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2022 HU1

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(2022 HU1)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.859 AU
True anomaly
258.2°
Distance from Earth
1.419 AU
As of
20 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 HU1 — 0.859 AU from the Sun 2022 HU1
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 HU1 is 1.419 AU from Earth today (11.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
15h 44m 50s
Declination
-35° 05′ 23″
Constellation
Lupus
Distance from Earth
1.41 AU
Elongation from the Sun
36.62° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

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
0.897 AU
Eccentricity
0.326
Inclination
26.43°
Orbital period
310.2 days
Perihelion
0.604 AU
Aphelion
1.189 AU
Longitude of ascending node
36.89°
Argument of periapsis
353.65°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 68.3 LD
0.1755 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.506

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
55
Data arc
33 days
First observed
11 April 2022
Last observed
14 May 2022
Residual RMS
0.53 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
14 May 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
22.65

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 183 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 HU1 at 2027-04-02 11:22 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-04-02 11:22 UTC close approach of 2022 HU1. Catalogue miss distance 132.1 LD · 5.08 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-03-30 to 2027-04-05, 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 132.1 LD · 5.08 × 10⁷ km 2027-04-02 11:22 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-04-02 11:22 UTC close approach of 2022 HU1. Catalogue miss distance 132.1 LD · 5.08 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-03-30 to 2027-04-05, 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
2027-04-02 11:22:00 Earth 0.3394 AU 132.1 LD 15.4 km/s
2027-10-19 03:59:00 Earth 0.3983 AU 155.0 LD 21.7 km/s
2028-05-14 21:32:00 Earth 0.2833 AU 110.2 LD 16.6 km/s
2028-08-22 22:52:00 Venus 0.1315 AU 51.2 LD 18.7 km/s
2032-12-15 11:04:00 Earth 0.4162 AU 162.0 LD 18.6 km/s
2033-04-20 13:11:00 Earth 0.2103 AU 81.8 LD 13.8 km/s
2033-09-13 17:36:00 Earth 0.4531 AU 176.4 LD 19.2 km/s
2035-06-17 11:26:00 Venus 0.1479 AU 57.6 LD 19 km/s
2038-03-26 09:24:00 Earth 0.4703 AU 183.0 LD 19.3 km/s
2038-11-10 14:21:00 Earth 0.385 AU 149.8 LD 21.5 km/s

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

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