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2022 JW2

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(2022 JW2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.883 AU
True anomaly
80.63°
Distance from Earth
1.815 AU
As of
22 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 JW2 — 0.883 AU from the Sun 2022 JW2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 JW2 is 1.815 AU from Earth today (15.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 54m 07s
Declination
-08° 50′ 13″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.82 AU
Elongation from the Sun
14.04° — 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
0.944 AU
Eccentricity
0.1894
Inclination
8.25°
Orbital period
335.3 days
Perihelion
0.766 AU
Aphelion
1.123 AU
Longitude of ascending node
224.52°
Argument of periapsis
234.47°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 3.9 LD
0.0099 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.337

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
35
Data arc
20 days
First observed
14 May 2022
Last observed
3 June 2022
Residual RMS
0.39 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
4 June 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.2

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 107 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 JW2 at 2033-05-01 21:46 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2033-05-01 21:46 UTC close approach of 2022 JW2. Catalogue miss distance 25.7 LD · 9.88 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2033-04-28 to 2033-05-04, 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 south of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 25.7 LD · 9.88 × 10⁶ km 2033-05-01 21:46 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2033-05-01 21:46 UTC close approach of 2022 JW2. Catalogue miss distance 25.7 LD · 9.88 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2033-04-28 to 2033-05-04, 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 south 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
2029-04-25 16:49:00 Venus 0.1445 AU 56.2 LD 6.9 km/s
2031-03-05 00:04:00 Venus 0.096 AU 37.4 LD 7 km/s
2033-01-08 20:01:00 Venus 0.0718 AU 28.0 LD 7.5 km/s
2033-05-01 21:46:00 Earth 0.0661 AU 25.7 LD 7.9 km/s
2034-01-01 20:01:00 Earth 0.241 AU 93.8 LD 7.4 km/s
2034-09-19 22:31:00 Earth 0.1188 AU 46.2 LD 6.7 km/s
2034-11-14 12:42:00 Venus 0.0825 AU 32.1 LD 8.3 km/s
2036-09-18 16:29:00 Venus 0.1167 AU 45.4 LD 9.6 km/s
2044-05-06 23:25:00 Earth 0.2292 AU 89.2 LD 12.4 km/s
2045-02-06 16:06:00 Earth 0.2334 AU 90.8 LD 5.8 km/s

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

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