2024 JR16
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2024 JR16 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.65 AU to 1.35 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 366.3 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 5 June 2026.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.021 AU
- True anomaly
- 113.43°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.402 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
- 11h 36m 05s
- Declination
- -00° 31′ 40″
- Constellation
- Leo
- Distance from Earth
- 1.4 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 46.71° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Visible from both hemispheres.
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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
- 1.002 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.3513
- Inclination
- 5.93°
- Orbital period
- 366.3 days
- Perihelion
- 0.65 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.354 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 268.3°
- Argument of periapsis
- 108.04°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 3.2 LD
- 0.0082 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.011
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).
- Observations used
- 55
- Data arc
- 10.88 years
- First observed
- 19 July 2015
- Last observed
- 5 June 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.46 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 5 June 2026
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 21.83
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 55 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-06-12 04:34 UTC close approach of 2024 JR16. Catalogue miss distance 37.9 LD · 1.46 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-06-09 to 2027-06-15, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-06-12 04:34:00 | Earth | 0.0973 AU | 37.9 LD | 13.8 km/s |
| 2028-06-11 22:44:00 | Earth | 0.0845 AU | 32.9 LD | 13.5 km/s |
| 2028-09-10 12:04:00 | Venus | 0.0956 AU | 37.2 LD | 8.4 km/s |
| 2029-06-12 12:10:00 | Earth | 0.0758 AU | 29.5 LD | 13.2 km/s |
| 2030-06-12 22:35:00 | Earth | 0.0711 AU | 27.7 LD | 13.1 km/s |
| 2031-06-13 05:07:00 | Earth | 0.0707 AU | 27.5 LD | 13.1 km/s |
| 2032-06-12 07:24:00 | Earth | 0.0745 AU | 29.0 LD | 13.2 km/s |
| 2033-06-12 06:24:00 | Earth | 0.0819 AU | 31.9 LD | 13.4 km/s |
| 2034-06-12 03:03:00 | Earth | 0.0924 AU | 36.0 LD | 13.7 km/s |
| 2035-06-11 20:47:00 | Earth | 0.1057 AU | 41.1 LD | 14.1 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