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2022 BL5

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(2022 BL5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.96 AU
True anomaly
149.75°
Distance from Earth
0.996 AU
As of
15 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 BL5 — 0.96 AU from the Sun 2022 BL5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 BL5 is 0.996 AU from Earth today (8.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
09h 40m 46s
Declination
+05° 14′ 01″
Constellation
Hydra
Distance from Earth
1 AU
Elongation from the Sun
58.01° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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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
0.724 AU
Eccentricity
0.5304
Inclination
12.22°
Orbital period
224.8 days
Perihelion
0.34 AU
Aphelion
1.107 AU
Longitude of ascending node
127.15°
Argument of periapsis
165.61°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 16.2 LD
0.0416 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.809

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
31
Data arc
9 days
First observed
27 January 2022
Last observed
5 February 2022
Residual RMS
0.59 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
13 October 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.35

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 122 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 BL5 at 2027-01-30 06:37 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-01-30 06:37 UTC close approach of 2022 BL5. Catalogue miss distance 155.4 LD · 5.97 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-01-27 to 2027-02-02, 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 155.4 LD · 5.97 × 10⁷ km 2027-01-30 06:37 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-01-30 06:37 UTC close approach of 2022 BL5. Catalogue miss distance 155.4 LD · 5.97 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-01-27 to 2027-02-02, 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
2027-01-30 06:37:00 Earth 0.3992 AU 155.4 LD 27.3 km/s
2027-03-09 05:28:00 Merc 0.0881 AU 34.3 LD 26.9 km/s
2027-03-09 05:28:00 Mercury 0.0881 AU 34.3 LD 26.9 km/s
2027-12-27 07:31:00 Earth 0.3912 AU 152.2 LD 25.7 km/s
2030-02-05 18:25:00 Earth 0.0439 AU 17.1 LD 13.6 km/s
2032-09-21 23:46:00 Merc 0.0901 AU 35.1 LD 26 km/s
2032-09-21 23:46:00 Mercury 0.0901 AU 35.1 LD 26 km/s
2032-12-24 20:52:00 Earth 0.132 AU 51.4 LD 12.9 km/s
2035-01-31 00:31:00 Earth 0.3808 AU 148.2 LD 26.6 km/s
2035-12-28 01:37:00 Earth 0.4103 AU 159.7 LD 26.5 km/s

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

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