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2025 YS3

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(2025 YS3)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.721 AU
True anomaly
62.67°
Distance from Earth
0.368 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 YS3 — 0.721 AU from the Sun 2025 YS3
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2025 YS3 is 0.368 AU from Earth today (3.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 59m 44s
Declination
-33° 17′ 51″
Constellation
Hydra
Distance from Earth
0.37 AU
Elongation from the Sun
34.22° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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

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
0.968 AU
Eccentricity
0.3625
Inclination
18.75°
Orbital period
347.7 days
Perihelion
0.617 AU
Aphelion
1.318 AU
Longitude of ascending node
90.5°
Argument of periapsis
244.18°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 3.4 LD
0.0088 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.139

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
28
Data arc
24 hours
First observed
21 December 2025
Last observed
22 December 2025
Residual RMS
0.3 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
28 September 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.99

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 30 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2025 YS3 at 2044-12-25 16:53 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2044-12-25 16:53 UTC close approach of 2025 YS3. Catalogue miss distance 58.5 LD · 2.25 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2044-12-22 to 2044-12-28, 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 58.5 LD · 2.25 × 10⁷ km 2044-12-25 16:53 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2044-12-25 16:53 UTC close approach of 2025 YS3. Catalogue miss distance 58.5 LD · 2.25 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2044-12-22 to 2044-12-28, 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
2035-03-20 15:11:00 Venus 0.0252 AU 9.8 LD 15.6 km/s
2037-04-24 05:33:00 Venus 0.1476 AU 57.4 LD 12.8 km/s
2044-12-25 16:53:00 Earth 0.1504 AU 58.5 LD 18.4 km/s
2045-09-03 03:51:00 Venus 0.0313 AU 12.2 LD 15.8 km/s
2045-12-20 15:36:00 Earth 0.1506 AU 58.6 LD 11.6 km/s
2056-02-13 06:04:00 Venus 0.122 AU 47.5 LD 19.4 km/s
2063-12-24 22:59:00 Earth 0.1009 AU 39.3 LD 17.1 km/s
2082-12-23 19:26:00 Earth 0.0715 AU 27.8 LD 16.3 km/s
2099-10-31 05:53:00 Venus 0.0716 AU 27.9 LD 12.6 km/s
2101-12-27 23:54:00 Earth 0.1745 AU 67.9 LD 19.1 km/s

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

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