2025 DG25 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.85 AU to 1.18 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 372.2 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 21 March 2025.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.89 AU
- True anomaly
- 310.2°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.648 AU
- As of
- 3 November 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 18h 57m 21s
- Declination
- -22° 25′ 36″
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Distance from Earth
- 0.65 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 61.58° — well clear of the Sun
Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.
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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
- 1.013 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1652
- Inclination
- 5.49°
- Orbital period
- 372.2 days
- Perihelion
- 0.845 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.18 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 359.24°
- Argument of periapsis
- 52.1°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 20.1 LD
- 0.0516 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.004
Orbit quality
Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).
- Observations used
- 36
- Data arc
- 23 days
- First observed
- 26 February 2025
- Last observed
- 21 March 2025
- Residual RMS
- 0.36 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 21 March 2025
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 26.33
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 25 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2070-07-30 22:20 UTC close approach of 2025 DG25. Catalogue miss distance 75.0 LD · 2.88 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2070-07-27 to 2070-08-02, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2045-04-26 08:33:00 | Venus | 0.1488 AU | 57.9 LD | 0.4 km/s |
| 2070-07-30 22:20:00 | Earth | 0.1928 AU | 75.0 LD | 10.2 km/s |
| 2071-08-08 11:11:00 | Earth | 0.0917 AU | 35.7 LD | 6.9 km/s |
| 2077-02-24 14:58:00 | Earth | 0.0684 AU | 26.6 LD | 4.4 km/s |
| 2078-02-18 19:41:00 | Earth | 0.0825 AU | 32.1 LD | 7 km/s |
| 2079-02-22 06:47:00 | Earth | 0.193 AU | 75.1 LD | 10.5 km/s |
| 2123-08-06 04:18:00 | Earth | 0.1245 AU | 48.5 LD | 8 km/s |
| 2130-02-20 04:20:00 | Earth | 0.0524 AU | 20.4 LD | 5.6 km/s |
| 2131-02-21 13:41:00 | Earth | 0.1417 AU | 55.1 LD | 8.9 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB