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2002 EM7

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(2002 EM7)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.685 AU
True anomaly
62.67°
Distance from Earth
1.097 AU
As of
21 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2002 EM7 — 0.685 AU from the Sun 2002 EM7
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2002 EM7 is 1.097 AU from Earth today (9.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 28m 22s
Declination
+04° 17′ 56″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.1 AU
Elongation from the Sun
37.85° — 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
0.921 AU
Eccentricity
0.3634
Inclination
1.55°
Orbital period
322.8 days
Perihelion
0.586 AU
Aphelion
1.256 AU
Longitude of ascending node
345.94°
Argument of periapsis
58.9°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.2 LD
0.0006 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.434

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
69
Data arc
25 days
First observed
12 March 2002
Last observed
6 April 2002
Residual RMS
0.44 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
28 July 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.4

Discovery & classification

Listed by JPL impact monitoring; see the Sentry table for current probabilities.

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 52 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2002 EM7 at 2034-06-27 07:00 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-06-27 07:00 UTC close approach of 2002 EM7. Catalogue miss distance 57.3 LD · 2.2 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-06-24 to 2034-06-30, 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 57.3 LD · 2.2 × 10⁷ km 2034-06-27 07:00 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-06-27 07:00 UTC close approach of 2002 EM7. Catalogue miss distance 57.3 LD · 2.2 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-06-24 to 2034-06-30, 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
2031-03-02 14:09:00 Venus 0.1354 AU 52.7 LD 10.3 km/s
2034-06-27 07:00:00 Earth 0.1471 AU 57.3 LD 14.7 km/s
2037-06-04 23:37:00 Venus 0.0613 AU 23.9 LD 14.8 km/s
2039-01-04 16:51:00 Venus 0.0362 AU 14.1 LD 12 km/s
2040-03-08 12:42:00 Earth 0.0476 AU 18.5 LD 11.7 km/s
2045-04-25 18:43:00 Venus 0.1348 AU 52.5 LD 10.2 km/s
2048-03-21 01:19:00 Earth 0.1537 AU 59.8 LD 7.3 km/s
2049-06-30 01:22:00 Earth 0.0777 AU 30.2 LD 8.3 km/s
2051-08-01 15:09:00 Venus 0.1136 AU 44.2 LD 17.3 km/s
2053-03-06 05:24:00 Venus 0.0702 AU 27.3 LD 9 km/s

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

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