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2024 SK3

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(2024 SK3)

2024 SK3 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.57 AU to 1.47 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 375.6 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 27 July 2026.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.254 AU
True anomaly
141.56°
Distance from Earth
0.627 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.

Sun Earth — 0.992 AU from the Sun Earth 2024 SK3 — 1.254 AU from the Sun 2024 SK3
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 SK3 is 0.627 AU from Earth today (5.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
21h 40m 05s
Declination
-19° 49′ 34″
Constellation
Capricornus
Distance from Earth
0.63 AU
Elongation from the Sun
98.89° — well clear of the Sun

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

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.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

Know your what3words address? Paste it, e.g. ///filled.count.soap. This is optional — the three words are sent to what3words to convert them, and we don't store the address or the result.

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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
1.019 AU
Eccentricity
0.4398
Inclination
29.63°
Orbital period
375.6 days
Perihelion
0.571 AU
Aphelion
1.467 AU
Longitude of ascending node
187.17°
Argument of periapsis
43.8°
Epoch · J2000
2460580.5
Orbit class · APO
Apollo
Earth MOID · 53.9 LD
0.1385 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.798

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 8).

Observations used
22
Data arc
5 days
First observed
23 September 2024
Last observed
28 September 2024
Residual RMS
0.78 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
27 July 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.08

Discovery & classification

Apollo Near-Earth Object

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