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2025 DX2

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(2025 DX2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.338 AU
True anomaly
197.06°
Distance from Earth
1.64 AU
As of
22 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 DX2 — 1.338 AU from the Sun 2025 DX2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 DX2 is 1.64 AU from Earth today (13.6 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 19m 28s
Declination
+04° 33′ 38″
Constellation
Sextans
Distance from Earth
1.64 AU
Elongation from the Sun
54.69° — 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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  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
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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
0.943 AU
Eccentricity
0.4767
Inclination
13.13°
Orbital period
334.3 days
Perihelion
0.493 AU
Aphelion
1.392 AU
Longitude of ascending node
147.76°
Argument of periapsis
131.88°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 11.7 LD
0.03 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.249

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
21
Data arc
2 days
First observed
20 February 2025
Last observed
22 February 2025
Residual RMS
0.28 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
22 February 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.75

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 13 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 DX2 at 2036-02-21 06:38 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2036-02-21 06:38 UTC close approach of 2025 DX2. Catalogue miss distance 44.5 LD · 1.71 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2036-02-18 to 2036-02-24, 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. Sun 44.5 LD · 1.71 × 10⁷ km 2036-02-21 06:38 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2036-02-21 06:38 UTC close approach of 2025 DX2. Catalogue miss distance 44.5 LD · 1.71 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2036-02-18 to 2036-02-24, 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.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2027-01-24 05:02:00 Venus 0.1434 AU 55.8 LD 24 km/s
2036-02-21 06:38:00 Earth 0.1142 AU 44.5 LD 19.3 km/s
2090-02-19 17:05:00 Earth 0.154 AU 59.9 LD 20.5 km/s
2096-08-08 15:45:00 Venus 0.1374 AU 53.5 LD 13 km/s
2098-06-10 02:56:00 Venus 0.0703 AU 27.4 LD 17.9 km/s
2100-04-11 05:20:00 Venus 0.1276 AU 49.7 LD 23.1 km/s
2111-02-25 14:53:00 Earth 0.1297 AU 50.5 LD 13 km/s
2119-09-05 04:00:00 Venus 0.1112 AU 43.3 LD 22.3 km/s
2122-02-25 15:34:00 Earth 0.043 AU 16.7 LD 15.3 km/s

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

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