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2016 ES85

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(2016 ES85)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.936 AU
True anomaly
287.82°
Distance from Earth
1.927 AU
As of
24 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 — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth 2016 ES85 — 0.936 AU from the Sun 2016 ES85
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2016 ES85 is 1.927 AU from Earth today (16.0 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 09m 52s
Declination
-12° 11′ 51″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.93 AU
Elongation from the Sun
3.18° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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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
0.969 AU
Eccentricity
0.0896
Inclination
2.24°
Orbital period
348.5 days
Perihelion
0.882 AU
Aphelion
1.056 AU
Longitude of ascending node
166.25°
Argument of periapsis
123.6°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 2.8 LD
0.0071 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.228

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
31
Data arc
7 days
First observed
10 March 2016
Last observed
17 March 2016
Residual RMS
0.7 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
29.7

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 42 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2016 ES85 at 2034-11-07 06:20 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-11-07 06:20 UTC close approach of 2016 ES85. Catalogue miss distance 90.7 LD · 3.49 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-11-04 to 2034-11-10, 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 90.7 LD · 3.49 × 10⁷ km 2034-11-07 06:20 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-11-07 06:20 UTC close approach of 2016 ES85. Catalogue miss distance 90.7 LD · 3.49 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-11-04 to 2034-11-10, 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
2034-11-07 06:20:00 Earth 0.2331 AU 90.7 LD 10.1 km/s
2035-11-19 18:06:00 Earth 0.0617 AU 24.0 LD 2 km/s
2036-06-20 04:48:00 Earth 0.1356 AU 52.8 LD 3.7 km/s
2037-03-16 10:32:00 Earth 0.0711 AU 27.7 LD 5.3 km/s
2038-03-06 22:10:00 Earth 0.3709 AU 144.4 LD 14.4 km/s
2053-11-16 06:03:00 Earth 0.4578 AU 178.1 LD 17.1 km/s
2054-11-04 16:27:00 Earth 0.1596 AU 62.1 LD 7.9 km/s
2055-08-28 09:59:00 Earth 0.1136 AU 44.2 LD 3.2 km/s
2057-03-13 07:29:00 Earth 0.1696 AU 66.0 LD 8.3 km/s
2058-03-02 17:08:00 Earth 0.4669 AU 181.7 LD 17.3 km/s

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

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