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2025 MF96

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(2025 MF96)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.871 AU
True anomaly
253.62°
Distance from Earth
0.268 AU
As of
20 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 MF96 — 0.871 AU from the Sun 2025 MF96
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 MF96 is 0.268 AU from Earth today (2.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 44m 22s
Declination
+43° 30′ 05″
Constellation
Canes Venatici
Distance from Earth
0.27 AU
Elongation from the Sun
54.3° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

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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  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

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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
0.898 AU
Eccentricity
0.3563
Inclination
16.77°
Orbital period
310.8 days
Perihelion
0.578 AU
Aphelion
1.218 AU
Longitude of ascending node
266.84°
Argument of periapsis
230.9°
Epoch · J2000
2460857.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 1.2 LD
0.0031 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.538

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 8).

Observations used
15
Data arc
24 hours
First observed
30 June 2025
Last observed
1 July 2025
Residual RMS
0.41 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
1 August 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.96

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 5 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2026-11-17 16:30:00 Venus 0.0871 AU 33.9 LD 18.8 km/s
2084-09-18 20:11:00 Venus 0.0642 AU 25.0 LD 17.3 km/s

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

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