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2025 VG5

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(2025 VG5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.02 AU
True anomaly
128.81°
Distance from Earth
0.098 AU
As of
11 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 — 0.998 AU from the Sun Earth 2025 VG5 — 1.02 AU from the Sun 2025 VG5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 VG5 is 0.098 AU from Earth today (48.8 light-seconds).

In the sky

Right ascension
04h 30m 56s
Declination
-62° 35′ 58″
Constellation
Reticulum
Distance from Earth
0.1 AU
Elongation from the Sun
100.21° — well clear of the Sun

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

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
1.004 AU
Eccentricity
0.0249
Inclination
8.9°
Orbital period
367.7 days
Perihelion
0.979 AU
Aphelion
1.029 AU
Longitude of ascending node
55.67°
Argument of periapsis
193.51°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · APO
Apollo
Earth MOID · 12.0 LD
0.0307 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.049

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
26
Data arc
13 days
First observed
14 November 2025
Last observed
27 November 2025
Residual RMS
0.54 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
27 November 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.74

Discovery & classification

Apollo Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 64 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 VG5 at 2026-11-13 03:15 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-11-13 03:15 UTC close approach of 2025 VG5. Catalogue miss distance 18.1 LD · 6.97 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-11-10 to 2026-11-16, 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 18.1 LD · 6.97 × 10⁶ km 2026-11-13 03:15 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-11-13 03:15 UTC close approach of 2025 VG5. Catalogue miss distance 18.1 LD · 6.97 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-11-10 to 2026-11-16, 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
2026-11-13 03:15:00 Earth 0.0466 AU 18.1 LD 4.9 km/s
2027-06-07 10:15:00 Earth 0.1189 AU 46.3 LD 5.4 km/s
2027-11-07 03:41:00 Earth 0.0817 AU 31.8 LD 5.3 km/s
2028-06-19 10:05:00 Earth 0.1706 AU 66.4 LD 6.2 km/s
2028-10-30 13:05:00 Earth 0.1344 AU 52.3 LD 6.1 km/s
2029-10-24 00:37:00 Earth 0.1971 AU 76.7 LD 7.4 km/s
2101-04-24 03:43:00 Earth 0.1648 AU 64.1 LD 7.1 km/s
2102-05-01 22:34:00 Earth 0.1009 AU 39.3 LD 5.8 km/s
2102-12-10 12:45:00 Earth 0.1358 AU 52.9 LD 5.4 km/s
2103-05-09 14:28:00 Earth 0.051 AU 19.9 LD 5.1 km/s

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

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