2022 JF is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.91 AU to 1.16 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 385.3 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 9 May 2022.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.912 AU
- True anomaly
- 16.39°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.024 AU
- As of
- 5 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
- 18h 09m 11s
- Declination
- +02° 00′ 39″
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Distance from Earth
- 1.02 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 53.77° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Visible from both hemispheres.
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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
- 1.036 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1241
- Inclination
- 32.66°
- Orbital period
- 385.3 days
- Perihelion
- 0.908 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.165 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 221.5°
- Argument of periapsis
- 100.18°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 2.3 LD
- 0.0059 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.767
Orbit quality
Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).
- Observations used
- 53
- Data arc
- 6 days
- First observed
- 2 May 2022
- Last observed
- 8 May 2022
- Residual RMS
- 0.32 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 9 May 2022
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 24.77
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 65 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2040-04-22 03:26 UTC close approach of 2022 JF. Catalogue miss distance 149.0 LD · 5.73 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2040-04-19 to 2040-04-25, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2040-04-22 03:26:00 | Earth | 0.383 AU | 149.0 LD | 22.5 km/s |
| 2041-05-01 11:52:00 | Earth | 0.0687 AU | 26.7 LD | 17.4 km/s |
| 2041-10-23 13:45:00 | Earth | 0.4501 AU | 175.2 LD | 19.1 km/s |
| 2042-05-07 13:37:00 | Earth | 0.2619 AU | 101.9 LD | 16.7 km/s |
| 2042-10-31 13:33:00 | Earth | 0.123 AU | 47.9 LD | 16.9 km/s |
| 2043-11-11 05:20:00 | Earth | 0.207 AU | 80.6 LD | 19.8 km/s |
| 2060-04-27 20:56:00 | Earth | 0.1951 AU | 75.9 LD | 19.1 km/s |
| 2061-05-05 11:37:00 | Earth | 0.1319 AU | 51.3 LD | 16.4 km/s |
| 2062-05-08 13:22:00 | Earth | 0.4425 AU | 172.2 LD | 18.2 km/s |
| 2062-11-06 11:44:00 | Earth | 0.07 AU | 27.2 LD | 18 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