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2025 VV2

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(2025 VV2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.581 AU
True anomaly
276.64°
Distance from Earth
1.455 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 VV2 — 0.581 AU from the Sun 2025 VV2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 VV2 is 1.455 AU from Earth today (12.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 28m 06s
Declination
-00° 16′ 46″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.45 AU
Elongation from the Sun
17.04° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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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
0.736 AU
Eccentricity
0.4163
Inclination
7.55°
Orbital period
230.8 days
Perihelion
0.43 AU
Aphelion
1.043 AU
Longitude of ascending node
33.67°
Argument of periapsis
205.86°
Epoch · J2000
2460990.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 3.3 LD
0.0086 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.745

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 8).

Observations used
30
Data arc
13 days
First observed
31 October 2025
Last observed
13 November 2025
Residual RMS
0.41 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
13 November 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.43

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 117 on record

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2029-06-01 03:27:00 Merc 0.0316 AU 12.3 LD 20.6 km/s
2029-06-01 03:27:00 Mercury 0.0316 AU 12.3 LD 20.6 km/s
2031-04-06 15:02:00 Mercury 0.085 AU 33.1 LD 26.2 km/s
2031-04-06 15:02:00 Merc 0.085 AU 33.1 LD 26.2 km/s
2034-12-20 16:38:00 Venus 0.109 AU 42.4 LD 19.7 km/s
2035-08-06 15:50:00 Venus 0.0674 AU 26.2 LD 13.8 km/s
2040-11-23 23:53:00 Venus 0.1207 AU 47.0 LD 10.3 km/s
2041-05-19 08:23:00 Mercury 0.0626 AU 24.4 LD 23.6 km/s
2041-05-19 08:23:00 Merc 0.0626 AU 24.4 LD 23.6 km/s
2041-07-06 20:54:00 Venus 0.0205 AU 8.0 LD 15.7 km/s

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

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