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2025 GX

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(2025 GX)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.012 AU
True anomaly
163.65°
Distance from Earth
1.994 AU
As of
19 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 — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2025 GX — 1.012 AU from the Sun 2025 GX
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 GX is 1.994 AU from Earth today (16.6 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 14m 13s
Declination
-07° 19′ 05″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.99 AU
Elongation from the Sun
6.85° — too close to the Sun to observe

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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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
0.843 AU
Eccentricity
0.2137
Inclination
3.32°
Orbital period
282.6 days
Perihelion
0.663 AU
Aphelion
1.023 AU
Longitude of ascending node
30.31°
Argument of periapsis
358.85°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 5.6 LD
0.0145 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.959

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
67
Data arc
20 days
First observed
7 April 2025
Last observed
27 April 2025
Residual RMS
0.37 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
9 May 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.83

Discovery & classification

Listed by JPL impact monitoring; see the Sentry table for current probabilities.

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 18 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 GX at 2032-05-16 06:16 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-05-16 06:16 UTC close approach of 2025 GX. Catalogue miss distance 53.6 LD · 2.06 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-05-13 to 2032-05-19, 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 53.6 LD · 2.06 × 10⁷ km 2032-05-16 06:16 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-05-16 06:16 UTC close approach of 2025 GX. Catalogue miss distance 53.6 LD · 2.06 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-05-13 to 2032-05-19, 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
2027-12-01 11:18:00 Venus 0.0941 AU 36.6 LD 11.1 km/s
2031-01-10 06:57:00 Venus 0.0291 AU 11.3 LD 5.4 km/s
2032-05-16 06:16:00 Earth 0.1376 AU 53.6 LD 8.5 km/s
2034-04-04 23:11:00 Venus 0.0516 AU 20.1 LD 4.9 km/s
2037-05-20 19:44:00 Venus 0.0954 AU 37.1 LD 11 km/s
2042-03-16 12:05:00 Earth 0.112 AU 43.6 LD 7.6 km/s
2051-12-02 11:53:00 Venus 0.0299 AU 11.6 LD 8 km/s
2055-01-30 04:29:00 Venus 0.0643 AU 25.0 LD 5.3 km/s
2055-04-04 09:12:00 Venus 0.1465 AU 57.0 LD 3.6 km/s
2056-05-15 06:31:00 Earth 0.1402 AU 54.6 LD 8.6 km/s

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

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