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2022 AB

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(2022 AB)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.034 AU
True anomaly
237.18°
Distance from Earth
1.235 AU
As of
24 October 2026

Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.

Sun Earth — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 AB — 1.034 AU from the Sun 2022 AB
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 AB is 1.235 AU from Earth today (10.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 38m 11s
Declination
+09° 17′ 03″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.23 AU
Elongation from the Sun
53.96° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis
0.973 AU
Eccentricity
0.1459
Inclination
7.11°
Orbital period
350.3 days
Perihelion
0.831 AU
Aphelion
1.115 AU
Longitude of ascending node
292.47°
Argument of periapsis
296.6°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 8.6 LD
0.0222 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.199

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
480
Data arc
22 days
First observed
2 January 2022
Last observed
24 January 2022
Residual RMS
0.36 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
19 May 2023

Physical properties

Rotation period
0.05 hours

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
23.6

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 113 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 AB at 2041-09-16 00:25 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2041-09-16 00:25 UTC close approach of 2022 AB. Catalogue miss distance 167.5 LD · 6.44 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2041-09-13 to 2041-09-19, with a mark at UTC midnights and an arrow for the direction of motion. The circle is the Moon’s mean orbit; the Moon is plotted at closest approach. A ray shows the Sun’s direction. The labelled distance is the full separation. The drawn radius is the part that lies in the ecliptic plane. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 167.5 LD · 6.44 × 10⁷ km 2041-09-16 00:25 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2041-09-16 00:25 UTC close approach of 2022 AB. Catalogue miss distance 167.5 LD · 6.44 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2041-09-13 to 2041-09-19, with a mark at UTC midnights and an arrow for the direction of motion. The circle is the Moon’s mean orbit; the Moon is plotted at closest approach. A ray shows the Sun’s direction. The labelled distance is the full separation. The drawn radius is the part that lies in the ecliptic plane. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2041-09-16 00:25:00 Earth 0.4304 AU 167.5 LD 17.5 km/s
2042-09-03 12:54:00 Earth 0.194 AU 75.5 LD 10.3 km/s
2043-08-04 00:36:00 Earth 0.0994 AU 38.7 LD 5 km/s
2044-05-29 04:11:00 Earth 0.1962 AU 76.4 LD 6 km/s
2044-06-05 21:07:00 Venus 0.1294 AU 50.4 LD 6.1 km/s
2044-12-22 10:50:00 Earth 0.1277 AU 49.7 LD 4.6 km/s
2046-01-20 22:05:00 Earth 0.104 AU 40.5 LD 8.4 km/s
2047-01-12 22:42:00 Earth 0.3583 AU 139.5 LD 15.9 km/s
2065-09-08 13:30:00 Earth 0.2813 AU 109.5 LD 13 km/s
2066-08-21 15:40:00 Earth 0.0838 AU 32.6 LD 6.2 km/s

Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.

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