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2022 EZ6

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(2022 EZ6)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.736 AU
True anomaly
71.67°
Distance from Earth
0.94 AU
As of
19 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 — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 EZ6 — 0.736 AU from the Sun 2022 EZ6
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 EZ6 is 0.94 AU from Earth today (7.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 49m 30s
Declination
+02° 35′ 00″
Constellation
Sextans
Distance from Earth
0.95 AU
Elongation from the Sun
44.69° — 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
0.865 AU
Eccentricity
0.2756
Inclination
6.35°
Orbital period
294 days
Perihelion
0.627 AU
Aphelion
1.104 AU
Longitude of ascending node
157.43°
Argument of periapsis
220.7°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 3.6 LD
0.0092 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.793

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 0).

Observations used
228
Data arc
8.07 years
First observed
18 March 2018
Last observed
11 April 2026
Residual RMS
0.36 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
11 April 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
23.52

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 98 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 EZ6 at 2030-02-21 13:00 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-02-21 13:00 UTC close approach of 2022 EZ6. Catalogue miss distance 44.7 LD · 1.72 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-02-18 to 2030-02-24, 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 44.7 LD · 1.72 × 10⁷ km 2030-02-21 13:00 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-02-21 13:00 UTC close approach of 2022 EZ6. Catalogue miss distance 44.7 LD · 1.72 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-02-18 to 2030-02-24, 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
2030-02-21 13:00:00 Earth 0.1148 AU 44.7 LD 11 km/s
2032-05-11 23:49:00 Venus 0.0973 AU 37.9 LD 8.4 km/s
2034-08-29 23:15:00 Venus 0.109 AU 42.4 LD 12.8 km/s
2042-11-13 05:20:00 Venus 0.0849 AU 33.1 LD 7.9 km/s
2045-02-18 10:06:00 Venus 0.0721 AU 28.1 LD 9.9 km/s
2047-05-21 10:04:00 Earth 0.1168 AU 45.5 LD 8.1 km/s
2051-04-28 02:53:00 Earth 0.1267 AU 49.3 LD 5.9 km/s
2053-05-03 19:25:00 Venus 0.0816 AU 31.8 LD 8.2 km/s
2055-03-22 14:32:00 Earth 0.1129 AU 44.0 LD 6.1 km/s
2055-08-06 05:12:00 Venus 0.0696 AU 27.1 LD 9.6 km/s

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

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