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2025 YL2

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(2025 YL2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.377 AU
True anomaly
201.86°
Distance from Earth
0.472 AU
As of
24 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 — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth 2025 YL2 — 1.377 AU from the Sun 2025 YL2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 YL2 is 0.472 AU from Earth today (3.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
04h 29m 27s
Declination
+38° 56′ 29″
Constellation
Perseus
Distance from Earth
0.47 AU
Elongation from the Sun
137.04° — 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.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

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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
0.977 AU
Eccentricity
0.5172
Inclination
18.58°
Orbital period
352.9 days
Perihelion
0.472 AU
Aphelion
1.483 AU
Longitude of ascending node
241.13°
Argument of periapsis
319.83°
Epoch · J2000
2461028.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 34.1 LD
0.0877 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.027

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 9).

Observations used
17
Data arc
3 days
First observed
18 December 2025
Last observed
21 December 2025
Residual RMS
0.4 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
20 December 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
22.6

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Sources