Asteroid (2025 VN)
Closest pass on 2026-Nov-06 09:40 TDB (Julian Date: 2461350.902571724)
Key Facts
- On 2026-Nov-06 09:40, asteroid (2025 VN) passed Earth at a nominal distance of 8,800,000 km (22.9 lunar distances).
- At closest approach, the object was traveling at 12.4 km/s relative to Earth.
- The object has an estimated size of 9.17 m, which is 0.764 times the size of a school bus.
- The miss distance was just under 23 times the distance to the Moon.
- Hazard classification: Under 10 meters. Typically burns up harmlessly high in the upper atmosphere, producing a bright meteor fireball with negligible ground risk and occasional small meteorite fragments.
Visual Scale Comparison
| Target | 9 m |
|---|---|
| Smaller | giraffe: 5.5 m |
| Larger | school bus: 12 m |
Object size compared to known reference benchmarks.
Miss Distance Orbital Dial
Concentric orbital rings showing Earth, Moon orbit, and asteroid trajectory.
Astrometric & Orbital Parameters
| Designation | 2025 VN |
|---|---|
| Full Object Name | (2025 VN) |
| Nominal Miss Distance | 8,800,000 km (22.9 lunar distances / 0.0588313017669809 au) |
| 3-Sigma Minimum Distance | 8,638,038.579 km (22.471 LD) |
| Relative Velocity (v_rel) | 12.3686030508242 km/s (about one and a half ISS orbital speeds) |
| Velocity at Infinity (v_inf) | 12.3649408045386 km/s |
| Time Uncertainty (3-sigma) | 00:52 |
| Absolute Magnitude (H) | 27.94 mag |
| Orbit Solution ID | 4 (NASA JPL Small-Body Database) |
| Inside Moon Orbit | No |
| Inside Geostationary Ring | No |
Cite this page
Permanent URL: https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-06/2025-vn/ | Machine-readable twin: index.json
APA:
What Nearly Hit Us Project. (2026). Asteroid (2025 VN) Close Approach on 2026-Nov-06 09:40. What Nearly Hit Us. Retrieved from https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-06/2025-vn/MLA:
"Asteroid (2025 VN) Close Approach on 2026-Nov-06 09:40." What Nearly Hit Us, What Nearly Hit Us Project, 2026-09-24, https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-06/2025-vn/.BibTeX:
@misc{approach_2025VN_202606,
title = {Asteroid (2025 VN) Close Approach on 2026-Nov-06 09:40},
author = {{What Nearly Hit Us Project}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-06/2025-vn/},
note = {Primary upstream source: NASA/JPL CNEOS CAD API}
}