2025 DY67 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.87 AU to 1.17 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 376.2 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 20 March 2026.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.909 AU
- True anomaly
- 47.85°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.227 AU
- As of
- 3 November 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 15h 44m 59s
- Declination
- +45° 20′ 18″
- Constellation
- Boötes
- Distance from Earth
- 0.23 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 62.62° — well clear of the Sun
Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.
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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
- 1.02 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1463
- Inclination
- 14.73°
- Orbital period
- 376.2 days
- Perihelion
- 0.871 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.169 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 343.05°
- Argument of periapsis
- 12.2°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 52.7 LD
- 0.1354 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.949
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).
- Observations used
- 103
- Data arc
- 759 days
- First observed
- 19 February 2024
- Last observed
- 19 March 2026
- Residual RMS
- 0.61 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 20 March 2026
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 22.36
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 41 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-02-08 21:47 UTC close approach of 2025 DY67. Catalogue miss distance 73.3 LD · 2.82 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-02-05 to 2027-02-11, 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 north of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 09:04:00 | Earth | 0.1809 AU | 70.4 LD | 9.3 km/s |
| 2027-02-08 21:47:00 | Earth | 0.1883 AU | 73.3 LD | 8.4 km/s |
| 2058-08-10 19:44:00 | Earth | 0.1675 AU | 65.2 LD | 9.4 km/s |
| 2059-03-17 06:15:00 | Earth | 0.1908 AU | 74.2 LD | 8.4 km/s |
| 2059-09-10 07:50:00 | Earth | 0.1369 AU | 53.3 LD | 9.3 km/s |
| 2060-02-25 17:23:00 | Earth | 0.1714 AU | 66.7 LD | 8.4 km/s |
| 2060-10-11 12:30:00 | Earth | 0.1966 AU | 76.5 LD | 9.3 km/s |
| 2061-02-04 08:12:00 | Earth | 0.1969 AU | 76.6 LD | 8.4 km/s |
| 2092-08-15 11:15:00 | Earth | 0.1561 AU | 60.7 LD | 9.4 km/s |
| 2093-03-13 11:54:00 | Earth | 0.1855 AU | 72.2 LD | 8.4 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB