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NASA JPL SBDB · 2025 LP

2025 LP

2025 LP belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 0.744 AU it takes 0.64 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 27
Orbital Period · P
0.64 yr
v(q)
40.7 km/s
v(Q)
29.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.47 km
TJ
7.62
Eccentricity · e
0.1624

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.623 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 0.864 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.241 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.744 AU gives an orbital period of 0.64 yr, or about 234 days.

An eccentricity of 0.162 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 33.34° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 40.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 29.3 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 19.38 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.47 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 27 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3113 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 3 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
0.7437 AU
Eccentricity
0.1624
Perihelion
0.623 AU
Aphelion
0.864477 AU
Inclination
33.34°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
128.12°

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
2047-Feb-13 22:58 0.152764 AU
22853206 km
17.35 km/s
2056-Feb-07 01:50 0.164057 AU
24542644 km
18.09 km/s
2072-Feb-18 10:13 0.186173 AU
27851102 km
17.31 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
19.38

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.31127
Condition
3
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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