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2022 BJ8

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(2022 BJ8)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.634 AU
True anomaly
49.35°
Distance from Earth
0.835 AU
As of
16 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 — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 BJ8 — 0.634 AU from the Sun 2022 BJ8
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 BJ8 is 0.835 AU from Earth today (6.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 58m 14s
Declination
+03° 06′ 28″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
0.84 AU
Elongation from the Sun
39.36° — 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
0.785 AU
Eccentricity
0.2486
Inclination
15.83°
Orbital period
254.2 days
Perihelion
0.59 AU
Aphelion
0.981 AU
Longitude of ascending node
95.82°
Argument of periapsis
293.95°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · IEO
Atira (interior-Earth object)
Earth MOID · 59.4 LD
0.1526 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.349

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).

Observations used
87
Data arc
4.21 years
First observed
29 January 2022
Last observed
15 April 2026
Residual RMS
0.4 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
20 April 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
19.42

Discovery & classification

Atira Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 79 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 BJ8 at 2040-06-07 00:02 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2040-06-07 00:02 UTC close approach of 2022 BJ8. Catalogue miss distance 59.6 LD · 2.29 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2040-06-04 to 2040-06-10, 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. At closest approach the object is north of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 59.6 LD · 2.29 × 10⁷ km 2040-06-07 00:02 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2040-06-07 00:02 UTC close approach of 2022 BJ8. Catalogue miss distance 59.6 LD · 2.29 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2040-06-04 to 2040-06-10, 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. At closest approach the object is north of the ecliptic. 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
2032-03-05 12:24:00 Venus 0.1015 AU 39.5 LD 14.9 km/s
2033-02-03 15:40:00 Venus 0.027 AU 10.5 LD 11.5 km/s
2037-09-15 14:59:00 Venus 0.125 AU 48.7 LD 8.7 km/s
2040-06-07 00:02:00 Earth 0.1533 AU 59.6 LD 9.6 km/s
2043-06-28 11:44:00 Venus 0.1498 AU 58.3 LD 9.2 km/s
2048-03-04 22:35:00 Venus 0.0553 AU 21.5 LD 12.6 km/s
2049-02-05 06:23:00 Venus 0.057 AU 22.2 LD 13.5 km/s
2056-06-09 04:32:00 Earth 0.1561 AU 60.7 LD 9.4 km/s
2059-07-10 21:02:00 Venus 0.0958 AU 37.3 LD 9.3 km/s
2064-03-03 13:57:00 Venus 0.0563 AU 21.9 LD 10.4 km/s

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

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