2025 UT2 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.62 AU to 1.41 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 373.4 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 18 November 2025.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.083 AU
- True anomaly
- 238.19°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.193 AU
- As of
- 3 November 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
- 22h 22m 47s
- Declination
- -08° 41′ 46″
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Distance from Earth
- 0.19 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 112.6° — 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
- 1.015 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.3892
- Inclination
- 10.37°
- Orbital period
- 373.4 days
- Perihelion
- 0.62 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.41 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 30.89°
- Argument of periapsis
- 122.84°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 14.5 LD
- 0.0373 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.928
Orbit quality
Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).
- Observations used
- 52
- Data arc
- 18 days
- First observed
- 19 October 2025
- Last observed
- 6 November 2025
- Residual RMS
- 0.33 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 18 November 2025
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 24.94
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 7 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2036-06-11 12:21 UTC close approach of 2025 UT2. Catalogue miss distance 56.4 LD · 2.17 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2036-06-08 to 2036-06-14, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-01 08:32:00 | Earth | 0.1754 AU | 68.3 LD | 8.9 km/s |
| 2027-02-20 10:40:00 | Venus | 0.1114 AU | 43.3 LD | 16.8 km/s |
| 2030-03-16 07:55:00 | Venus | 0.0618 AU | 24.0 LD | 14.3 km/s |
| 2033-04-09 14:35:00 | Venus | 0.0354 AU | 13.8 LD | 12.7 km/s |
| 2036-06-11 12:21:00 | Earth | 0.1448 AU | 56.4 LD | 12.9 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