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2022 DQ3

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(2022 DQ3)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.048 AU
True anomaly
204.58°
Distance from Earth
1.901 AU
As of
22 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 DQ3 — 1.048 AU from the Sun 2022 DQ3
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 DQ3 is 1.901 AU from Earth today (15.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 27m 50s
Declination
-03° 09′ 20″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.9 AU
Elongation from the Sun
22.12° — 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
0.949 AU
Eccentricity
0.1177
Inclination
3.28°
Orbital period
337.5 days
Perihelion
0.837 AU
Aphelion
1.06 AU
Longitude of ascending node
342.33°
Argument of periapsis
339.41°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 12.1 LD
0.0312 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.331

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
28
Data arc
11 days
First observed
27 February 2022
Last observed
10 March 2022
Residual RMS
0.36 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
11 March 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.84

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 32 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 DQ3 at 2032-12-18 07:23 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-12-18 07:23 UTC close approach of 2022 DQ3. Catalogue miss distance 144.3 LD · 5.55 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-12-15 to 2032-12-21, 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 144.3 LD · 5.55 × 10⁷ km 2032-12-18 07:23 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2032-12-18 07:23 UTC close approach of 2022 DQ3. Catalogue miss distance 144.3 LD · 5.55 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2032-12-15 to 2032-12-21, 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
2032-12-18 07:23:00 Earth 0.3707 AU 144.3 LD 15 km/s
2035-03-31 17:43:00 Earth 0.299 AU 116.3 LD 12.7 km/s
2044-12-20 11:32:00 Earth 0.4375 AU 170.3 LD 17.1 km/s
2047-04-02 08:55:00 Earth 0.2368 AU 92.1 LD 10.8 km/s
2056-12-21 23:48:00 Earth 0.4768 AU 185.6 LD 18.3 km/s
2059-04-03 12:43:00 Earth 0.1973 AU 76.8 LD 9.6 km/s
2081-12-09 20:07:00 Earth 0.1549 AU 60.3 LD 8.1 km/s
2083-04-05 13:49:00 Earth 0.0634 AU 24.7 LD 5.3 km/s

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

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