2025-11-25, 07:01 PM
CNEOS predicts that the medium-sized, Apollo class NEA, 2007 VM184, will make a close approach on 2025-Dec-01 09:38±<00:01 UT at a distance of 0.03341 AU, moving with V Relative=20.02 km/sec, H=21.1 magnitude, diameter 160 m - 370 m and 'Rarity'=1. As of 2025 Nov 25, there is a 6588 day observation arc, the Condition Code=0 and the Earth MOID=0.0326265 AU. The solution date was 2025-Nov-25 07:34:43 PST. The initial reported observation was by Catalina Sky Survey on 2007-11-12. This object is on the MPC's list of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) that you can download using SkyTools. This close approach is nearly at the MOID. The next approach nearly this close is on 2084-Dec-01 02:48±<00:01 UT at 0.03708 AU.
Using MPC's orbital elements for the epoch 2025 Nov 25 0000 UT, ST4.1.11.19 Visual Pro predicts that 2007 VM184 will reach peak brightness of 15.4 magnitude in the early evening of 2025 Nov 29 when the NEA will be 0.037 AU distant traveling through Camelopardalis at ~40"/minute. The close approach is predicted (to the nearest hour) on 2025 Dec 1 at 0500 EST (1000 UT) with the NEA still traveling through Camelopardalis at 49"/minute and 15.8 magnitude. This NEA is predicted to be brighter than 16 magnitude from Nov 27 (in Auriga) to Dec 1 (in Cepheus).
Here's the Object Info dialog for 2007 VM184:
The orbit for this object is well defined so the elements provided by the MPC should yield accurate positions.
Good hunting,
Phil S.
Using MPC's orbital elements for the epoch 2025 Nov 25 0000 UT, ST4.1.11.19 Visual Pro predicts that 2007 VM184 will reach peak brightness of 15.4 magnitude in the early evening of 2025 Nov 29 when the NEA will be 0.037 AU distant traveling through Camelopardalis at ~40"/minute. The close approach is predicted (to the nearest hour) on 2025 Dec 1 at 0500 EST (1000 UT) with the NEA still traveling through Camelopardalis at 49"/minute and 15.8 magnitude. This NEA is predicted to be brighter than 16 magnitude from Nov 27 (in Auriga) to Dec 1 (in Cepheus).
Here's the Object Info dialog for 2007 VM184:
The orbit for this object is well defined so the elements provided by the MPC should yield accurate positions.
Good hunting,
Phil S.