Close Approach Record

Asteroid (2025 UF5)

Closest pass on 2026-Nov-09 21:06 TDB (Julian Date: 2461354.378953221)

Key Facts

  • On 2026-Nov-09 21:06, asteroid (2025 UF5) passed Earth at a nominal distance of 7,230,000 km (18.8 lunar distances).
  • At closest approach, the object was traveling at 1.94 km/s relative to Earth.
  • The object has an estimated size of 10.2 m, which is about the size of a school bus.
  • The miss distance was just under 19 times the distance to the Moon.
  • Hazard classification: 10 to 25 meters. Produces a powerful high-altitude shockwave capable of shattering windows, damaging roofs, and producing minor local injuries like the 2013 Chelyabinsk event.

Visual Scale Comparison

giraffe 5.5 m Asteroid 2025 UF5 about the size of a school bus ~10 m school bus 12 m
Scale ladder data
Target10 m
Smallergiraffe: 5.5 m
Largerschool bus: 12 m

Object size compared to known reference benchmarks.

Miss Distance Orbital Dial

Moon Orbit (1 LD = 384,400 km) 18.8 LD Earth

Concentric orbital rings showing Earth, Moon orbit, and asteroid trajectory.

Astrometric & Orbital Parameters

Designation2025 UF5
Full Object Name(2025 UF5)
Nominal Miss Distance7,230,000 km (18.8 lunar distances / 0.0483285203945581 au)
3-Sigma Minimum Distance6,901,830.267 km (17.955 LD)
Relative Velocity (v_rel)1.94365998105654 km/s (about 2 rifle bullets)
Velocity at Infinity (v_inf)1.91508454761627 km/s
Time Uncertainty (3-sigma)2_00:46
Absolute Magnitude (H)27.7 mag
Orbit Solution ID2 (NASA JPL Small-Body Database)
Inside Moon OrbitNo
Inside Geostationary RingNo

Cite this page

Permanent URL: https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-09/2025-uf5/ | Machine-readable twin: index.json

APA:
What Nearly Hit Us Project. (2026). Asteroid (2025 UF5) Close Approach on 2026-Nov-09 21:06. What Nearly Hit Us. Retrieved from https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-09/2025-uf5/
MLA:
"Asteroid (2025 UF5) Close Approach on 2026-Nov-09 21:06." What Nearly Hit Us, What Nearly Hit Us Project, 2026-09-24, https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-09/2025-uf5/.
BibTeX:
@misc{approach_2025UF5_202609,
  title = {Asteroid (2025 UF5) Close Approach on 2026-Nov-09 21:06},
  author = {{What Nearly Hit Us Project}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-09/2025-uf5/},
  note = {Primary upstream source: NASA/JPL CNEOS CAD API}
}