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2011 EB74

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(2011 EB74)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.772 AU
True anomaly
14.26°
Distance from Earth
1.112 AU
As of
21 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2011 EB74 — 0.772 AU from the Sun 2011 EB74
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2011 EB74 is 1.112 AU from Earth today (9.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 38m 10s
Declination
-27° 12′ 33″
Constellation
Scorpius
Distance from Earth
1.11 AU
Elongation from the Sun
42.76° — 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 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
0.933 AU
Eccentricity
0.1761
Inclination
10.57°
Orbital period
329.1 days
Perihelion
0.769 AU
Aphelion
1.097 AU
Longitude of ascending node
356°
Argument of periapsis
300.85°
Epoch · J2000
2455635.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.3 LD
0.0009 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.398

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 9).

Observations used
17
First observed
15 March 2011
Last observed
15 March 2011
Residual RMS
0.29 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
28 July 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.9

Discovery & classification

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

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 4 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2011 EB74 at 2060-03-13 04:38 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2060-03-13 04:38 UTC close approach of 2011 EB74. Catalogue miss distance 47.5 LD · 1.82 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2060-03-10 to 2060-03-16, 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 47.5 LD · 1.82 × 10⁷ km 2060-03-13 04:38 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2060-03-13 04:38 UTC close approach of 2011 EB74. Catalogue miss distance 47.5 LD · 1.82 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2060-03-10 to 2060-03-16, 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
2060-03-13 04:38:00 Earth 0.122 AU 47.5 LD 10.5 km/s

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

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