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2024 SG72

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(2024 SG72)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
5.327 AU
True anomaly
103.94°
Distance from Earth
5.853 AU
As of
11 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 — 0.998 AU from the Sun Earth 2024 SG72 — 5.327 AU from the Sun 2024 SG72
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 SG72 is 5.853 AU from Earth today (48.7 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 03m 10s
Declination
+38° 10′ 05″
Constellation
Ursa Major
Distance from Earth
5.85 AU
Elongation from the Sun
54.31° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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

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.

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  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.

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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
5.614 AU
Eccentricity
0.3676
Inclination
32.56°
Orbital period
13.3 years
Perihelion
3.55 AU
Aphelion
7.678 AU
Longitude of ascending node
50.7°
Argument of periapsis
346.68°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · CEN
Centaur
Earth MOID · 998.4 LD
2.5656 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
2.555

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
39
Data arc
122 days
First observed
4 September 2024
Last observed
4 January 2025
Residual RMS
0.71 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
7 January 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
16.08

Discovery & classification

Centaur

Close approaches 3 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2142-11-22 04:49:00 Juptr 1.4432 AU 561.7 LD 9.9 km/s

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

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