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2025 RC2

2025 RC2 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.823 AU and a period of 0.75 yr.

Aten Observations: 40
Orbital Period · P
0.75 yr
v(q)
72.7 km/s
v(Q)
14.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.02 km
TJ
6.92
Eccentricity · e
0.6608

Orbit and dynamics

Between its closest point (0.279 AU) and its farthest (1.367 AU), the heliocentric distance changes by 1.088 AU over every revolution.

One full revolution takes 0.75 yr (273 days), computed from the semi-major axis of 0.823 AU.

The high eccentricity (0.661) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

Its inclination of 0.44° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 72.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 14.8 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 = 26.23 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.02 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

Astrometry from 40 individual observations underpins this orbit; the fit leaves an RMS residual of 0.301 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
0.8231 AU
Eccentricity
0.6608
Perihelion
0.279 AU
Aphelion
1.367004 AU
Inclination
0.44°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
273.36°

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
2027-Jul-08 09:09 0.023934 AU
3580431 km
19.66 km/s
2028-Sep-16 23:44 0.034801 AU
5206192 km
20.47 km/s
2030-Jul-07 07:29 0.015254 AU
2281950 km
17.98 km/s
2031-Sep-15 19:06 0.084326 AU
12615032 km
22.51 km/s
2033-Jul-07 07:45 0.070788 AU
10589784 km
16.23 km/s
2034-Sep-12 23:24 0.146674 AU
21942130 km
24.88 km/s
2036-Jul-09 09:48 0.132956 AU
19889989 km
14.91 km/s
2069-Sep-15 07:37 0.168144 AU
25154006 km
14.72 km/s
2071-Jul-14 01:15 0.163453 AU
24452268 km
25.11 km/s
2072-Sep-18 04:35 0.070898 AU
10606178 km
16.02 km/s
2074-Jul-10 20:10 0.098326 AU
14709398 km
22.41 km/s
2075-Sep-19 07:06 0.003506 AU
524562 km
18.08 km/s
2077-Jul-08 10:23 0.008652 AU
1294370 km
20.09 km/s
2078-Sep-17 23:48 0.003556 AU
532022 km
20.04 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
26.23

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.30103
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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