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NASA JPL SBDB · 2025 AE

2025 AE

2025 AE is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.812 AU and a period of 0.73 yr.

Aten Observations: 25
Orbital Period · P
0.73 yr
v(q)
56.8 km/s
v(Q)
19.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
7.04
Eccentricity · e
0.4936

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.411 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.213 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.802 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.812 AU gives an orbital period of 0.73 yr, or about 267 days.

The high eccentricity (0.494) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

A steep inclination of 22.84° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 56.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 19.2 km/s at aphelion.

Because q < 1 AU and Q > 1 AU, this orbit geometrically intersects the region of Earth's orbit.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 25.74 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.03 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 25 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5333 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 7 signals a poorly constrained orbit, so its future path should be treated as provisional.

About these computed values

Orbital periods, perihelion and aphelion speeds, and diameter estimates on this page are computed by SpaceAtlas from the JPL SBDB orbital elements. They are derived quantities, not values copied from the source catalogue.

Orbital Parameters

Semi-Major Axis
0.8118 AU
Eccentricity
0.4936
Perihelion
0.411 AU
Aphelion
1.212504 AU
Inclination
22.84°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
246.8°

Orbit diagram

The Sun sits at the focus (orange). Earth's orbit is the grey circle at 1 AU. The red dot marks the object's position at the catalog epoch.

3D orbit (interactive)

Drag to rotate; scroll or pinch to zoom. The Sun is at the focus (orange), Earth's orbit is the grey ring at 1 AU, and the red dot marks the object's current position.

Close approaches

Predicted close approaches to Earth, from NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).

Date (UTC)Miss distanceVelocity
2036-Jan-02 07:48 0.098344 AU
14712008 km
20.84 km/s
2044-Jan-02 19:14 0.051686 AU
7732143 km
15.19 km/s
2055-Jan-03 22:02 0.040750 AU
6096076 km
18.26 km/s
2062-Dec-29 10:49 0.099268 AU
14850245 km
14.37 km/s
2074-Jan-03 22:35 0.040431 AU
6048420 km
16.53 km/s

Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
25.74

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.53334
Condition
7
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database · NASA CNEOS. Orbital periods, perihelion and aphelion speeds, and diameter estimates on this page are computed by SpaceAtlas from the JPL SBDB orbital elements. They are derived quantities, not values copied from the source catalogue.

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