2025 DJ53 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.68 AU to 1.36 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 375.2 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 12 October 2026.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.094 AU
- True anomaly
- 121.26°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.139 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
- 11h 35m 30s
- Declination
- +27° 30′ 31″
- Constellation
- Leo
- Distance from Earth
- 1.14 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 61.49° — well clear of the Sun
Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.
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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
- 1.018 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.3323
- Inclination
- 26.89°
- Orbital period
- 375.2 days
- Perihelion
- 0.68 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.356 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 45.58°
- Argument of periapsis
- 300.87°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 25.0 LD
- 0.0642 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.855
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).
- Observations used
- 830
- Data arc
- 835 days
- First observed
- 10 February 2024
- Last observed
- 25 May 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.29 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 12 October 2026
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 18.94
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 34 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2062-05-08 04:21 UTC close approach of 2025 DJ53. Catalogue miss distance 60.9 LD · 2.34 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2062-05-05 to 2062-05-11, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2062-05-08 04:21:00 | Earth | 0.1566 AU | 60.9 LD | 19.4 km/s |
| 2063-05-11 17:13:00 | Earth | 0.0664 AU | 25.8 LD | 16.2 km/s |
| 2064-05-10 19:06:00 | Earth | 0.1805 AU | 70.2 LD | 14.2 km/s |
| 2070-11-20 12:57:00 | Earth | 0.1902 AU | 74.0 LD | 18.3 km/s |
| 2101-05-11 06:59:00 | Earth | 0.0793 AU | 30.9 LD | 17.3 km/s |
| 2102-05-13 00:06:00 | Earth | 0.1201 AU | 46.7 LD | 15 km/s |
| 2109-11-23 12:35:00 | Earth | 0.1918 AU | 74.6 LD | 18.6 km/s |
| 2142-05-11 00:50:00 | Earth | 0.0963 AU | 37.5 LD | 17.8 km/s |
| 2143-05-13 05:20:00 | Earth | 0.0912 AU | 35.5 LD | 15.4 km/s |
| 2151-11-26 02:51:00 | Earth | 0.1958 AU | 76.2 LD | 18.8 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