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2025 VX

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(2025 VX)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.769 AU
True anomaly
280.05°
Distance from Earth
1.15 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 VX — 0.769 AU from the Sun 2025 VX
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 VX is 1.15 AU from Earth today (9.6 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 11m 40s
Declination
+06° 41′ 22″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.15 AU
Elongation from the Sun
40.92° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

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
0.859 AU
Eccentricity
0.2549
Inclination
2.53°
Orbital period
291 days
Perihelion
0.64 AU
Aphelion
1.078 AU
Longitude of ascending node
52.3°
Argument of periapsis
134.23°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 1.0 LD
0.0026 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.84

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
31
First observed
9 November 2025
Last observed
9 November 2025
Residual RMS
0.38 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
18 December 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
27.01

Discovery & classification

Listed by JPL impact monitoring; see the Sentry table for current probabilities.

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 23 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 VX at 2029-11-12 18:02 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-11-12 18:02 UTC close approach of 2025 VX. Catalogue miss distance 43.1 LD · 1.66 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-11-09 to 2029-11-15, 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. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 43.1 LD · 1.66 × 10⁷ km 2029-11-12 18:02 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-11-12 18:02 UTC close approach of 2025 VX. Catalogue miss distance 43.1 LD · 1.66 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-11-09 to 2029-11-15, 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. 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
2027-10-19 12:27:00 Venus 0.0208 AU 8.1 LD 7 km/s
2029-11-12 18:02:00 Earth 0.1108 AU 43.1 LD 9.7 km/s
2035-07-29 05:55:00 Venus 0.0445 AU 17.3 LD 10 km/s
2041-03-16 03:54:00 Venus 0.0797 AU 31.0 LD 6.5 km/s
2044-08-22 15:48:00 Earth 0.1694 AU 65.9 LD 11.3 km/s
2046-11-15 19:49:00 Venus 0.0148 AU 5.7 LD 7.6 km/s
2048-08-23 14:51:00 Earth 0.0428 AU 16.7 LD 6.2 km/s
2054-08-21 22:01:00 Venus 0.0792 AU 30.8 LD 11.6 km/s
2056-11-11 16:59:00 Earth 0.0184 AU 7.2 LD 6.8 km/s

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

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