Asteroid 2025 PU flew past Earth at just 0.14 LD on August 2

This is the 83^rd known asteroid to fly past Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year and the first so far this month.

Asteroid 2025 PU was first observed at NASA/JPL SynTrack Robotic Telescope in Auberry on August 3 — about 10 hours before it was discovered.

The object belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids and has an estimated diameter between 2.1 and 4.8 m (6.9–15.7 feet).

It flew past us at a relative speed of 10.5 km/s (37 800 km/h or 23 500 mph).

References:

¹ Asteroid 2025 PU – CNEOS – Accessed August 4, 2025

² Asteroid 2025 PU – Minor Planet Center – Accessed August 4, 2025