2007 EB26
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by |
Mt. Lemmon Survey (G96) 1.5-m reflector |
| Discovery date | 2007-03-10 |
| Designations | |
|
Apohele asteroid, Mercury crosser, Venus crosser |
|
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 11 March 2007 (JD 2454170.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 9 | |
| Aphelion | 0.97948 AU (146.528 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 0.11573 AU (17.313 Gm) |
| 0.54760 AU (81.920 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.78867 |
| 0.41 yr (148.0 d) | |
| 237.91° | |
| 2.4322°/day | |
| Inclination | 8.4867° |
| 63.220° | |
| 236.71° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.113242 AU (16.9408 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 4.25709 AU (636.852 Gm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | ~700 meters |
| 19.6 | |
2007 EB26 is one of the closest orbiting objects to the Sun. It has the second-smallest semi-major axis (0.55 AU) of any known object orbiting the Sun, after Mercury. It is classified as an Apohele asteroid and does not cross Earth's orbit. It approaches within 0.116 AU (17,400,000 km; 10,800,000 mi) of the Sun approximately every 148 days, before leaving for a distance of 0.979 AU. Only thirteen known asteroids have perihelia smaller than 2007 EB26.
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