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2016 EV84

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(2016 EV84)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.001 AU
True anomaly
204.25°
Distance from Earth
1.99 AU
As of
19 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 — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2016 EV84 — 1.001 AU from the Sun 2016 EV84
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2016 EV84 is 1.99 AU from Earth today (16.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 43m 09s
Declination
-15° 27′ 57″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.99 AU
Elongation from the Sun
4.99° — too close to the Sun to observe

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
0.866 AU
Eccentricity
0.1779
Inclination
13.58°
Orbital period
294.5 days
Perihelion
0.712 AU
Aphelion
1.02 AU
Longitude of ascending node
351.3°
Argument of periapsis
16.16°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 7.0 LD
0.0179 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.787

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
103
Data arc
6 days
First observed
10 March 2016
Last observed
16 March 2016
Residual RMS
0.44 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.7

Discovery & classification

Listed by JPL impact monitoring; see the Sentry table for current probabilities.

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 65 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2016 EV84 at 2028-09-20 05:37 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-09-20 05:37 UTC close approach of 2016 EV84. Catalogue miss distance 113.3 LD · 4.36 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-09-17 to 2028-09-23, 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. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 113.3 LD · 4.36 × 10⁷ km 2028-09-20 05:37 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-09-20 05:37 UTC close approach of 2016 EV84. Catalogue miss distance 113.3 LD · 4.36 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-09-17 to 2028-09-23, 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. 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
2028-09-20 05:37:00 Earth 0.2912 AU 113.3 LD 11.6 km/s
2032-10-16 05:36:00 Earth 0.2998 AU 116.7 LD 11 km/s
2033-04-08 03:22:00 Earth 0.3761 AU 146.4 LD 14.6 km/s
2035-12-11 19:58:00 Venus 0.0176 AU 6.9 LD 9.8 km/s
2036-11-13 17:01:00 Earth 0.303 AU 117.9 LD 8.6 km/s
2037-04-02 13:47:00 Earth 0.2319 AU 90.2 LD 10.3 km/s
2041-03-24 22:06:00 Earth 0.1345 AU 52.4 LD 8.2 km/s
2045-03-15 06:07:00 Earth 0.0461 AU 17.9 LD 7.4 km/s
2046-05-21 15:50:00 Venus 0.0998 AU 38.8 LD 12 km/s
2049-03-09 12:38:00 Earth 0.0262 AU 10.2 LD 7.6 km/s

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

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