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2025 SO1

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(2025 SO1)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.908 AU
True anomaly
133.91°
Distance from Earth
1.502 AU
As of
16 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 — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2025 SO1 — 0.908 AU from the Sun 2025 SO1
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 SO1 is 1.502 AU from Earth today (12.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
15h 47m 02s
Declination
-23° 13′ 27″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
1.51 AU
Elongation from the Sun
35.99° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

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.
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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
0.787 AU
Eccentricity
0.4753
Inclination
5.61°
Orbital period
254.8 days
Perihelion
0.413 AU
Aphelion
1.161 AU
Longitude of ascending node
350.81°
Argument of periapsis
154.5°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 5.6 LD
0.0143 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.296

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
109
Data arc
3 days
First observed
17 September 2025
Last observed
20 September 2025
Residual RMS
0.28 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
21 September 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.43

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 121 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 SO1 at 2027-07-18 00:36 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-07-18 00:36 UTC close approach of 2025 SO1. Catalogue miss distance 33.7 LD · 1.29 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-07-15 to 2027-07-21, 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 16 Jul 20 Jul 33.7 LD · 1.29 × 10⁷ km 2027-07-18 00:36 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-07-18 00:36 UTC close approach of 2025 SO1. Catalogue miss distance 33.7 LD · 1.29 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-07-15 to 2027-07-21, 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
2027-07-18 00:36:00 Earth 0.0865 AU 33.7 LD 11.1 km/s
2032-09-21 20:42:00 Earth 0.1026 AU 39.9 LD 15 km/s
2032-12-04 07:16:00 Mercury 0.0779 AU 30.3 LD 8.9 km/s
2032-12-04 07:16:00 Merc 0.0779 AU 30.3 LD 8.9 km/s
2034-03-15 01:14:00 Venus 0.0839 AU 32.7 LD 18.6 km/s
2034-07-31 17:27:00 Earth 0.1354 AU 52.7 LD 9.6 km/s
2035-10-21 21:54:00 Venus 0.079 AU 30.7 LD 15.6 km/s
2041-08-22 10:49:00 Earth 0.1531 AU 59.6 LD 9.7 km/s
2044-08-29 16:19:00 Venus 0.0789 AU 30.7 LD 17.6 km/s
2046-03-05 16:28:00 Mercury 0.0652 AU 25.4 LD 6.8 km/s

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

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