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2024 MC

2024 MC is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.811 AU and a period of 0.73 yr.

Aten Observations: 61
Orbital Period · P
0.73 yr
v(q)
45 km/s
v(Q)
24.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.06 km
TJ
7.08
Eccentricity · e
0.2979

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.569 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.053 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.484 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.811 AU gives an orbital period of 0.73 yr, or about 267 days.

An eccentricity of 0.298 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 28.05° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 45 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.3 km/s at aphelion.

Because q < 1 AU and Q > 1 AU, this orbit geometrically intersects the region of Earth's orbit.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 24.01 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.06 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 61 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4116 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 4 indicates a moderately constrained orbit; predictions decades ahead still carry noticeable uncertainty.

About these computed values

Orbital periods, perihelion and aphelion speeds, and diameter estimates on this page are computed by SpaceAtlas from the JPL SBDB orbital elements. They are derived quantities, not values copied from the source catalogue.

Orbital Parameters

Semi-Major Axis
0.811 AU
Eccentricity
0.2979
Perihelion
0.569 AU
Aphelion
1.052597 AU
Inclination
28.05°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
104.64°

Orbit diagram

The Sun sits at the focus (orange). Earth's orbit is the grey circle at 1 AU. The red dot marks the object's position at the catalog epoch.

3D orbit (interactive)

Drag to rotate; scroll or pinch to zoom. The Sun is at the focus (orange), Earth's orbit is the grey ring at 1 AU, and the red dot marks the object's current position.

Close approaches

Predicted close approaches to Earth, from NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).

Date (UTC)Miss distanceVelocity
2026-Dec-25 09:26 0.403620 AU
60380701 km
22.59 km/s
2027-Jun-13 23:40 0.433602 AU
64865863 km
22.97 km/s
2029-Nov-10 01:42 0.477561 AU
71442100 km
21.26 km/s
2032-Jun-16 16:07 0.164575 AU
24620034 km
14.00 km/s
2035-Jan-14 02:05 0.407803 AU
61006432 km
21.46 km/s
2035-Jun-18 19:08 0.246134 AU
36821124 km
18.24 km/s
2037-Nov-30 13:58 0.435436 AU
65140316 km
22.68 km/s
2040-Jun-11 00:04 0.334182 AU
49992968 km
15.97 km/s
2043-Feb-04 17:57 0.437184 AU
65401724 km
19.15 km/s
2043-Jun-20 18:48 0.060583 AU
9063020 km
14.87 km/s
2045-Dec-19 14:42 0.407911 AU
61022649 km
22.76 km/s
2046-Jun-12 01:40 0.488138 AU
73024339 km
24.50 km/s
2048-Jun-06 22:20 0.490330 AU
73352365 km
19.44 km/s
2048-Nov-02 23:04 0.491092 AU
73466346 km
20.38 km/s
2051-Mar-05 05:08 0.471309 AU
70506799 km
13.31 km/s
2051-Jun-19 00:08 0.104550 AU
15640418 km
13.83 km/s
2054-Jan-06 15:10 0.403300 AU
60332836 km
21.98 km/s
2054-Jun-17 02:59 0.314770 AU
47088964 km
19.86 km/s
2056-Nov-22 21:37 0.450511 AU
67395513 km
22.35 km/s
2059-Jun-14 01:44 0.268742 AU
40203262 km
14.98 km/s
2062-Jan-26 11:23 0.423153 AU
63302741 km
20.29 km/s
2062-Jun-20 06:16 0.135205 AU
20226434 km
16.00 km/s
2064-Dec-11 15:35 0.416882 AU
62364716 km
22.84 km/s
2067-Jun-09 01:57 0.425135 AU
63599230 km
17.83 km/s
2070-Feb-18 09:09 0.458113 AU
68532768 km
16.88 km/s
2070-Jun-20 00:04 0.037817 AU
5657289 km
14.01 km/s
2072-Dec-30 13:59 0.401673 AU
60089386 km
22.35 km/s
2073-Jun-15 05:43 0.380079 AU
56859022 km
21.52 km/s
2075-Nov-17 08:27 0.463509 AU
69339924 km
21.89 km/s
2078-Jun-15 11:38 0.222750 AU
33322979 km
14.45 km/s

Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
24.01

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.4116
Condition
4
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database · NASA CNEOS. Orbital periods, perihelion and aphelion speeds, and diameter estimates on this page are computed by SpaceAtlas from the JPL SBDB orbital elements. They are derived quantities, not values copied from the source catalogue.

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