{"id":797972,"date":"2025-08-29T11:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=797972"},"modified":"2025-08-29T11:00:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:00:28","slug":"asteroid-2025-qo7-to-fly-past-earth-at-0-7-ld-on-august-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=797972","title":{"rendered":"Asteroid 2025 QO7 to fly past Earth at 0.7 LD on August 31"},"content":{"rendered":"


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This will be the 91st<\/sup> known asteroid to fly by Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year, and the 8th<\/sup> so far this month. Three days later, another asteroid, designated 2025 QD8, will fly past us at a distance of 0.5 LD.<\/p>\n

2025 QO7 was first observed at Observatorio Campo dos Amarais (OCA) in Brazil on August 26.<\/p>\n

The object belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids and has an estimated diameter between 13 and 28 m (42\u201392 feet).<\/p>\n

Its next approach to Earth till take place on August 20, 2027, at a distance of 32 LD (0.08 AU).<\/p>\n

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Asteroid 2025 QO7 orbit diagram. Image credit: CNEOS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Asteroid 2025 QO7 flyby on August 31, 2025. Credit: CNEOS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

References:<\/p>\n

1<\/sup> Asteroid 2025 QO7 \u2013 Minor Planet Center \u2013 August 29, 2025<\/p>\n

2<\/sup> Asteroid 2025 QO7 \u2013 CNEOS \u2013 August 29, 2025<\/p>\n


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