Discovery date 2007-03-10 Eccentricity 0.78867 Inclination 8.4867° Mean anomaly 237.91° Asteroid group Apohele asteroid | Semi-major axis 0.54760 AU (81.920 Gm) Discovered 10 March 2007 Argument of perihelion 236.71° Absolute magnitude 19.6 Discoverer Mount Lemmon Survey | |
Discovered by Mt. Lemmon Survey (G96)
1.5-m reflector Minor planet category Apohele asteroid,
Mercury crosser,
Venus crosser Aphelion 0.97948 AU (146.528 Gm) | ||
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.
References
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