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2025 DJ25

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(2025 DJ25)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.012 AU
True anomaly
149.03°
Distance from Earth
1.409 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 DJ25 — 1.012 AU from the Sun 2025 DJ25
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 DJ25 is 1.409 AU from Earth today (11.7 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 48m 44s
Declination
+00° 46′ 40″
Constellation
Sextans
Distance from Earth
1.41 AU
Elongation from the Sun
45.95° — 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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  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
0.922 AU
Eccentricity
0.1184
Inclination
13.98°
Orbital period
323.5 days
Perihelion
0.813 AU
Aphelion
1.032 AU
Longitude of ascending node
156.14°
Argument of periapsis
171.49°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 15.5 LD
0.0399 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.453

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
21
Data arc
6 days
First observed
27 February 2025
Last observed
5 March 2025
Residual RMS
0.72 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
6 March 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.59

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 42 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 DJ25 at 2032-09-12 02:50 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-09-12 02:50 UTC close approach of 2025 DJ25. Catalogue miss distance 75.5 LD · 2.9 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-09-09 to 2032-09-15, 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. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 75.5 LD · 2.9 × 10⁷ km 2032-09-12 02:50 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-09-12 02:50 UTC close approach of 2025 DJ25. Catalogue miss distance 75.5 LD · 2.9 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-09-09 to 2032-09-15, 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. 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
2032-09-12 02:50:00 Earth 0.1939 AU 75.5 LD 9.4 km/s
2033-03-07 17:07:00 Earth 0.1451 AU 56.5 LD 9.2 km/s
2035-05-07 10:01:00 Venus 0.0911 AU 35.4 LD 8.4 km/s
2048-02-11 09:24:00 Earth 0.1545 AU 60.1 LD 8.3 km/s
2056-02-25 21:55:00 Earth 0.0418 AU 16.3 LD 7.5 km/s
2057-06-30 15:27:00 Venus 0.0932 AU 36.3 LD 8.4 km/s
2064-03-06 13:41:00 Earth 0.128 AU 49.8 LD 8.9 km/s
2123-12-07 01:02:00 Venus 0.1038 AU 40.4 LD 8.7 km/s
2126-02-28 09:42:00 Earth 0.0421 AU 16.4 LD 7.6 km/s
2131-12-13 14:39:00 Venus 0.1329 AU 51.7 LD 8.4 km/s

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

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