2025 FJ22 is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.87 AU to 1.08 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 352.5 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 26 April 2025.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.891 AU
- True anomaly
- 38.23°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.499 AU
- As of
- 24 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 09h 52m 53s
- Declination
- +05° 30′ 51″
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Distance from Earth
- 0.5 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 63.45° — well clear of the Sun
Visible from both hemispheres.
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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
- 0.977 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1066
- Inclination
- 5.74°
- Orbital period
- 352.5 days
- Perihelion
- 0.872 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.081 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 199.23°
- Argument of periapsis
- 183.87°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 30.1 LD
- 0.0773 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.186
Orbit quality
Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).
- Observations used
- 24
- Data arc
- 33 days
- First observed
- 24 March 2025
- Last observed
- 26 April 2025
- Residual RMS
- 0.5 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 26 April 2025
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 25.65
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 57 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2051-01-31 15:04 UTC close approach of 2025 FJ22. Catalogue miss distance 46.3 LD · 1.78 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2051-01-28 to 2051-02-03, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2035-06-05 11:53:00 | Venus | 0.1497 AU | 58.3 LD | 5 km/s |
| 2051-01-31 15:04:00 | Earth | 0.119 AU | 46.3 LD | 5.3 km/s |
| 2051-11-09 22:03:00 | Earth | 0.1192 AU | 46.4 LD | 4.5 km/s |
| 2052-04-04 05:34:00 | Earth | 0.0796 AU | 31.0 LD | 3.9 km/s |
| 2052-09-07 09:18:00 | Earth | 0.1277 AU | 49.7 LD | 4.4 km/s |
| 2053-06-04 14:25:00 | Earth | 0.1048 AU | 40.8 LD | 4.9 km/s |
| 2078-01-30 22:09:00 | Earth | 0.1386 AU | 54.0 LD | 6.1 km/s |
| 2078-11-18 09:20:00 | Earth | 0.1174 AU | 45.7 LD | 4.2 km/s |
| 2079-03-27 21:04:00 | Earth | 0.0804 AU | 31.3 LD | 3.9 km/s |
| 2079-09-15 20:43:00 | Earth | 0.1278 AU | 49.7 LD | 4.6 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