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2025 FP6

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(2025 FP6)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.208 AU
True anomaly
158.93°
Distance from Earth
1.432 AU
As of
23 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 FP6 — 1.208 AU from the Sun 2025 FP6
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 FP6 is 1.432 AU from Earth today (11.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 14m 28s
Declination
+00° 39′ 31″
Constellation
Sextans
Distance from Earth
1.43 AU
Elongation from the Sun
56.54° — 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
0.964 AU
Eccentricity
0.2872
Inclination
11.92°
Orbital period
345.5 days
Perihelion
0.687 AU
Aphelion
1.24 AU
Longitude of ascending node
182.74°
Argument of periapsis
128.6°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 17.3 LD
0.0444 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.206

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
37
Data arc
5 days
First observed
23 March 2025
Last observed
28 March 2025
Residual RMS
0.42 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
29 March 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.7

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 57 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 FP6 at 2039-10-26 11:52 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2039-10-26 11:52 UTC close approach of 2025 FP6. Catalogue miss distance 71.5 LD · 2.75 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2039-10-23 to 2039-10-29, 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 71.5 LD · 2.75 × 10⁷ km 2039-10-26 11:52 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2039-10-26 11:52 UTC close approach of 2025 FP6. Catalogue miss distance 71.5 LD · 2.75 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2039-10-23 to 2039-10-29, 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
2035-10-14 21:34:00 Venus 0.1468 AU 57.1 LD 9.9 km/s
2039-10-26 11:52:00 Earth 0.1837 AU 71.5 LD 9.3 km/s
2042-03-20 03:02:00 Earth 0.1835 AU 71.4 LD 8.1 km/s
2043-04-01 08:15:00 Earth 0.133 AU 51.7 LD 13.9 km/s
2048-02-03 00:35:00 Venus 0.1499 AU 58.3 LD 11.4 km/s
2050-02-27 23:36:00 Venus 0.1184 AU 46.1 LD 15.4 km/s
2056-11-15 16:53:00 Earth 0.1725 AU 67.1 LD 12.1 km/s
2060-04-02 03:19:00 Earth 0.0608 AU 23.7 LD 9.7 km/s
2062-06-17 14:46:00 Venus 0.0879 AU 34.2 LD 14 km/s
2074-10-07 11:09:00 Venus 0.1069 AU 41.6 LD 14.9 km/s

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

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