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2024 YB26

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(2024 YB26)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.002 AU
True anomaly
224.2°
Distance from Earth
1.434 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 YB26 — 1.002 AU from the Sun 2024 YB26
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 YB26 is 1.434 AU from Earth today (11.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 01m 18s
Declination
+05° 39′ 31″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.43 AU
Elongation from the Sun
44.29° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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
0.911 AU
Eccentricity
0.159
Inclination
8.83°
Orbital period
317.5 days
Perihelion
0.766 AU
Aphelion
1.056 AU
Longitude of ascending node
295.16°
Argument of periapsis
320.82°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 8.7 LD
0.0223 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.529

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
18
Data arc
7 days
First observed
30 December 2024
Last observed
6 January 2025
Residual RMS
0.36 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
7 January 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.52

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 37 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 YB26 at 2037-10-15 13:01 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2037-10-15 13:01 UTC close approach of 2024 YB26. Catalogue miss distance 61.1 LD · 2.35 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2037-10-12 to 2037-10-18, 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 61.1 LD · 2.35 × 10⁷ km 2037-10-15 13:01 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2037-10-15 13:01 UTC close approach of 2024 YB26. Catalogue miss distance 61.1 LD · 2.35 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2037-10-12 to 2037-10-18, 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
2037-10-15 13:01:00 Earth 0.157 AU 61.1 LD 5.8 km/s
2045-01-18 14:23:00 Earth 0.0299 AU 11.6 LD 5.9 km/s
2050-08-12 19:37:00 Venus 0.0526 AU 20.5 LD 7.8 km/s
2057-10-16 22:56:00 Earth 0.1837 AU 71.5 LD 7.9 km/s
2061-01-26 14:35:00 Venus 0.0832 AU 32.4 LD 7.3 km/s
2072-01-24 16:57:00 Earth 0.0692 AU 26.9 LD 7.7 km/s
2086-04-18 04:08:00 Venus 0.0497 AU 19.3 LD 7.6 km/s
2112-01-26 03:56:00 Earth 0.1331 AU 51.8 LD 9.4 km/s
2115-10-31 23:59:00 Venus 0.1455 AU 56.6 LD 10.8 km/s
2117-10-19 09:46:00 Earth 0.1798 AU 70.0 LD 7.6 km/s

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

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