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2025 FO20

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(2025 FO20)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.016 AU
True anomaly
184.41°
Distance from Earth
2.002 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 FO20 — 1.016 AU from the Sun 2025 FO20
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 FO20 is 2.002 AU from Earth today (16.6 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 16m 38s
Declination
-07° 58′ 51″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
2 AU
Elongation from the Sun
5.95° — 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
0.839 AU
Eccentricity
0.2127
Inclination
5.97°
Orbital period
280.6 days
Perihelion
0.66 AU
Aphelion
1.017 AU
Longitude of ascending node
16.91°
Argument of periapsis
353.28°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 5.0 LD
0.0129 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.984

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
31
Data arc
10 days
First observed
31 March 2025
Last observed
10 April 2025
Residual RMS
0.35 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
10 April 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.63

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 24 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 FO20 at 2035-04-19 06:26 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2035-04-19 06:26 UTC close approach of 2025 FO20. Catalogue miss distance 13.0 LD · 4.98 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2035-04-16 to 2035-04-22, 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 13.0 LD · 4.98 × 10⁶ km 2035-04-19 06:26 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2035-04-19 06:26 UTC close approach of 2025 FO20. Catalogue miss distance 13.0 LD · 4.98 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2035-04-16 to 2035-04-22, 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
2035-04-19 06:26:00 Earth 0.0333 AU 13.0 LD 5.5 km/s
2048-03-04 14:01:00 Earth 0.0841 AU 32.7 LD 6.2 km/s
2050-04-11 21:08:00 Venus 0.127 AU 49.4 LD 11.9 km/s
2053-05-07 11:50:00 Venus 0.099 AU 38.5 LD 10.2 km/s
2056-06-02 10:47:00 Venus 0.0826 AU 32.2 LD 9.1 km/s
2059-06-30 09:10:00 Venus 0.0827 AU 32.2 LD 9 km/s
2062-07-29 19:01:00 Venus 0.1037 AU 40.4 LD 10.4 km/s
2065-08-28 12:51:00 Venus 0.1384 AU 53.8 LD 12.5 km/s
2068-03-06 10:49:00 Earth 0.0692 AU 26.9 LD 5.7 km/s
2075-04-26 14:19:00 Earth 0.1684 AU 65.5 LD 9.7 km/s

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

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