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Schaumasse

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24P/Schaumasse

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
3.157 AU
True anomaly
120.49°
Distance from Earth
3.771 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 Schaumasse — 3.157 AU from the Sun Schaumasse
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. Schaumasse is 3.771 AU from Earth today (31.4 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 09m 49s
Declination
-20° 52′ 03″
Constellation
Scorpius
Distance from Earth
3.78 AU
Elongation from the Sun
45.31° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

From your location

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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.
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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
4.056 AU
Eccentricity
0.7079
Inclination
11.5°
Orbital period
8.17 years
Perihelion
1.185 AU
Aphelion
6.927 AU
Longitude of ascending node
78.29°
Argument of periapsis
58.48°
Epoch · J2000
2460321.5
Orbit class · JFc
Jupiter-family comet (P < 20 y)
Earth MOID · 102.4 LD
0.2632 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
2.505

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
3,535
Data arc
25.7 years
First observed
7 October 2000
Last observed
20 June 2026
Residual RMS
0.61 ″
Solution · Shantanu Naidu
7 July 2026

Physical properties

Mean radius
1.30 km

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
14.6
Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 8
14.6

Discovery & classification

Discovered by
Schaumasse, M. A.
Discovery date
1 December 1911
Discovery site
Nice, France

Also known as 24P · 1911 VII · 1911h · 1919 IV · 1919e · 1927 VIII · 1927g · 1943 V

Near-Earth Object Named

Close approaches 16 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2044-01-16 02:00:00 Jupiter 0.4769 AU 185.6 LD 10.2 km/s
2044-01-16 02:00:00 Juptr 0.4769 AU 185.6 LD 10.2 km/s
2057-10-15 09:48:00 Juptr 1.322 AU 514.5 LD 12.7 km/s
2081-07-05 07:56:00 Juptr 1.505 AU 585.7 LD 7.3 km/s
2103-12-05 03:58:00 Juptr 1.9459 AU 757.3 LD 7.3 km/s
2127-01-27 08:15:00 Juptr 0.5748 AU 223.7 LD 10.5 km/s
2140-12-31 22:27:00 Juptr 0.6258 AU 243.5 LD 10.6 km/s
2164-03-27 18:17:00 Juptr 1.8457 AU 718.3 LD 7.3 km/s
2186-09-18 08:32:00 Juptr 1.7081 AU 664.8 LD 7.2 km/s

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

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