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2024 YD13

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(2024 YD13)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.022 AU
True anomaly
213.59°
Distance from Earth
1.221 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 YD13 — 1.022 AU from the Sun 2024 YD13
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 YD13 is 1.221 AU from Earth today (10.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 28m 47s
Declination
+09° 24′ 10″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.22 AU
Elongation from the Sun
53.78° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

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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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
0.932 AU
Eccentricity
0.1225
Inclination
12.45°
Orbital period
328.7 days
Perihelion
0.818 AU
Aphelion
1.046 AU
Longitude of ascending node
104.3°
Argument of periapsis
144.92°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 13.4 LD
0.0344 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.403

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
27
Data arc
9 days
First observed
31 December 2024
Last observed
9 January 2025
Residual RMS
0.36 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
10 January 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.9

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 72 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 YD13 at 2033-07-14 13:35 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2033-07-14 13:35 UTC close approach of 2024 YD13. Catalogue miss distance 68.7 LD · 2.64 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2033-07-11 to 2033-07-17, 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. The path is approximate: a two-body Kepler propagation of the catalogue orbital elements, not a numerical integration. The Moon’s position is approximate. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. approximate Sun 68.7 LD · 2.64 × 10⁷ km 2033-07-14 13:35 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2033-07-14 13:35 UTC close approach of 2024 YD13. Catalogue miss distance 68.7 LD · 2.64 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2033-07-11 to 2033-07-17, 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. The path is approximate: a two-body Kepler propagation of the catalogue orbital elements, not a numerical integration. The Moon’s position is approximate. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2033-07-14 13:35:00 Earth 0.1766 AU 68.7 LD 8.4 km/s
2034-01-10 05:46:00 Earth 0.0441 AU 17.2 LD 7.4 km/s
2042-07-02 23:25:00 Earth 0.1887 AU 73.4 LD 8.5 km/s
2043-01-13 08:03:00 Earth 0.1002 AU 39.0 LD 8.6 km/s
2048-09-26 04:38:00 Venus 0.1415 AU 55.1 LD 6.1 km/s
2052-01-14 15:10:00 Earth 0.1961 AU 76.3 LD 10.9 km/s
2060-06-12 05:27:00 Venus 0.1089 AU 42.4 LD 5.9 km/s
2068-08-30 13:14:00 Earth 0.2 AU 77.8 LD 7.6 km/s
2068-12-10 13:30:00 Earth 0.1756 AU 68.3 LD 7.2 km/s
2072-02-24 22:25:00 Venus 0.1084 AU 42.2 LD 5.8 km/s

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

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