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2025 FN18

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(2025 FN18)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.112 AU
True anomaly
151.82°
Distance from Earth
2.098 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 FN18 — 1.112 AU from the Sun 2025 FN18
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 FN18 is 2.098 AU from Earth today (17.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 21m 42s
Declination
-06° 27′ 39″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
2.1 AU
Elongation from the Sun
5.67° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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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
0.834 AU
Eccentricity
0.475
Inclination
5.49°
Orbital period
278.4 days
Perihelion
0.438 AU
Aphelion
1.231 AU
Longitude of ascending node
153.51°
Argument of periapsis
251.16°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 17.6 LD
0.0452 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.937

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
22
Data arc
2 days
First observed
30 March 2025
Last observed
1 April 2025
Residual RMS
0.42 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
1 April 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.87

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 62 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 FN18 at 2032-06-17 02:03 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-06-17 02:03 UTC close approach of 2025 FN18. Catalogue miss distance 35.0 LD · 1.35 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-06-14 to 2032-06-20, 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 north of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 15 Jun 19 Jun 35.0 LD · 1.35 × 10⁷ km 2032-06-17 02:03 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-06-17 02:03 UTC close approach of 2025 FN18. Catalogue miss distance 35.0 LD · 1.35 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-06-14 to 2032-06-20, 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 north 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
2032-06-17 02:03:00 Earth 0.09 AU 35.0 LD 12.9 km/s
2037-02-15 13:00:00 Venus 0.0927 AU 36.1 LD 14.3 km/s
2038-02-01 22:22:00 Venus 0.0634 AU 24.7 LD 19.5 km/s
2040-03-06 21:29:00 Venus 0.1396 AU 54.3 LD 23.3 km/s
2041-03-22 05:42:00 Earth 0.0511 AU 19.9 LD 13.8 km/s
2048-06-15 22:06:00 Earth 0.1158 AU 45.1 LD 11 km/s
2056-03-11 17:16:00 Venus 0.0742 AU 28.9 LD 15.8 km/s
2057-02-26 14:34:00 Venus 0.0492 AU 19.1 LD 18.1 km/s
2057-03-24 13:34:00 Earth 0.1293 AU 50.3 LD 16.8 km/s
2061-06-15 13:37:00 Earth 0.1378 AU 53.6 LD 16.2 km/s

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

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