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2025 VO

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(2025 VO)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.981 AU
True anomaly
213.49°
Distance from Earth
1.202 AU
As of
19 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 VO — 0.981 AU from the Sun 2025 VO
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 VO is 1.202 AU from Earth today (10.0 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 56m 48s
Declination
+23° 41′ 19″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.2 AU
Elongation from the Sun
52.02° — 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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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
0.83 AU
Eccentricity
0.2463
Inclination
22.54°
Orbital period
276.2 days
Perihelion
0.626 AU
Aphelion
1.035 AU
Longitude of ascending node
43.05°
Argument of periapsis
205.79°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 3.6 LD
0.0093 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.983

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
16
Data arc
24 hours
First observed
7 November 2025
Last observed
8 November 2025
Residual RMS
0.4 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
9 November 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.23

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 31 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 VO at 2028-11-04 19:35 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-11-04 19:35 UTC close approach of 2025 VO. Catalogue miss distance 57.5 LD · 2.21 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-11-01 to 2028-11-07, 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 57.5 LD · 2.21 × 10⁷ km 2028-11-04 19:35 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-11-04 19:35 UTC close approach of 2025 VO. Catalogue miss distance 57.5 LD · 2.21 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-11-01 to 2028-11-07, 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
2028-11-04 19:35:00 Earth 0.1478 AU 57.5 LD 14.8 km/s
2030-10-17 22:19:00 Venus 0.0936 AU 36.4 LD 15.8 km/s
2040-08-16 10:15:00 Venus 0.133 AU 51.8 LD 17.2 km/s
2050-11-12 11:04:00 Earth 0.1891 AU 73.6 LD 11.9 km/s
2053-11-06 07:35:00 Earth 0.0592 AU 23.1 LD 11.8 km/s
2056-11-04 10:42:00 Earth 0.0722 AU 28.1 LD 13.3 km/s
2057-04-15 06:14:00 Venus 0.1032 AU 40.2 LD 14.4 km/s
2067-02-10 07:03:00 Venus 0.0753 AU 29.3 LD 14.7 km/s
2076-12-08 21:05:00 Venus 0.0848 AU 33.0 LD 15.5 km/s
2081-11-09 05:39:00 Earth 0.1358 AU 52.9 LD 11.7 km/s

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

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