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2016 EE85

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(2016 EE85)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.006 AU
True anomaly
243.47°
Distance from Earth
1.774 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 2016 EE85 — 1.006 AU from the Sun 2016 EE85
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2016 EE85 is 1.774 AU from Earth today (14.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
15h 31m 08s
Declination
-26° 01′ 46″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
1.77 AU
Elongation from the Sun
27.64° — 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
0.956 AU
Eccentricity
0.288
Inclination
12.39°
Orbital period
341.2 days
Perihelion
0.68 AU
Aphelion
1.231 AU
Longitude of ascending node
8.08°
Argument of periapsis
12.28°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 62.5 LD
0.1607 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.247

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 3).

Observations used
38
Data arc
444 days
First observed
6 March 2016
Last observed
24 May 2017
Residual RMS
0.5 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
22.8

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 174 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2016 EE85 at 2028-02-23 17:45 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-02-23 17:45 UTC close approach of 2016 EE85. Catalogue miss distance 192.8 LD · 7.41 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-02-20 to 2028-02-26, 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 192.8 LD · 7.41 × 10⁷ km 2028-02-23 17:45 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-02-23 17:45 UTC close approach of 2016 EE85. Catalogue miss distance 192.8 LD · 7.41 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-02-20 to 2028-02-26, 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
2028-02-23 17:45:00 Earth 0.4953 AU 192.8 LD 23 km/s
2029-02-13 00:04:00 Earth 0.1791 AU 69.7 LD 11.1 km/s
2029-11-18 18:19:00 Earth 0.3089 AU 120.2 LD 11.2 km/s
2030-03-25 13:42:00 Earth 0.2198 AU 85.6 LD 9 km/s
2030-09-25 07:46:00 Earth 0.3149 AU 122.5 LD 13.2 km/s
2031-05-14 13:13:00 Earth 0.2226 AU 86.6 LD 8.1 km/s
2031-07-18 13:44:00 Earth 0.2589 AU 100.8 LD 7 km/s
2031-08-20 23:53:00 Venus 0.0793 AU 30.9 LD 12.4 km/s
2032-06-01 18:45:00 Earth 0.3329 AU 129.5 LD 16.2 km/s
2033-07-15 15:48:00 Venus 0.0637 AU 24.8 LD 9.3 km/s

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

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