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2025 FP10

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(2025 FP10)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.925 AU
True anomaly
214.2°
Distance from Earth
1.772 AU
As of
16 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 — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2025 FP10 — 0.925 AU from the Sun 2025 FP10
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 FP10 is 1.772 AU from Earth today (14.7 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 28m 59s
Declination
-25° 35′ 25″
Constellation
Hydra
Distance from Earth
1.77 AU
Elongation from the Sun
21.9° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

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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  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  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
0.777 AU
Eccentricity
0.266
Inclination
27.84°
Orbital period
249.9 days
Perihelion
0.57 AU
Aphelion
0.983 AU
Longitude of ascending node
21.79°
Argument of periapsis
12.79°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 10.7 LD
0.0275 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.359

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).

Observations used
156
Data arc
43 days
First observed
24 March 2025
Last observed
6 May 2025
Residual RMS
0.34 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
7 May 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
18.89

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

Close approaches 36 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 FP10 at 2038-04-12 12:23 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2038-04-12 12:23 UTC close approach of 2025 FP10. Catalogue miss distance 11.2 LD · 4.31 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2038-04-09 to 2038-04-15, 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 11.2 LD · 4.31 × 10⁶ km 2038-04-12 12:23 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2038-04-12 12:23 UTC close approach of 2025 FP10. Catalogue miss distance 11.2 LD · 4.31 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2038-04-09 to 2038-04-15, 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
2038-04-12 12:23:00 Earth 0.0288 AU 11.2 LD 14 km/s
2051-04-13 00:32:00 Earth 0.0451 AU 17.6 LD 14.2 km/s
2061-03-23 18:50:00 Venus 0.1475 AU 57.4 LD 19.9 km/s
2064-04-12 22:33:00 Earth 0.0972 AU 37.8 LD 14.7 km/s
2075-04-12 08:17:00 Earth 0.1418 AU 55.2 LD 14.3 km/s
2077-04-14 07:20:00 Earth 0.166 AU 64.6 LD 15.7 km/s
2088-04-11 18:00:00 Earth 0.077 AU 30.0 LD 13.9 km/s
2097-07-09 06:33:00 Venus 0.1485 AU 57.8 LD 19.9 km/s
2101-04-13 05:58:00 Earth 0.0365 AU 14.2 LD 13.9 km/s
2103-09-09 23:50:00 Venus 0.1492 AU 58.1 LD 19.8 km/s

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

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