2025 FP is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.85 AU to 1.17 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 371.3 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 4 April 2025.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.971 AU
- True anomaly
- 275.46°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.713 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
- 19h 20m 51s
- Declination
- -22° 25′ 33″
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Distance from Earth
- 0.71 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 67.09° — well clear of the Sun
Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.
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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
- 1.011 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1584
- Inclination
- 15.11°
- Orbital period
- 371.3 days
- Perihelion
- 0.851 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.171 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 178.15°
- Argument of periapsis
- 265.12°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 1.3 LD
- 0.0034 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.987
Orbit quality
Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).
- Observations used
- 63
- Data arc
- 2 days
- First observed
- 20 March 2025
- Last observed
- 22 March 2025
- Residual RMS
- 0.51 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 4 April 2025
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 27.23
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 23 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-03-26 04:40 UTC close approach of 2025 FP. Catalogue miss distance 76.8 LD · 2.95 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-03-23 to 2027-03-29, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-03-26 04:40:00 | Earth | 0.1973 AU | 76.8 LD | 12.9 km/s |
| 2078-09-12 00:42:00 | Earth | 0.1172 AU | 45.6 LD | 11 km/s |
| 2079-09-18 02:38:00 | Earth | 0.031 AU | 12.1 LD | 9.2 km/s |
| 2080-09-23 13:45:00 | Earth | 0.0805 AU | 31.3 LD | 8.2 km/s |
| 2081-10-02 12:31:00 | Earth | 0.1719 AU | 66.9 LD | 8 km/s |
| 2084-03-16 05:35:00 | Earth | 0.1549 AU | 60.3 LD | 7.8 km/s |
| 2085-03-17 02:09:00 | Earth | 0.0601 AU | 23.4 LD | 8.2 km/s |
| 2086-03-19 19:09:00 | Earth | 0.0303 AU | 11.8 LD | 9.4 km/s |
| 2087-03-23 20:15:00 | Earth | 0.1348 AU | 52.5 LD | 11.4 km/s |
| 2144-03-17 22:13:00 | Earth | 0.0535 AU | 20.8 LD | 8.3 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