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2019 EA2

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(2019 EA2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.981 AU
True anomaly
152.63°
Distance from Earth
1.606 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 2019 EA2 — 0.981 AU from the Sun 2019 EA2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2019 EA2 is 1.606 AU from Earth today (13.4 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 32m 56s
Declination
+05° 59′ 57″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.61 AU
Elongation from the Sun
35.41° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

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
0.842 AU
Eccentricity
0.1982
Inclination
6.53°
Orbital period
282 days
Perihelion
0.675 AU
Aphelion
1.008 AU
Longitude of ascending node
0.32°
Argument of periapsis
341.9°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.1 LD
0.0003 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.966

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
168
Data arc
12 days
First observed
9 March 2019
Last observed
21 March 2019
Residual RMS
0.29 ″
Solution · Giorgini
17 June 2022

Physical properties

Rotation period
0.03 hours

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.8

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 93 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2019 EA2 at 2029-02-02 23:58 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-02-02 23:58 UTC close approach of 2019 EA2. Catalogue miss distance 55.3 LD · 2.13 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-01-30 to 2029-02-05, 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 55.3 LD · 2.13 × 10⁷ km 2029-02-02 23:58 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-02-02 23:58 UTC close approach of 2019 EA2. Catalogue miss distance 55.3 LD · 2.13 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-01-30 to 2029-02-05, 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
2029-02-02 23:58:00 Earth 0.1421 AU 55.3 LD 7.6 km/s
2029-06-04 23:13:00 Earth 0.2517 AU 98.0 LD 4.1 km/s
2032-09-02 16:21:00 Earth 0.3352 AU 130.4 LD 10.8 km/s
2035-11-30 12:47:00 Earth 0.2258 AU 87.9 LD 4.4 km/s
2036-03-27 18:08:00 Earth 0.0658 AU 25.6 LD 6.8 km/s
2039-02-06 04:33:00 Earth 0.3409 AU 132.7 LD 14.6 km/s
2039-07-16 11:54:00 Venus 0.122 AU 47.5 LD 11.3 km/s
2039-07-19 02:11:00 Earth 0.3182 AU 123.8 LD 8.7 km/s
2042-08-18 02:57:00 Venus 0.0761 AU 29.6 LD 8.8 km/s
2042-09-27 12:44:00 Earth 0.3211 AU 125.0 LD 10.3 km/s

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

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