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Solar
Asteroid Near-Earth

2024 SH7

(2024 SH7)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.024 AU
True anomaly
347.55°
Distance from Earth
0.044 AU
As of
2 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.

Orbit of Mercury Orbit of Venus Orbit of Mars Sun Earth — 1.001 AU from the Sun Earth 2024 SH7 — 1.024 AU from the Sun 2024 SH7
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 SH7 is 0.044 AU from Earth today (22.1 light-seconds).

In the sky

Right ascension
20h 54m 23s
Declination
-15° 32′ 09″
Constellation
Capricornus
Distance from Earth
0.04 AU
Elongation from the Sun
121.28° — 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's up after dark, 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
1.589 AU
Eccentricity
0.3595
Inclination
17.55°
Orbital period
731.7 days
Perihelion
1.018 AU
Aphelion
2.16 AU
Longitude of ascending node
188.57°
Argument of periapsis
191.28°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · AMO
Amor
Earth MOID · 8.3 LD
0.0213 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
4.258

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
39
Data arc
2 days
First observed
30 September 2024
Last observed
2 October 2024
Residual RMS
0.39 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
3 October 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
27.31

Discovery & classification

Amor Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 9 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2026-10-04 00:43:00 Earth 0.0269 AU 10.5 LD 10.8 km/s
2028-10-07 08:47:00 Earth 0.06 AU 23.3 LD 10.8 km/s

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

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