2024 QR1 is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.87 AU to 1.11 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 358.6 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 29 August 2025.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.033 AU
- True anomaly
- 241.44°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.496 AU
- As of
- 2 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
- 17h 37m 30s
- Declination
- +55° 19′ 34″
- Constellation
- Draco
- Distance from Earth
- 0.5 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 80.31° — well clear of the Sun
Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.
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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
- 0.988 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1222
- Inclination
- 30.62°
- Orbital period
- 358.6 days
- Perihelion
- 0.867 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.109 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 332.77°
- Argument of periapsis
- 185.93°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 37.6 LD
- 0.0965 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.012
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).
- Observations used
- 73
- Data arc
- 366 days
- First observed
- 27 August 2024
- Last observed
- 28 August 2025
- Residual RMS
- 0.46 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 29 August 2025
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 23.59
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 39 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2075-08-24 18:27 UTC close approach of 2024 QR1. Catalogue miss distance 71.0 LD · 2.73 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2075-08-21 to 2075-08-27, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2075-08-24 18:27:00 | Earth | 0.1825 AU | 71.0 LD | 15.9 km/s |
| 2076-08-24 20:52:00 | Earth | 0.1129 AU | 43.9 LD | 15.2 km/s |
| 2077-03-01 17:17:00 | Earth | 0.1646 AU | 64.0 LD | 17.4 km/s |
| 2077-08-26 03:13:00 | Earth | 0.1039 AU | 40.4 LD | 15.1 km/s |
| 2078-02-21 16:22:00 | Earth | 0.1212 AU | 47.2 LD | 17.3 km/s |
| 2078-08-27 12:55:00 | Earth | 0.1638 AU | 63.7 LD | 15.3 km/s |
| 2079-02-13 17:47:00 | Earth | 0.1583 AU | 61.6 LD | 17.7 km/s |
| 2128-08-25 09:23:00 | Earth | 0.1597 AU | 62.2 LD | 15.6 km/s |
| 2129-08-26 12:55:00 | Earth | 0.1018 AU | 39.6 LD | 15.1 km/s |
| 2130-02-28 19:09:00 | Earth | 0.1459 AU | 56.8 LD | 17.4 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