Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.616 AU
- True anomaly
- 44.45°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.222 AU
- As of
- 16 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 15h 09m 32s
- Declination
- -28° 42′ 10″
- Constellation
- Libra
- Distance from Earth
- 1.22 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 30.48° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
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
- 0.81 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.2885
- Inclination
- 24.28°
- Orbital period
- 266.3 days
- Perihelion
- 0.576 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.044 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 49.82°
- Argument of periapsis
- 195.44°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 14.3 LD
- 0.0368 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 7.112
Orbit quality
Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).
- Observations used
- 91
- Data arc
- 9 days
- First observed
- 10 November 2024
- Last observed
- 19 November 2024
- Residual RMS
- 0.43 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 20 November 2024
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 24.51
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 31 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-11-08 12:57 UTC close approach of 2024 VC3. Catalogue miss distance 37.0 LD · 1.42 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-11-05 to 2032-11-11, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2032-11-08 12:57:00 | Earth | 0.0952 AU | 37.0 LD | 14.1 km/s |
| 2033-04-05 09:51:00 | Venus | 0.1452 AU | 56.5 LD | 17.5 km/s |
| 2051-11-16 02:54:00 | Earth | 0.1103 AU | 42.9 LD | 12.7 km/s |
| 2052-12-15 06:17:00 | Venus | 0.1381 AU | 53.8 LD | 17.3 km/s |
| 2059-11-11 13:43:00 | Earth | 0.0372 AU | 14.5 LD | 13 km/s |
| 2067-11-09 04:51:00 | Earth | 0.1081 AU | 42.1 LD | 14.4 km/s |
| 2078-11-21 15:51:00 | Earth | 0.1998 AU | 77.8 LD | 13.2 km/s |
| 2086-11-15 10:18:00 | Earth | 0.1015 AU | 39.5 LD | 12.7 km/s |
| 2094-11-11 03:42:00 | Earth | 0.0371 AU | 14.4 LD | 13.1 km/s |
| 2102-11-09 22:21:00 | Earth | 0.1182 AU | 46.0 LD | 14.6 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