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2024 UO5

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(2024 UO5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.591 AU
True anomaly
17.15°
Distance from Earth
1.527 AU
As of
21 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2024 UO5 — 0.591 AU from the Sun 2024 UO5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 UO5 is 1.527 AU from Earth today (12.7 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 02m 03s
Declination
-06° 59′ 53″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.53 AU
Elongation from the Sun
11.79° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

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
0.917 AU
Eccentricity
0.3631
Inclination
1.5°
Orbital period
320.7 days
Perihelion
0.584 AU
Aphelion
1.25 AU
Longitude of ascending node
214.77°
Argument of periapsis
303.92°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.1 LD
0.0002 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.457

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
21
Data arc
2 days
First observed
27 October 2024
Last observed
29 October 2024
Residual RMS
0.29 ″
Solution · Giorgini
7 February 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
29.39

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 65 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 UO5 at 2030-07-07 19:25 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-07-07 19:25 UTC close approach of 2024 UO5. Catalogue miss distance 16.3 LD · 6.28 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-07-04 to 2030-07-10, 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 north of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 5 Jul 16.3 LD · 6.28 × 10⁶ km 2030-07-07 19:25 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-07-07 19:25 UTC close approach of 2024 UO5. Catalogue miss distance 16.3 LD · 6.28 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-07-04 to 2030-07-10, 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 north 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
2027-09-21 16:58:00 Venus 0.1067 AU 41.5 LD 8.5 km/s
2030-07-07 19:25:00 Earth 0.042 AU 16.3 LD 9.3 km/s
2031-10-21 05:39:00 Earth 0.1257 AU 48.9 LD 7.3 km/s
2033-10-30 06:03:00 Venus 0.1376 AU 53.6 LD 9.9 km/s
2037-07-08 20:12:00 Earth 0.0763 AU 29.7 LD 12.4 km/s
2038-10-01 19:54:00 Earth 0.1975 AU 76.9 LD 7.7 km/s
2039-12-11 19:39:00 Venus 0.1446 AU 56.3 LD 10.3 km/s
2046-01-26 01:46:00 Venus 0.1382 AU 53.8 LD 9.9 km/s
2052-03-13 00:16:00 Venus 0.1243 AU 48.4 LD 9.1 km/s
2058-04-27 19:06:00 Venus 0.1018 AU 39.6 LD 8.3 km/s

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

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