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2025 WR7

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(2025 WR7)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.971 AU
True anomaly
103.05°
Distance from Earth
0.364 AU
As of
22 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2025 WR7 — 0.971 AU from the Sun 2025 WR7
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 WR7 is 0.364 AU from Earth today (3.0 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
09h 08m 53s
Declination
+17° 58′ 53″
Constellation
Cancer
Distance from Earth
0.36 AU
Elongation from the Sun
75.75° — well clear of the Sun

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

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
0.959 AU
Eccentricity
0.083
Inclination
2.86°
Orbital period
343 days
Perihelion
0.879 AU
Aphelion
1.039 AU
Longitude of ascending node
242.72°
Argument of periapsis
64.84°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.0 LD
0.0001 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.28

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
48
Data arc
3 days
First observed
27 November 2025
Last observed
30 November 2025
Residual RMS
0.38 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
30 November 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
29.77

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 15 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 WR7 at 2027-03-26 05:21 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-03-26 05:21 UTC close approach of 2025 WR7. Catalogue miss distance 70.5 LD · 2.71 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-03-23 to 2027-03-29, 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 70.5 LD · 2.71 × 10⁷ km 2027-03-26 05:21 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-03-26 05:21 UTC close approach of 2025 WR7. Catalogue miss distance 70.5 LD · 2.71 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-03-23 to 2027-03-29, 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
2027-03-26 05:21:00 Earth 0.1811 AU 70.5 LD 8.2 km/s
2040-11-24 11:17:00 Earth 0.0958 AU 37.3 LD 5.8 km/s
2041-07-28 12:12:00 Earth 0.1415 AU 55.1 LD 3.8 km/s
2042-03-30 21:34:00 Earth 0.0838 AU 32.6 LD 5.1 km/s
2055-11-28 07:55:00 Earth 0.1786 AU 69.5 LD 8.3 km/s
2056-08-23 06:20:00 Earth 0.1369 AU 53.3 LD 3.5 km/s
2057-04-03 05:10:00 Earth 0.0396 AU 15.4 LD 3 km/s
2070-11-27 06:29:00 Earth 0.1382 AU 53.8 LD 7.1 km/s
2072-03-31 07:41:00 Earth 0.0655 AU 25.5 LD 4.5 km/s
2086-06-08 03:54:00 Earth 0.1225 AU 47.7 LD 3.4 km/s

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

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