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2025 DK7

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(2025 DK7)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.186 AU
True anomaly
175.47°
Distance from Earth
1.185 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 DK7 — 1.186 AU from the Sun 2025 DK7
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 DK7 is 1.185 AU from Earth today (9.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
09h 53m 21s
Declination
+16° 45′ 37″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.18 AU
Elongation from the Sun
65.43° — well clear of the Sun

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

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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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
0.962 AU
Eccentricity
0.2342
Inclination
3.98°
Orbital period
344.6 days
Perihelion
0.737 AU
Aphelion
1.187 AU
Longitude of ascending node
342.84°
Argument of periapsis
296.06°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 2.3 LD
0.0059 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.243

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
21
Data arc
10 days
First observed
21 February 2025
Last observed
3 March 2025
Residual RMS
0.27 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
3 March 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
27.43

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 26 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 DK7 at 2038-10-28 20:00 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2038-10-28 20:00 UTC close approach of 2025 DK7. Catalogue miss distance 73.6 LD · 2.83 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2038-10-25 to 2038-10-31, 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. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 73.6 LD · 2.83 × 10⁷ km 2038-10-28 20:00 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2038-10-28 20:00 UTC close approach of 2025 DK7. Catalogue miss distance 73.6 LD · 2.83 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2038-10-25 to 2038-10-31, 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. 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
2037-08-21 22:04:00 Venus 0.1222 AU 47.6 LD 9.1 km/s
2038-10-28 20:00:00 Earth 0.1892 AU 73.6 LD 13.1 km/s
2039-08-11 21:58:00 Venus 0.1484 AU 57.8 LD 11.5 km/s
2039-09-19 01:48:00 Earth 0.1756 AU 68.3 LD 4.9 km/s
2039-11-17 12:55:00 Earth 0.1636 AU 63.7 LD 5.2 km/s
2041-01-23 09:25:00 Earth 0.1933 AU 75.2 LD 6.1 km/s
2042-03-06 13:22:00 Earth 0.0851 AU 33.1 LD 10.2 km/s
2053-10-02 07:12:00 Venus 0.1048 AU 40.8 LD 9.5 km/s
2055-10-22 16:32:00 Earth 0.0513 AU 20.0 LD 7.9 km/s
2058-03-02 15:21:00 Earth 0.0976 AU 38.0 LD 5.3 km/s

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

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