2025 PU
Apollo group asteroid
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2025 PU is a near-Earth asteroid belonging to the Apollo group. It has a estimated diameter of 2.1–4.8 meters.[3]
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovery date | 3 August 2025[a] |
| Designations | |
Designation | 2025 PU |
| NEO · Apollo | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 21 November 2025 (JD 2461000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 7 | |
| Observation arc | 1 d |
| Aphelion | 2.32971 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.925407 AU |
| 1.62755 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.431414 |
| 2.07641 y (758.409 d) | |
| 69.4445° | |
| 0.474678° / d | |
| Inclination | 5.55373° |
| 310.567° | |
| 314.905° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.00014599 AU |
| TJupiter | 4.201 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 2.1–4.8 m[3] | |
On 2 August 2025, 2025 PU made a close approach to Earth, passing within 53,000 kilometers of Earth with a speed of 10.5 kilometres per second (6.5 mi/s). This makes it the 83rd asteroid to fly within the orbit of the Moon in 2025, and the first asteroid to do so in the month of August.[3][4] 10 hours after closest approach, on 3 August, it was first observed by the NASA/JPL SynTrack Robotic Telescope in Auberry, California, United States.[3] It was given the provisional designation 2025 PU by the Minor Planet Center, and its detection was announced in a Minor Planet Electronic Circular on 4 August.[5]
See also
Other close flybys of 2025:
- 2025 TF – Closest approach at 409±14 km on 1 October
Notes
- Discoverer not yet assigned by the MPC.
