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Asteroid Near-Earth

418265

418265 (2008 EA32)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.441 AU
True anomaly
28.43°
Distance from Earth
0.886 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 418265 — 0.441 AU from the Sun 418265
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 418265 is 0.886 AU from Earth today (7.4 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 01m 55s
Declination
-20° 21′ 12″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
0.87 AU
Elongation from the Sun
26.23° — 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'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
0.616 AU
Eccentricity
0.305
Inclination
28.26°
Orbital period
176.6 days
Perihelion
0.428 AU
Aphelion
0.804 AU
Longitude of ascending node
100.94°
Argument of periapsis
181.87°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · IEO
Atira (interior-Earth object)
Earth MOID · 70.0 LD
0.1799 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
9.025

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
395
Data arc
15.92 years
First observed
10 March 2008
Last observed
11 February 2024
Residual RMS
0.37 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
1 October 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
16.49

Discovery & classification

Discovered by
CSS
Discovery date
10 March 2008
Discovery site
Catalina

Also known as 2008 EA32

Atira Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 222 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2029-05-26 23:26:00 Venus 0.0862 AU 33.6 LD 15.6 km/s
2033-01-05 22:09:00 Merc 0.0933 AU 36.3 LD 23 km/s
2033-01-05 22:09:00 Mercury 0.0933 AU 36.3 LD 23 km/s
2033-07-02 01:08:00 Merc 0.0821 AU 32.0 LD 22.8 km/s
2033-07-02 01:08:00 Mercury 0.0821 AU 32.0 LD 22.8 km/s
2033-12-26 03:22:00 Mercury 0.0705 AU 27.4 LD 22.7 km/s
2033-12-26 03:22:00 Merc 0.0705 AU 27.4 LD 22.7 km/s
2034-06-21 04:36:00 Mercury 0.0587 AU 22.8 LD 22.8 km/s
2034-06-21 04:36:00 Merc 0.0587 AU 22.8 LD 22.8 km/s
2034-12-15 04:38:00 Merc 0.0467 AU 18.2 LD 22.9 km/s

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

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