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2025 FD8

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(2025 FD8)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.213 AU
True anomaly
161.45°
Distance from Earth
2.125 AU
As of
19 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 — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2025 FD8 — 1.213 AU from the Sun 2025 FD8
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 FD8 is 2.125 AU from Earth today (17.7 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 56m 51s
Declination
+03° 24′ 07″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
2.13 AU
Elongation from the Sun
17.72° — too close to the Sun to observe

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
0.864 AU
Eccentricity
0.4683
Inclination
17.76°
Orbital period
293.2 days
Perihelion
0.459 AU
Aphelion
1.268 AU
Longitude of ascending node
58°
Argument of periapsis
317.51°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 3.7 LD
0.0096 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.71

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
29
Data arc
28 days
First observed
24 March 2025
Last observed
21 April 2025
Residual RMS
0.43 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
21 April 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
22.41

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 36 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 FD8 at 2042-05-16 04:50 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2042-05-16 04:50 UTC close approach of 2025 FD8. Catalogue miss distance 72.2 LD · 2.77 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2042-05-13 to 2042-05-19, 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 72.2 LD · 2.77 × 10⁷ km 2042-05-16 04:50 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2042-05-16 04:50 UTC close approach of 2025 FD8. Catalogue miss distance 72.2 LD · 2.77 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2042-05-13 to 2042-05-19, 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
2035-03-20 14:06:00 Venus 0.1241 AU 48.3 LD 19.6 km/s
2042-05-16 04:50:00 Earth 0.1855 AU 72.2 LD 20.7 km/s
2046-05-18 09:16:00 Earth 0.1165 AU 45.3 LD 18.7 km/s
2050-05-20 01:06:00 Earth 0.0526 AU 20.5 LD 17 km/s
2053-09-02 04:58:00 Venus 0.1287 AU 50.1 LD 20.2 km/s
2054-05-20 17:38:00 Moon 0.0092 AU 3.6 LD 16.2 km/s
2054-05-20 22:25:00 Earth 0.0103 AU 4.0 LD 15.6 km/s
2058-05-21 03:01:00 Earth 0.057 AU 22.2 LD 14.3 km/s
2062-05-19 22:21:00 Earth 0.1185 AU 46.1 LD 13 km/s
2066-05-16 06:01:00 Earth 0.1807 AU 70.3 LD 12.2 km/s

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

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