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2025 XQ2

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(2025 XQ2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.996 AU
True anomaly
124.83°
Distance from Earth
0.781 AU
As of
21 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2025 XQ2 — 0.996 AU from the Sun 2025 XQ2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 XQ2 is 0.781 AU from Earth today (6.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
09h 36m 12s
Declination
+14° 44′ 41″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
0.78 AU
Elongation from the Sun
67.07° — well clear of the Sun

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
0.91 AU
Eccentricity
0.3695
Inclination
3.95°
Orbital period
317 days
Perihelion
0.574 AU
Aphelion
1.246 AU
Longitude of ascending node
259.73°
Argument of periapsis
49.94°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 3.1 LD
0.0079 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.494

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
26
Data arc
3 days
First observed
10 December 2025
Last observed
13 December 2025
Residual RMS
0.35 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
13 December 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.36

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 62 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 XQ2 at 2027-03-09 13:10 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-03-09 13:10 UTC close approach of 2025 XQ2. Catalogue miss distance 75.0 LD · 2.88 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-03-06 to 2027-03-12, 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 75.0 LD · 2.88 × 10⁷ km 2027-03-09 13:10 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-03-09 13:10 UTC close approach of 2025 XQ2. Catalogue miss distance 75.0 LD · 2.88 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-03-06 to 2027-03-12, 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
2027-03-09 13:10:00 Earth 0.1926 AU 75.0 LD 8 km/s
2030-11-07 04:54:00 Venus 0.0384 AU 15.0 LD 13.5 km/s
2034-03-22 11:17:00 Earth 0.1601 AU 62.3 LD 15.7 km/s
2038-12-08 03:03:00 Earth 0.1083 AU 42.2 LD 14.6 km/s
2044-01-19 13:52:00 Venus 0.1377 AU 53.6 LD 18.4 km/s
2045-08-06 18:55:00 Venus 0.1255 AU 48.9 LD 18.6 km/s
2047-03-25 11:49:00 Earth 0.0894 AU 34.8 LD 13.1 km/s
2051-12-11 06:30:00 Earth 0.1925 AU 74.9 LD 17.3 km/s
2058-10-20 04:28:00 Venus 0.0714 AU 27.8 LD 12.7 km/s
2058-12-16 09:58:00 Earth 0.1546 AU 60.2 LD 8.1 km/s

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

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