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2025 DP22

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(2025 DP22)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.138 AU
True anomaly
164.55°
Distance from Earth
1.759 AU
As of
21 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2025 DP22 — 1.138 AU from the Sun 2025 DP22
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 DP22 is 1.759 AU from Earth today (14.6 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 36m 19s
Declination
+07° 52′ 03″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.76 AU
Elongation from the Sun
37.17° — 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
0.908 AU
Eccentricity
0.2704
Inclination
12.75°
Orbital period
316 days
Perihelion
0.662 AU
Aphelion
1.153 AU
Longitude of ascending node
355.28°
Argument of periapsis
338.95°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 37.5 LD
0.0963 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.516

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
55
Data arc
39 days
First observed
21 February 2025
Last observed
1 April 2025
Residual RMS
0.55 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
3 April 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
23.53

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 68 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 DP22 at 2038-04-02 07:09 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2038-04-02 07:09 UTC close approach of 2025 DP22. Catalogue miss distance 37.8 LD · 1.45 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2038-03-30 to 2038-04-05, 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 37.8 LD · 1.45 × 10⁷ km 2038-04-02 07:09 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2038-04-02 07:09 UTC close approach of 2025 DP22. Catalogue miss distance 37.8 LD · 1.45 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2038-03-30 to 2038-04-05, 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
2031-08-04 18:58:00 Venus 0.1059 AU 41.2 LD 11 km/s
2035-12-15 02:11:00 Venus 0.0647 AU 25.2 LD 10.6 km/s
2038-04-02 07:09:00 Earth 0.0972 AU 37.8 LD 9.1 km/s
2040-04-23 14:01:00 Venus 0.0966 AU 37.6 LD 11.6 km/s
2044-02-20 19:08:00 Earth 0.1966 AU 76.5 LD 8.5 km/s
2051-04-08 15:06:00 Earth 0.1513 AU 58.9 LD 12.1 km/s
2057-03-12 19:49:00 Earth 0.1558 AU 60.6 LD 8.5 km/s
2059-04-02 18:33:00 Venus 0.134 AU 52.1 LD 11.8 km/s
2063-08-13 08:09:00 Venus 0.0755 AU 29.4 LD 10.6 km/s
2067-12-22 12:17:00 Venus 0.0735 AU 28.6 LD 10.9 km/s

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

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