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2024 UN2

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(2024 UN2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.869 AU
True anomaly
285.47°
Distance from Earth
0.593 AU
As of
24 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 — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth 2024 UN2 — 0.869 AU from the Sun 2024 UN2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 UN2 is 0.593 AU from Earth today (4.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 36m 59s
Declination
+23° 11′ 43″
Constellation
Leo Minor
Distance from Earth
0.59 AU
Elongation from the Sun
60.26° — well clear of the Sun

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

From your location

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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
0.968 AU
Eccentricity
0.2214
Inclination
16.12°
Orbital period
348 days
Perihelion
0.754 AU
Aphelion
1.183 AU
Longitude of ascending node
33.08°
Argument of periapsis
109.15°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.5 LD
0.0013 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.182

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
30
Data arc
2 days
First observed
23 October 2024
Last observed
25 October 2024
Residual RMS
0.34 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
28 October 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.2

Discovery & classification

Listed by JPL impact monitoring; see the Sentry table for current probabilities.

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 47 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 UN2 at 2041-06-05 03:32 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2041-06-05 03:32 UTC close approach of 2024 UN2. Catalogue miss distance 128.1 LD · 4.92 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2041-06-02 to 2041-06-08, 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. 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 128.1 LD · 4.92 × 10⁷ km 2041-06-05 03:32 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2041-06-05 03:32 UTC close approach of 2024 UN2. Catalogue miss distance 128.1 LD · 4.92 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2041-06-02 to 2041-06-08, 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. 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
2028-12-04 01:29:00 Venus 0.098 AU 38.2 LD 10.3 km/s
2041-06-05 03:32:00 Earth 0.3292 AU 128.1 LD 17 km/s
2042-05-13 02:33:00 Earth 0.129 AU 50.2 LD 11.1 km/s
2043-04-02 08:00:00 Earth 0.2329 AU 90.6 LD 10 km/s
2044-01-29 19:06:00 Earth 0.3311 AU 128.9 LD 7.7 km/s
2044-10-27 07:01:00 Earth 0.078 AU 30.4 LD 9.1 km/s
2045-10-19 19:48:00 Earth 0.2072 AU 80.6 LD 14.9 km/s
2046-10-08 05:21:00 Earth 0.4884 AU 190.1 LD 22.6 km/s
2047-12-31 08:54:00 Venus 0.094 AU 36.6 LD 9.2 km/s
2061-06-13 02:05:00 Earth 0.4452 AU 173.3 LD 20.3 km/s

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

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