2024 RL1 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.87 AU to 1.18 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 377.4 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 9 September 2024.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.129 AU
- True anomaly
- 139.56°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.61 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
- 20h 58m 55s
- Declination
- -32° 25′ 34″
- Constellation
- Microscopium
- Distance from Earth
- 0.61 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 86.11° — well clear of the Sun
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
- 1.022 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1519
- Inclination
- 18.51°
- Orbital period
- 377.4 days
- Perihelion
- 0.867 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.177 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 165.5°
- Argument of periapsis
- 65.66°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 18.6 LD
- 0.0477 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.922
Orbit quality
Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).
- Observations used
- 42
- Data arc
- 6 days
- First observed
- 2 September 2024
- Last observed
- 8 September 2024
- Residual RMS
- 0.5 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 9 September 2024
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 25.34
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 29 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2055-09-05 04:33 UTC close approach of 2024 RL1. Catalogue miss distance 27.0 LD · 1.04 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2055-09-02 to 2055-09-08, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2055-09-05 04:33:00 | Earth | 0.0694 AU | 27.0 LD | 9.9 km/s |
| 2056-09-04 23:15:00 | Earth | 0.1545 AU | 60.1 LD | 12.9 km/s |
| 2057-09-09 23:59:00 | Earth | 0.3467 AU | 134.9 LD | 17.5 km/s |
| 2082-02-07 21:34:00 | Earth | 0.3986 AU | 155.1 LD | 19.4 km/s |
| 2083-02-19 01:59:00 | Earth | 0.198 AU | 77.1 LD | 14.4 km/s |
| 2084-03-03 07:25:00 | Earth | 0.0488 AU | 19.0 LD | 10.9 km/s |
| 2086-09-06 16:09:00 | Earth | 0.1192 AU | 46.4 LD | 9.5 km/s |
| 2087-09-04 22:07:00 | Earth | 0.0972 AU | 37.8 LD | 11.7 km/s |
| 2088-09-08 00:10:00 | Earth | 0.2849 AU | 110.9 LD | 15.9 km/s |
| 2089-09-14 08:42:00 | Earth | 0.4802 AU | 186.9 LD | 21.1 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