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2022 HA

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(2022 HA)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.512 AU
True anomaly
21.33°
Distance from Earth
0.485 AU
As of
16 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 HA — 0.512 AU from the Sun 2022 HA
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 HA is 0.485 AU from Earth today (4.0 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 27m 20s
Declination
-08° 31′ 47″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
0.48 AU
Elongation from the Sun
0.78° — too close to the Sun to observe

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
0.791 AU
Eccentricity
0.3654
Inclination
17.12°
Orbital period
257.1 days
Perihelion
0.502 AU
Aphelion
1.081 AU
Longitude of ascending node
206.15°
Argument of periapsis
155.24°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 6.7 LD
0.0173 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.269

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
105
Data arc
3 days
First observed
18 April 2022
Last observed
21 April 2022
Residual RMS
0.54 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
22 April 2022

Physical properties

Rotation period
0.32 hours

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.39

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 105 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 HA at 2026-10-18 15:11 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-10-18 15:11 UTC close approach of 2022 HA. Catalogue miss distance 187.5 LD · 7.21 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-10-15 to 2026-10-21, 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 187.5 LD · 7.21 × 10⁷ km 2026-10-18 15:11 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-10-18 15:11 UTC close approach of 2022 HA. Catalogue miss distance 187.5 LD · 7.21 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-10-15 to 2026-10-21, 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
2026-10-18 15:11:00 Earth 0.4819 AU 187.5 LD 21.3 km/s
2027-04-13 04:31:00 Earth 0.391 AU 152.2 LD 22.6 km/s
2029-03-28 12:08:00 Earth 0.1695 AU 66.0 LD 10.2 km/s
2033-11-11 06:52:00 Earth 0.446 AU 173.6 LD 18.5 km/s
2034-04-19 08:39:00 Earth 0.168 AU 65.4 LD 15.8 km/s
2036-02-29 08:27:00 Earth 0.2745 AU 106.8 LD 12.6 km/s
2036-07-21 10:32:00 Earth 0.4845 AU 188.6 LD 12.8 km/s
2040-12-08 14:56:00 Earth 0.3994 AU 155.4 LD 13.3 km/s
2041-04-16 11:39:00 Earth 0.0415 AU 16.2 LD 10.9 km/s
2043-02-28 10:49:00 Earth 0.4313 AU 167.9 LD 19.7 km/s

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

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