2022 HL2 is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.86 AU to 1.11 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 356.6 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 5 May 2022.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.048 AU
- True anomaly
- 127.84°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.121 AU
- As of
- 2 November 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 11h 09m 08s
- Declination
- +15° 40′ 37″
- Constellation
- Leo
- Distance from Earth
- 1.12 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 59.2° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.
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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
- 0.984 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.123
- Inclination
- 11.01°
- Orbital period
- 356.6 days
- Perihelion
- 0.863 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.105 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 41.25°
- Argument of periapsis
- 297.83°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 6.7 LD
- 0.0172 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.134
Orbit quality
Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).
- Observations used
- 45
- Data arc
- 10 days
- First observed
- 25 April 2022
- Last observed
- 5 May 2022
- Residual RMS
- 0.47 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 5 May 2022
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 26.07
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 46 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2057-12-14 17:04 UTC close approach of 2022 HL2. Catalogue miss distance 151.2 LD · 5.81 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2057-12-11 to 2057-12-17, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2057-12-14 17:04:00 | Earth | 0.3886 AU | 151.2 LD | 16.5 km/s |
| 2058-12-06 09:41:00 | Earth | 0.2475 AU | 96.3 LD | 12.4 km/s |
| 2059-11-25 22:38:00 | Earth | 0.1163 AU | 45.3 LD | 8.9 km/s |
| 2060-11-08 15:09:00 | Earth | 0.0736 AU | 28.6 LD | 6.7 km/s |
| 2061-10-09 03:29:00 | Earth | 0.1652 AU | 64.3 LD | 6.4 km/s |
| 2063-04-29 06:52:00 | Earth | 0.1046 AU | 40.7 LD | 5.8 km/s |
| 2064-05-04 12:21:00 | Earth | 0.0348 AU | 13.5 LD | 7.3 km/s |
| 2065-05-02 05:16:00 | Earth | 0.1797 AU | 69.9 LD | 10.8 km/s |
| 2066-04-27 18:03:00 | Earth | 0.3298 AU | 128.3 LD | 14.8 km/s |
| 2067-04-22 12:16:00 | Earth | 0.479 AU | 186.4 LD | 19.1 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB