2025 PU is a near-Earth asteroid belonging to the Apollo group. It has an estimated diameter of 2.1–4.8 meters.[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

  1. ↑ Discoverer not yet assigned by the MPC.

References

  1. ↑ "2025 PU". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 29 November 2025. (23 obs)
  2. ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Lookup: (2025 PU)" (2025-08-04 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Blašković, Teo (4 August 2025). "Asteroid 2025 PU flew past Earth at just 0.14 LD on August 2". The Watchers. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Near Earth Object 2025 PU: Complete Information & Live Data | TheSkyLive". theskylive.com. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Minor Planet Center Staff (4 August 2025). "MPEC 2025-P89 : 2025 PU". Minor Planet Electronic Circular. 2025-P89. Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_PU