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2024 LQ1

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(2024 LQ1)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.876 AU
True anomaly
299.19°
Distance from Earth
0.557 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 LQ1 — 0.876 AU from the Sun 2024 LQ1
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 LQ1 is 0.557 AU from Earth today (4.6 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 09m 08s
Declination
+14° 57′ 53″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
0.56 AU
Elongation from the Sun
61.11° — well clear of the Sun

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
0.956 AU
Eccentricity
0.1418
Inclination
8.7°
Orbital period
341.3 days
Perihelion
0.82 AU
Aphelion
1.091 AU
Longitude of ascending node
258.04°
Argument of periapsis
225.75°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 7.7 LD
0.0197 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.283

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
48
Data arc
19 days
First observed
6 June 2024
Last observed
25 June 2024
Residual RMS
0.46 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
25 June 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.51

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 102 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 LQ1 at 2038-06-02 18:01 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2038-06-02 18:01 UTC close approach of 2024 LQ1. Catalogue miss distance 43.4 LD · 1.67 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2038-05-30 to 2038-06-05, 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 south of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 43.4 LD · 1.67 × 10⁷ km 2038-06-02 18:01 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2038-06-02 18:01 UTC close approach of 2024 LQ1. Catalogue miss distance 43.4 LD · 1.67 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2038-05-30 to 2038-06-05, 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 south of the ecliptic. 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
2030-08-12 04:32:00 Venus 0.1254 AU 48.8 LD 7.6 km/s
2038-06-02 18:01:00 Earth 0.1116 AU 43.4 LD 7.9 km/s
2039-02-04 18:14:00 Earth 0.2005 AU 78.0 LD 5.7 km/s
2039-11-02 02:58:00 Earth 0.1161 AU 45.2 LD 6.1 km/s
2040-09-21 04:42:00 Earth 0.4247 AU 165.3 LD 15.9 km/s
2052-06-05 10:10:00 Earth 0.2386 AU 92.9 LD 11.3 km/s
2053-07-05 15:31:00 Earth 0.1296 AU 50.4 LD 4.7 km/s
2053-11-29 19:28:00 Earth 0.1231 AU 47.9 LD 6 km/s
2054-09-29 08:05:00 Earth 0.3123 AU 121.5 LD 12.4 km/s
2055-10-27 03:42:00 Venus 0.1309 AU 51.0 LD 7.4 km/s

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

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