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2025 YU5

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(2025 YU5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.993 AU
True anomaly
217.93°
Distance from Earth
1.178 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 YU5 — 0.993 AU from the Sun 2025 YU5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 YU5 is 1.178 AU from Earth today (9.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 21m 47s
Declination
+09° 51′ 58″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.18 AU
Elongation from the Sun
53.53° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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
0.861 AU
Eccentricity
0.224
Inclination
11.03°
Orbital period
291.6 days
Perihelion
0.668 AU
Aphelion
1.053 AU
Longitude of ascending node
277.77°
Argument of periapsis
323.32°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 3.7 LD
0.0096 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.824

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
29
Data arc
4 days
First observed
25 December 2025
Last observed
29 December 2025
Residual RMS
0.44 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
30 December 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
27.08

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 29 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 YU5 at 2030-01-01 23:36 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-01-01 23:36 UTC close approach of 2025 YU5. Catalogue miss distance 14.4 LD · 5.52 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-12-29 to 2030-01-04, 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 14.4 LD · 5.52 × 10⁶ km 2030-01-01 23:36 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-01-01 23:36 UTC close approach of 2025 YU5. Catalogue miss distance 14.4 LD · 5.52 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-12-29 to 2030-01-04, 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
2030-01-01 23:36:00 Earth 0.0369 AU 14.4 LD 8.6 km/s
2030-04-29 23:07:00 Venus 0.0695 AU 27.1 LD 12.1 km/s
2034-01-02 13:30:00 Earth 0.1103 AU 42.9 LD 10.5 km/s
2038-01-01 03:58:00 Earth 0.198 AU 77.0 LD 13 km/s
2038-04-05 19:45:00 Venus 0.1051 AU 40.9 LD 10.4 km/s
2051-10-28 10:51:00 Venus 0.0592 AU 23.0 LD 10.4 km/s
2064-10-29 00:07:00 Earth 0.1872 AU 72.9 LD 7.3 km/s
2065-05-17 01:55:00 Venus 0.0396 AU 15.4 LD 10.8 km/s
2068-11-24 18:18:00 Earth 0.153 AU 59.6 LD 6.8 km/s
2072-12-15 02:15:00 Earth 0.1041 AU 40.5 LD 6.8 km/s

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

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