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2022 JU1

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(2022 JU1)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.102 AU
True anomaly
139.26°
Distance from Earth
1.685 AU
As of
24 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 — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 JU1 — 1.102 AU from the Sun 2022 JU1
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 JU1 is 1.685 AU from Earth today (14.0 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 41m 00s
Declination
+06° 38′ 32″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.68 AU
Elongation from the Sun
38.77° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

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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
0.972 AU
Eccentricity
0.2028
Inclination
6.77°
Orbital period
350.2 days
Perihelion
0.775 AU
Aphelion
1.17 AU
Longitude of ascending node
66.58°
Argument of periapsis
292.6°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.4 LD
0.0009 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.192

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
67
Data arc
28 days
First observed
27 April 2022
Last observed
25 May 2022
Residual RMS
0.59 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
28 February 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.98

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 105 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 JU1 at 2041-01-21 15:29 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2041-01-21 15:29 UTC close approach of 2022 JU1. Catalogue miss distance 192.9 LD · 7.41 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2041-01-18 to 2041-01-24, 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 192.9 LD · 7.41 × 10⁷ km 2041-01-21 15:29 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2041-01-21 15:29 UTC close approach of 2022 JU1. Catalogue miss distance 192.9 LD · 7.41 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2041-01-18 to 2041-01-24, 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
2034-02-28 22:31:00 Venus 0.1431 AU 55.7 LD 7.2 km/s
2041-01-21 15:29:00 Earth 0.4956 AU 192.9 LD 21.6 km/s
2042-01-10 01:28:00 Earth 0.2481 AU 96.6 LD 13.9 km/s
2042-12-26 06:39:00 Earth 0.0647 AU 25.2 LD 6.6 km/s
2043-10-27 15:50:00 Earth 0.2105 AU 81.9 LD 6.9 km/s
2044-03-03 10:14:00 Earth 0.2109 AU 82.1 LD 5.3 km/s
2044-09-05 17:55:00 Earth 0.2503 AU 97.4 LD 7.4 km/s
2045-05-06 09:03:00 Earth 0.146 AU 56.8 LD 4.8 km/s
2046-05-25 10:45:00 Earth 0.089 AU 34.6 LD 9.4 km/s
2047-05-16 01:10:00 Earth 0.3378 AU 131.5 LD 16.6 km/s

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

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