49
Data arc
6 days
First observed
8 May 2024
Last observed
14 May 2024
Residual RMS
0.42 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
30 May 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
29.59

Discovery & classification

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

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 49 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 JN16 at 2032-01-11 11:52 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-01-11 11:52 UTC close approach of 2024 JN16. Catalogue miss distance 22.7 LD · 8.72 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-01-08 to 2032-01-14, 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 approximate: a two-body Kepler propagation of the catalogue orbital elements, not a numerical integration. The Moon’s position is approximate. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. approximate Sun 9 Jan 14 Jan 22.7 LD · 8.72 × 10⁶ km 2032-01-11 11:52 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-01-11 11:52 UTC close approach of 2024 JN16. Catalogue miss distance 22.7 LD · 8.72 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-01-08 to 2032-01-14, 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 approximate: a two-body Kepler propagation of the catalogue orbital elements, not a numerical integration. The Moon’s position is approximate. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2032-01-11 11:52:00 Earth 0.0583 AU 22.7 LD 6.8 km/s
2032-09-11 04:43:00 Earth 0.3018 AU 117.5 LD 9.8 km/s
2033-05-14 04:34:00 Earth 0.0204 AU 7.9 LD 7.9 km/s
2037-02-15 08:40:00 Venus 0.0823 AU 32.0 LD 9.5 km/s
2040-01-28 15:15:00 Earth 0.4233 AU 164.7 LD 20.2 km/s
2040-11-20 21:55:00 Earth 0.2161 AU 84.1 LD 6.3 km/s
2041-02-28 04:51:00 Earth 0.1647 AU 64.1 LD 5.7 km/s
2041-08-06 22:45:00 Earth 0.2786 AU 108.4 LD 8.2 km/s
2042-05-07 08:08:00 Earth 0.2598 AU 101.1 LD 15 km/s
2046-12-28 12:33:00 Venus 0.0168 AU 6.6 LD 6.1 km/s

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

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