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2025 UQ2

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(2025 UQ2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.061 AU
True anomaly
208.5°
Distance from Earth
0.731 AU
As of
20 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 UQ2 — 1.061 AU from the Sun 2025 UQ2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 UQ2 is 0.731 AU from Earth today (6.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
09h 15m 00s
Declination
+23° 36′ 03″
Constellation
Cancer
Distance from Earth
0.73 AU
Elongation from the Sun
74.07° — well clear of the Sun

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

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
0.894 AU
Eccentricity
0.2305
Inclination
7.07°
Orbital period
308.6 days
Perihelion
0.688 AU
Aphelion
1.1 AU
Longitude of ascending node
24.07°
Argument of periapsis
196.22°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 21.6 LD
0.0555 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.623

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
36
Data arc
10 days
First observed
19 October 2025
Last observed
29 October 2025
Residual RMS
0.48 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
29 October 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.3

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 27 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 UQ2 at 2036-12-11 15:11 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2036-12-11 15:11 UTC close approach of 2025 UQ2. Catalogue miss distance 43.5 LD · 1.67 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2036-12-08 to 2036-12-14, 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. Sun 43.5 LD · 1.67 × 10⁷ km 2036-12-11 15:11 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2036-12-11 15:11 UTC close approach of 2025 UQ2. Catalogue miss distance 43.5 LD · 1.67 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2036-12-08 to 2036-12-14, 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.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2027-01-20 19:44:00 Venus 0.025 AU 9.7 LD 7.9 km/s
2036-06-21 06:41:00 Venus 0.1352 AU 52.6 LD 11.5 km/s
2036-12-11 15:11:00 Earth 0.1117 AU 43.5 LD 5.9 km/s
2041-09-26 12:57:00 Earth 0.0548 AU 21.3 LD 6.6 km/s
2049-10-20 19:31:00 Venus 0.089 AU 34.6 LD 10.8 km/s
2057-09-21 06:15:00 Earth 0.0806 AU 31.4 LD 8.4 km/s
2059-03-23 09:37:00 Venus 0.0942 AU 36.7 LD 8.9 km/s
2063-12-23 06:05:00 Earth 0.1728 AU 67.2 LD 10.3 km/s
2065-11-14 07:40:00 Venus 0.0561 AU 21.8 LD 5.5 km/s
2068-10-21 05:07:00 Earth 0.1019 AU 39.7 LD 6 km/s

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

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