2017 EB3 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.88 AU to 1.2 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 387 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.948 AU
- True anomaly
- 297.75°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.93 AU
- As of
- 4 November 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 14h 18m 25s
- Declination
- -13° 58′ 35″
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 1.93 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 5.54° — too close to the Sun to observe
Visible from both hemispheres.
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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
- 1.039 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1525
- Inclination
- 2.84°
- Orbital period
- 387 days
- Perihelion
- 0.881 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.198 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 25.59°
- Argument of periapsis
- 247.63°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 5.1 LD
- 0.0131 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.889
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).
- Observations used
- 63
- Data arc
- 608 days
- First observed
- 6 March 2017
- Last observed
- 4 November 2018
- Residual RMS
- 0.62 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 25
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 85 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2034-03-18 22:51 UTC close approach of 2017 EB3. Catalogue miss distance 99.3 LD · 3.82 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2034-03-15 to 2034-03-21, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2034-03-18 22:51:00 | Earth | 0.2551 AU | 99.3 LD | 12.7 km/s |
| 2035-05-07 10:53:00 | Earth | 0.1047 AU | 40.7 LD | 3.8 km/s |
| 2035-12-18 00:11:00 | Earth | 0.2183 AU | 85.0 LD | 5.2 km/s |
| 2036-09-22 01:49:00 | Earth | 0.0364 AU | 14.2 LD | 4.4 km/s |
| 2037-10-07 11:44:00 | Earth | 0.3345 AU | 130.2 LD | 15 km/s |
| 2052-03-16 03:58:00 | Earth | 0.2885 AU | 112.3 LD | 13.7 km/s |
| 2053-04-15 04:53:00 | Earth | 0.0751 AU | 29.2 LD | 3.4 km/s |
| 2053-12-24 09:21:00 | Earth | 0.2196 AU | 85.5 LD | 5.2 km/s |
| 2054-09-18 01:26:00 | Earth | 0.0795 AU | 30.9 LD | 3 km/s |
| 2055-10-05 15:58:00 | Earth | 0.2879 AU | 112.1 LD | 13.6 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB