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2024 EB3

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(2024 EB3)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.582 AU
True anomaly
295.91°
Distance from Earth
0.898 AU
As of
16 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 — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2024 EB3 — 0.582 AU from the Sun 2024 EB3
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2024 EB3 is 0.898 AU from Earth today (7.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
15h 51m 19s
Declination
-09° 13′ 48″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
0.89 AU
Elongation from the Sun
35.09° — 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
0.806 AU
Eccentricity
0.3922
Inclination
33.04°
Orbital period
264.4 days
Perihelion
0.49 AU
Aphelion
1.122 AU
Longitude of ascending node
170.35°
Argument of periapsis
210.97°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 11.8 LD
0.0303 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.061

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
107
Data arc
4 days
First observed
10 March 2024
Last observed
14 March 2024
Residual RMS
0.39 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 March 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.54

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 71 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2024 EB3 at 2027-03-31 20:44 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-03-31 20:44 UTC close approach of 2024 EB3. Catalogue miss distance 182.3 LD · 7.01 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-03-28 to 2027-04-03, 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. At closest approach the object is north of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 182.3 LD · 7.01 × 10⁷ km 2027-03-31 20:44 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-03-31 20:44 UTC close approach of 2024 EB3. Catalogue miss distance 182.3 LD · 7.01 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-03-28 to 2027-04-03, 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. At closest approach the object is north of the ecliptic. 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
2027-03-31 20:44:00 Earth 0.4683 AU 182.3 LD 18.3 km/s
2029-03-17 03:47:00 Earth 0.354 AU 137.7 LD 25.6 km/s
2029-09-19 00:26:00 Earth 0.4996 AU 194.4 LD 28.6 km/s
2032-03-12 18:54:00 Earth 0.1981 AU 77.1 LD 16.5 km/s
2037-03-11 12:14:00 Earth 0.1499 AU 58.3 LD 20.5 km/s
2037-08-31 00:21:00 Earth 0.4841 AU 188.4 LD 27.5 km/s
2040-03-21 17:28:00 Earth 0.358 AU 139.3 LD 17.1 km/s
2045-03-09 23:01:00 Earth 0.0579 AU 22.5 LD 17.3 km/s
2045-08-11 14:27:00 Earth 0.4912 AU 191.2 LD 25.6 km/s
2048-04-02 22:51:00 Earth 0.4969 AU 193.4 LD 18.7 km/s

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

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