Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.214 AU
- True anomaly
- 167.23°
- Distance from Earth
- 2.135 AU
- As of
- 20 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 12h 36m 01s
- Declination
- -14° 19′ 40″
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Distance from Earth
- 2.14 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 16.51° — too close to the Sun to observe
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
- 0.872 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.4174
- Inclination
- 18.7°
- Orbital period
- 297.2 days
- Perihelion
- 0.508 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.235 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 297.41°
- Argument of periapsis
- 78.88°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 48.4 LD
- 0.1244 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.674
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 814
- Data arc
- 19.12 years
- First observed
- 10 March 2007
- Last observed
- 22 April 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.47 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 23 April 2026
Physical properties
- Mean radius
- 0.50 km
- Rotation period
- 2.45 hours
Visual & observation
- Geometric albedo
- 0.313
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 16.67
Discovery & classification
- Discovered by
- Siding Spring Survey
- Discovery date
- 10 March 2007
- Discovery site
- Siding Spring
Also known as 2007 EX
Close approaches 69 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2042-01-31 04:22 UTC close approach of 315098. Catalogue miss distance 58.7 LD · 2.26 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2042-01-28 to 2042-02-03, 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 south of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2028-03-07 22:53:00 | Venus | 0.0801 AU | 31.2 LD | 22.6 km/s |
| 2030-08-19 03:37:00 | Venus | 0.0629 AU | 24.5 LD | 17.5 km/s |
| 2042-01-31 04:22:00 | Earth | 0.1508 AU | 58.7 LD | 13.5 km/s |
| 2042-08-20 17:53:00 | Venus | 0.0447 AU | 17.4 LD | 18.3 km/s |
| 2045-01-29 12:19:00 | Venus | 0.0996 AU | 38.7 LD | 23.4 km/s |
| 2053-05-30 00:04:00 | Venus | 0.1186 AU | 46.1 LD | 24.3 km/s |
| 2055-02-07 09:05:00 | Earth | 0.134 AU | 52.1 LD | 16.7 km/s |
| 2055-11-10 01:52:00 | Venus | 0.027 AU | 10.5 LD | 18.9 km/s |
| 2067-11-11 07:36:00 | Venus | 0.0615 AU | 23.9 LD | 17.7 km/s |
| 2068-02-12 17:20:00 | Earth | 0.1973 AU | 76.8 LD | 19.5 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- physical properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- physical properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB