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2025 RE3

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(2025 RE3)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.139 AU
True anomaly
192.7°
Distance from Earth
0.277 AU
As of
22 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2025 RE3 — 1.139 AU from the Sun 2025 RE3
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 RE3 is 0.277 AU from Earth today (2.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
05h 30m 13s
Declination
+64° 43′ 17″
Constellation
Camelopardalis
Distance from Earth
0.28 AU
Elongation from the Sun
114.76° — well clear of the Sun

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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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
0.948 AU
Eccentricity
0.2092
Inclination
11.88°
Orbital period
337.2 days
Perihelion
0.75 AU
Aphelion
1.146 AU
Longitude of ascending node
347.91°
Argument of periapsis
218.25°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 22.1 LD
0.0568 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.306

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
14
Data arc
11 days
First observed
14 September 2025
Last observed
25 September 2025
Residual RMS
0.26 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
25 September 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.04

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 34 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 RE3 at 2027-01-27 08:08 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-01-27 08:08 UTC close approach of 2025 RE3. Catalogue miss distance 65.6 LD · 2.52 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-01-24 to 2027-01-30, 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 65.6 LD · 2.52 × 10⁷ km 2027-01-27 08:08 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-01-27 08:08 UTC close approach of 2025 RE3. Catalogue miss distance 65.6 LD · 2.52 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-01-24 to 2027-01-30, 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
2027-01-27 08:08:00 Earth 0.1685 AU 65.6 LD 8.5 km/s
2037-09-02 20:22:00 Earth 0.0709 AU 27.6 LD 7.6 km/s
2039-01-25 14:32:00 Earth 0.1689 AU 65.7 LD 8.6 km/s
2049-09-04 21:35:00 Earth 0.0831 AU 32.3 LD 7.4 km/s
2051-01-21 10:29:00 Earth 0.171 AU 66.5 LD 8.7 km/s
2061-09-09 23:08:00 Earth 0.1091 AU 42.5 LD 7.2 km/s
2096-08-29 00:44:00 Earth 0.1894 AU 73.7 LD 12.6 km/s
2097-10-07 23:27:00 Earth 0.1989 AU 77.4 LD 7.1 km/s
2108-08-29 11:38:00 Earth 0.1602 AU 62.4 LD 11.8 km/s
2120-08-29 10:05:00 Earth 0.1575 AU 61.3 LD 11.7 km/s

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

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