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2025 DU

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(2025 DU)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.512 AU
True anomaly
1.19°
Distance from Earth
1.018 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 2025 DU — 0.512 AU from the Sun 2025 DU
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 DU is 1.018 AU from Earth today (8.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
15h 22m 51s
Declination
-19° 44′ 46″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
1.01 AU
Elongation from the Sun
29.6° — 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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  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
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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
0.788 AU
Eccentricity
0.3495
Inclination
5.57°
Orbital period
255.3 days
Perihelion
0.512 AU
Aphelion
1.063 AU
Longitude of ascending node
331.36°
Argument of periapsis
333.18°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 2.2 LD
0.0058 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.332

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
51
Data arc
3 days
First observed
19 February 2025
Last observed
22 February 2025
Residual RMS
0.51 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
23 February 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
27.88

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 97 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 DU at 2032-02-26 02:25 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-02-26 02:25 UTC close approach of 2025 DU. Catalogue miss distance 16.8 LD · 6.46 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-02-23 to 2032-02-29, 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 south of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 29 Feb 16.8 LD · 6.46 × 10⁶ km 2032-02-26 02:25 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-02-26 02:25 UTC close approach of 2025 DU. Catalogue miss distance 16.8 LD · 6.46 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-02-23 to 2032-02-29, 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 south 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
2026-10-07 16:47:00 Mercury 0.0898 AU 34.9 LD 10.5 km/s
2026-10-07 16:47:00 Merc 0.0898 AU 34.9 LD 10.5 km/s
2030-03-06 06:46:00 Venus 0.1404 AU 54.6 LD 17.9 km/s
2032-02-26 02:25:00 Earth 0.0432 AU 16.8 LD 10.1 km/s
2033-12-24 15:18:00 Earth 0.1956 AU 76.1 LD 14.2 km/s
2036-09-05 13:02:00 Venus 0.1018 AU 39.6 LD 15 km/s
2039-02-25 22:21:00 Earth 0.1336 AU 52.0 LD 13 km/s
2040-08-26 06:34:00 Venus 0.0971 AU 37.8 LD 11 km/s
2040-12-23 09:05:00 Earth 0.1187 AU 46.2 LD 11.1 km/s
2047-12-27 20:57:00 Earth 0.0804 AU 31.3 LD 8.5 km/s

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

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