---
title: "2024 U2"
url: "https://spacecatalog.org/object/2024-u2"
release: "DR1"
licence: "No licence stated; citation requested"
citation: "SpaceCatalog. 2024 U2 [catalogue entry]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/2024-u2"
---

# 2024 U2

2024 U2 is a hyperbolic [asteroid](https://spacecatalog.org/asteroids). Its orbit does not close: it passes within 8.17918 AU of the [Sun](https://spacecatalog.org/object/sun) once and never returns. Its absolute magnitude (H) is 11.44. Other catalogues list it as (A/2024 U2).

## At a glance

- **WHAT IT IS:** Hyperbolic asteroid
- **HOW BRIGHT IN ITSELF (H):** 11.44 — How bright it would look from a fixed, standard distance — a measure of the object rather than of the view from here.

## Properties

| Quantity | Value |
| --- | --- |
| CLASS | Hyperbolic asteroid |
| ORBITS | Sun |
| PERIHELION | 8.17918 AU ±1.6×10⁻⁵ |
| ORBIT | hyperbolic — unbound |
| ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE (H) | 11.44 |

## Catalogue data

### THE ORBIT

The shape of the path, where the object sits on it, and the instant those figures were true of. An orbit is a fit to observations and drifts away from the real one either side of its epoch.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Eccentricity | 1.00262 ±1.2×10⁻⁵ |
| Hyperbolic excess velocity | 0.53 km/s |
| Inclination | 120.66° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 56.07° |
| Argument of perihelion | 29.81° |
| Mean anomaly | 0° |
| Element epoch | 2460850.5000 JD |
| Perihelion passage | 2461055.5149 JD |
| Minimum distance from Earth's orbit | 7.27733 AU |
| Orbit class | HYA |

### WHEN IT WAS FOUND

Who first saw it, from where, and by what method.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| First observed | 2024-10-26 |

## Also known as

- Asteroid: 2024 U2
- Asteroid: (A/2024 U2)

## Source

[JPL Small-Body Database](https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_query.html) — No licence stated; citation requested

The producer asks: Solar System Dynamics. (Downloaded 2026, October 1). Small-Body Database Query. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov

How this was made: https://spacecatalog.org/methods#source-jpl-sbdb

## Cite this page

SpaceCatalog. 2024 U2 \[catalogue entry\]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/2024-u2

```bibtex
@misc{spacecatalog_2024-u2,
  author       = {{SpaceCatalog}},
  title        = {{2024 U2}},
  howpublished = {SpaceCatalog, data release DR1 (2026-08-21)},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://spacecatalog.org/object/2024-u2},
  note         = {Catalogue entry, data release DR1 (2026-08-21). Values from JPL Small-Body Database.}
}
```

JPL Small-Body Database — No licence stated; citation requested

Acknowledgement the producer asks for: Solar System Dynamics. (Downloaded 2026, October 1). Small-Body Database Query. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov

The page itself, with its pictures, the sky map and the observing tools: https://spacecatalog.org/object/2024-u2