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2016 ED156

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(2016 ED156)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.551 AU
True anomaly
312.29°
Distance from Earth
0.75 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.

Sun Earth — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2016 ED156 — 0.551 AU from the Sun 2016 ED156
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2016 ED156 is 0.75 AU from Earth today (6.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
15h 55m 07s
Declination
-19° 04′ 12″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
0.74 AU
Elongation from the Sun
32.83° — 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
0.889 AU
Eccentricity
0.4419
Inclination
7.21°
Orbital period
306 days
Perihelion
0.496 AU
Aphelion
1.281 AU
Longitude of ascending node
327.2°
Argument of periapsis
59.88°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 7.1 LD
0.0183 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.591

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).

Observations used
47
Data arc
6.21 years
First observed
12 March 2016
Last observed
28 May 2022
Residual RMS
0.4 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
28 May 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
23.56

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 240 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2016 ED156 at 2026-11-13 05:59 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-11-13 05:59 UTC close approach of 2016 ED156. Catalogue miss distance 189.9 LD · 7.3 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-11-10 to 2026-11-16, 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 189.9 LD · 7.3 × 10⁷ km 2026-11-13 05:59 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-11-13 05:59 UTC close approach of 2016 ED156. Catalogue miss distance 189.9 LD · 7.3 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-11-10 to 2026-11-16, 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
2026-11-13 05:59:00 Earth 0.4879 AU 189.9 LD 19.3 km/s
2027-05-09 22:58:00 Earth 0.2762 AU 107.5 LD 9.6 km/s
2027-07-26 08:12:00 Earth 0.3486 AU 135.7 LD 9.1 km/s
2031-03-10 11:28:00 Earth 0.393 AU 153.0 LD 25.3 km/s
2031-11-30 07:58:00 Earth 0.4575 AU 178.0 LD 16.7 km/s
2032-04-20 06:25:00 Earth 0.3033 AU 118.0 LD 10.1 km/s
2032-08-19 18:24:00 Earth 0.4206 AU 163.7 LD 14.2 km/s
2033-05-20 11:45:00 Earth 0.4906 AU 190.9 LD 27.8 km/s
2036-12-19 12:06:00 Earth 0.4049 AU 157.6 LD 12.5 km/s
2037-04-02 21:04:00 Earth 0.2883 AU 112.2 LD 10.1 km/s

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

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