2025 OW12 is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.7 AU to 1.27 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 357.3 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 5 August 2025.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.715 AU
- True anomaly
- 335°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.462 AU
- As of
- 2 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
- 11h 54m 11s
- Declination
- -01° 40′ 08″
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 0.47 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 41.62° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Visible from both hemispheres.
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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
- 0.985 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.2901
- Inclination
- 3.83°
- Orbital period
- 357.3 days
- Perihelion
- 0.7 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.271 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 87.89°
- Argument of periapsis
- 2.7°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 24.0 LD
- 0.0615 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.112
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).
- Observations used
- 17
- Data arc
- 8.27 years
- First observed
- 26 April 2017
- Last observed
- 1 August 2025
- Residual RMS
- 0.44 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 5 August 2025
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 23.95
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 51 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2062-04-14 01:37 UTC close approach of 2025 OW12. Catalogue miss distance 35.4 LD · 1.36 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2062-04-11 to 2062-04-17, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2038-08-03 15:24:00 | Venus | 0.0212 AU | 8.2 LD | 5.3 km/s |
| 2055-04-13 14:37:00 | Venus | 0.0375 AU | 14.6 LD | 8 km/s |
| 2060-01-26 19:05:00 | Venus | 0.0222 AU | 8.6 LD | 7 km/s |
| 2062-04-14 01:37:00 | Earth | 0.091 AU | 35.4 LD | 10.2 km/s |
| 2063-04-13 13:47:00 | Earth | 0.0951 AU | 37.0 LD | 6.2 km/s |
| 2064-05-10 17:54:00 | Earth | 0.1904 AU | 74.1 LD | 6.1 km/s |
| 2068-08-04 14:28:00 | Earth | 0.1875 AU | 73.0 LD | 6 km/s |
| 2069-09-01 01:35:00 | Earth | 0.0908 AU | 35.3 LD | 6.4 km/s |
| 2070-08-30 07:42:00 | Earth | 0.0995 AU | 38.7 LD | 10.4 km/s |
| 2071-11-28 18:11:00 | Venus | 0.1108 AU | 43.1 LD | 11.7 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