2008 EL68 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.98 AU to 1.1 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 386.7 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.097 AU
- True anomaly
- 168.02°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.113 AU
- As of
- 4 November 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 01h 05m 49s
- Declination
- +14° 27′ 36″
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Distance from Earth
- 0.11 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 157.24° — well clear of the Sun
Visible from both hemispheres.
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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
- 1.039 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.0571
- Inclination
- 1.04°
- Orbital period
- 386.7 days
- Perihelion
- 0.979 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.098 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 357.32°
- Argument of periapsis
- 234.84°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2454531.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 0.8 LD
- 0.002 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.901
Orbit quality
Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 9).
- Observations used
- 8
- First observed
- 6 March 2008
- Last observed
- 6 March 2008
- Residual RMS
- 0.41 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 27.7
Discovery & classification
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB