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2025 RL7

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(2025 RL7)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.567 AU
True anomaly
47.88°
Distance from Earth
1.529 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 RL7 — 0.567 AU from the Sun 2025 RL7
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 RL7 is 1.529 AU from Earth today (12.7 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 11m 44s
Declination
-06° 14′ 41″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.54 AU
Elongation from the Sun
8.49° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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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
0.868 AU
Eccentricity
0.41
Inclination
24.85°
Orbital period
295.5 days
Perihelion
0.512 AU
Aphelion
1.224 AU
Longitude of ascending node
176.86°
Argument of periapsis
317.72°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 9.1 LD
0.0233 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.669

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
16
Data arc
5 days
First observed
14 September 2025
Last observed
19 September 2025
Residual RMS
0.4 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
1 October 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.84

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 9 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 RL7 at 2042-09-22 06:35 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2042-09-22 06:35 UTC close approach of 2025 RL7. Catalogue miss distance 9.41 LD · 3.62 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2042-09-19 to 2042-09-25, 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 south of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 20 Sep 25 Sep 9.41 LD · 3.62 × 10⁶ km 2042-09-22 06:35 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2042-09-22 06:35 UTC close approach of 2025 RL7. Catalogue miss distance 9.41 LD · 3.62 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2042-09-19 to 2042-09-25, 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 south of the ecliptic. 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
2035-09-21 07:46:00 Venus 0.1462 AU 56.9 LD 23.3 km/s
2042-09-22 06:35:00 Earth 0.0242 AU 9.4 LD 15.8 km/s
2184-07-26 08:04:00 Venus 0.1477 AU 57.5 LD 20.8 km/s
2186-09-23 15:59:00 Earth 0.0262 AU 10.2 LD 15.9 km/s

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

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