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2008 EE5

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(2008 EE5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.97 AU
True anomaly
244.04°
Distance from Earth
1.808 AU
As of
22 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 2008 EE5 — 0.97 AU from the Sun 2008 EE5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2008 EE5 is 1.808 AU from Earth today (15.0 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 37m 01s
Declination
-33° 55′ 06″
Constellation
Centaurus
Distance from Earth
1.81 AU
Elongation from the Sun
22.78° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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

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
0.945 AU
Eccentricity
0.0716
Inclination
44.81°
Orbital period
335.4 days
Perihelion
0.877 AU
Aphelion
1.013 AU
Longitude of ascending node
321.26°
Argument of periapsis
20.03°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 8.2 LD
0.0211 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.11

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
200
Data arc
13.84 years
First observed
4 March 2008
Last observed
6 January 2022
Residual RMS
0.59 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
7 January 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
19.71

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

Close approaches 113 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2008 EE5 at 2031-02-16 22:41 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-02-16 22:41 UTC close approach of 2008 EE5. Catalogue miss distance 99.6 LD · 3.83 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-02-13 to 2031-02-19, 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 99.6 LD · 3.83 × 10⁷ km 2031-02-16 22:41 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-02-16 22:41 UTC close approach of 2008 EE5. Catalogue miss distance 99.6 LD · 3.83 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-02-13 to 2031-02-19, 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
2031-02-16 22:41:00 Earth 0.256 AU 99.6 LD 23.9 km/s
2031-08-18 09:37:00 Earth 0.1484 AU 57.8 LD 24 km/s
2032-02-05 23:13:00 Earth 0.2096 AU 81.6 LD 23.2 km/s
2032-07-22 03:10:00 Earth 0.4189 AU 163.0 LD 26.9 km/s
2042-02-19 21:56:00 Earth 0.3755 AU 146.1 LD 25.5 km/s
2042-08-25 02:55:00 Earth 0.2313 AU 90.0 LD 24.5 km/s
2043-02-08 13:45:00 Earth 0.0909 AU 35.4 LD 22.6 km/s
2043-07-29 18:36:00 Earth 0.3083 AU 120.0 LD 25.5 km/s
2053-02-22 12:17:00 Earth 0.4756 AU 185.1 LD 27.1 km/s
2053-08-30 16:26:00 Earth 0.3205 AU 124.7 LD 25.3 km/s

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

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