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2025 DM7

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(2025 DM7)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.707 AU
True anomaly
280.18°
Distance from Earth
1.604 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 DM7 — 0.707 AU from the Sun 2025 DM7
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 DM7 is 1.604 AU from Earth today (13.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 26m 10s
Declination
-18° 13′ 50″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
1.6 AU
Elongation from the Sun
16.55° — too close to the Sun to observe

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

From your location

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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
0.8 AU
Eccentricity
0.2713
Inclination
8.21°
Orbital period
261.1 days
Perihelion
0.583 AU
Aphelion
1.016 AU
Longitude of ascending node
342.52°
Argument of periapsis
340.01°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.8 LD
0.0021 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.255

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
38
Data arc
7 days
First observed
24 February 2025
Last observed
3 March 2025
Residual RMS
0.39 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
4 October 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
27.1

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 42 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 DM7 at 2030-03-01 01:25 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-03-01 01:25 UTC close approach of 2025 DM7. Catalogue miss distance 6.57 LD · 2.52 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-02-26 to 2030-03-04, 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 4 Mar 6.57 LD · 2.52 × 10⁶ km 2030-03-01 01:25 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-03-01 01:25 UTC close approach of 2025 DM7. Catalogue miss distance 6.57 LD · 2.52 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-02-26 to 2030-03-04, 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
2029-09-12 16:35:00 Venus 0.1313 AU 51.1 LD 9.6 km/s
2030-03-01 01:25:00 Earth 0.0169 AU 6.6 LD 6.6 km/s
2033-12-20 09:59:00 Venus 0.1183 AU 46.0 LD 8.8 km/s
2035-02-09 04:02:00 Earth 0.0731 AU 28.5 LD 6.3 km/s
2038-04-03 13:07:00 Venus 0.113 AU 44.0 LD 9.3 km/s
2040-01-20 09:09:00 Earth 0.1244 AU 48.4 LD 7.9 km/s
2042-07-20 20:32:00 Venus 0.1147 AU 44.7 LD 10.5 km/s
2046-11-07 15:26:00 Venus 0.1213 AU 47.2 LD 11.6 km/s
2051-02-25 21:22:00 Venus 0.1316 AU 51.2 LD 12.7 km/s
2055-06-16 06:10:00 Venus 0.1461 AU 56.9 LD 13.9 km/s

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

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