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Asteroid Near-Earth

325102

325102 (2008 EY5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.566 AU
True anomaly
238.38°
Distance from Earth
1.475 AU
As of
2 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 — 1.001 AU from the Sun Earth 325102 — 0.566 AU from the Sun 325102
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 325102 is 1.475 AU from Earth today (12.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 31m 19s
Declination
-10° 02′ 21″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.46 AU
Elongation from the Sun
14.63° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it's up after dark, and when it rises and sets where you are.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

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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
0.626 AU
Eccentricity
0.6268
Inclination
5.11°
Orbital period
181 days
Perihelion
0.234 AU
Aphelion
1.019 AU
Longitude of ascending node
245.42°
Argument of periapsis
106.7°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 30.6 LD
0.0787 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
8.848

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).

Observations used
175
Data arc
11.9 years
First observed
4 March 2008
Last observed
28 January 2020
Residual RMS
0.36 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
1 March 2023

Physical properties

Mean radius
0.18 km

Visual & observation

Geometric albedo
0.124
Absolute magnitude (H)
20.17

Discovery & classification

Discovered by
Siding Spring Survey
Discovery date
4 March 2008
Discovery site
Siding Spring

Also known as 2008 EY5

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 428 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2027-05-01 08:08:00 Mercury 0.0391 AU 15.2 LD 27.9 km/s
2027-05-01 08:08:00 Merc 0.0391 AU 15.2 LD 27.9 km/s
2030-03-12 20:04:00 Venus 0.0938 AU 36.5 LD 26.3 km/s
2032-08-30 02:53:00 Venus 0.0735 AU 28.6 LD 21 km/s
2033-09-14 21:15:00 Mercury 0.0546 AU 21.2 LD 37.6 km/s
2033-09-14 21:15:00 Merc 0.0546 AU 21.2 LD 37.6 km/s
2034-03-14 11:13:00 Merc 0.063 AU 24.5 LD 26 km/s
2034-03-14 11:13:00 Mercury 0.063 AU 24.5 LD 26 km/s
2036-03-31 06:22:00 Merc 0.0335 AU 13.0 LD 38.4 km/s
2036-03-31 06:22:00 Mercury 0.0335 AU 13.0 LD 38.4 km/s

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

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