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NASA JPL SBDB · 2025 EL

2025 EL

2025 EL is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.898 AU and a period of 0.85 yr.

Aten Observations: 53
Orbital Period · P
0.85 yr
v(q)
46.9 km/s
v(Q)
21.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0 km
TJ
6.56
Eccentricity · e
0.3797

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.557 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.239 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.682 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.898 AU gives an orbital period of 0.85 yr, or about 311 days.

An eccentricity of 0.38 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 6.95° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 46.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 21.1 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 = 29.27 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 53 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.2683 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 6 indicates a moderately constrained orbit; predictions decades ahead still carry noticeable uncertainty.

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
0.8979 AU
Eccentricity
0.3797
Perihelion
0.557 AU
Aphelion
1.238833 AU
Inclination
6.95°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
90.58°

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
2040-Nov-16 00:57 0.119265 AU
17841734 km
13.14 km/s
2042-Feb-28 22:04 0.099146 AU
14832081 km
9.15 km/s
2048-Feb-29 07:56 0.115901 AU
17338523 km
15.88 km/s
2063-Nov-15 13:32 0.129105 AU
19313774 km
9.25 km/s
2065-Mar-03 10:26 0.001476 AU
220873 km
12.42 km/s
2074-Nov-20 17:48 0.109267 AU
16346158 km
16.41 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
29.27

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.26829
Condition
6
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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