2025 TF
 Asteroid 2025 TF imaged on 2 October 2025 by the Liverpool Telescope | |
| Discovery[1][2] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Kitt Peak National Obs. |
| Discovery site | Kitt Peak National Obs. |
| Discovery date | 1 October 2025 |
| Designations | |
| 2025 TF | |
| C15KM95 | |
| NEO · Apollo | |
| Orbital characteristics[3] | |
| Epoch 21 November 2025 (JD 2461000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 7 | |
| Observation arc | 20.8 hr (0.87 days)[1] |
| Aphelion | 2.559 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.676 AU |
| 1.618 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.5820 |
| 2.06 yr (751 days) | |
| 48.316 ° | |
| 0° 28m 44.571s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.119° |
| 7.769° | |
| 12 August 2025 | |
| 276.726° | |
| Earth MOID | 6.05031×10−5 AU (9.05 thousand km; 0.0235 LD) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.682 AU |
| TJupiter | 4.112 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 1.2–2.7 m[4] | |
| 31.70±0.45[3] | |
2025 TF, previously known as C15KM95, is a meter-sized near-Earth asteroid that passed 409 ± 14 km (254 ± 9 mi) over the surface of Earth's South Pole (Antarctica) on 1 October 2025 00:49 UTC, at a relative speed of 20.9 km/s (13.0 mi/s).[a] It is the second-closest asteroid flyby of Earth recorded as of 2025[update], after 2020 VT4.[5][4] 2025 TF was discovered on 1 October 2025 06:36 UTC by astronomers using the Bok Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, less than 6 hours after the asteroid's closest approach to Earth.[2][5]
See also
[edit]- 1972 Great Daylight Fireball – an Earth-grazing fireball that resulted from a small asteroid passing through Earth's atmosphere
- 2025 in Antarctica
Notes
[edit]- ^ Closest approach altitude is calculated by using JPL's geocentric approach distance of 6780±14 km and subtracting by Earth's radius (6371 km).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2025 TF". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ a b "MPEC 2005-T36 : 2025 TF". Minor Planet Electronic Circular. Minor Planet Center. 2 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ a b c "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2025 TF)" (2025-10-02 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ a b Howell, Elizabeth (3 October 2025). "Surprise asteroid flies by Earth at only 250 miles away (video)". Space.com. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ a b Blašković, Teo (2 October 2025). "Asteroid 2025 TF flew just 420 km (260 miles) above Antarctica, second-closest flyby on record". The Watchers. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
External links
[edit]- 2025 TF at NeoDyS-2, Near Earth Objects—Dynamic Site
- 2025 TF at ESA–space situational awareness
- 2025 TF at the JPL Small-Body Database
