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2022 MQ

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(2022 MQ)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.018 AU
True anomaly
131.59°
Distance from Earth
1.939 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 MQ — 1.018 AU from the Sun 2022 MQ
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 MQ is 1.939 AU from Earth today (16.1 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 30m 24s
Declination
+03° 33′ 35″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.94 AU
Elongation from the Sun
15.72° — 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
0.946 AU
Eccentricity
0.1299
Inclination
23.58°
Orbital period
335.9 days
Perihelion
0.823 AU
Aphelion
1.069 AU
Longitude of ascending node
94.54°
Argument of periapsis
321.97°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 7.3 LD
0.0187 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.277

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
113
Data arc
9 days
First observed
21 June 2022
Last observed
30 June 2022
Residual RMS
0.41 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
19 May 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
22.84

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 74 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 MQ at 2033-01-13 14:56 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2033-01-13 14:56 UTC close approach of 2022 MQ. Catalogue miss distance 77.6 LD · 2.98 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2033-01-10 to 2033-01-16, 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 77.6 LD · 2.98 × 10⁷ km 2033-01-13 14:56 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2033-01-13 14:56 UTC close approach of 2022 MQ. Catalogue miss distance 77.6 LD · 2.98 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2033-01-10 to 2033-01-16, 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
2033-01-13 14:56:00 Earth 0.1994 AU 77.6 LD 14.9 km/s
2033-06-26 07:02:00 Earth 0.2076 AU 80.8 LD 12.3 km/s
2033-11-22 06:01:00 Earth 0.3232 AU 125.8 LD 14.1 km/s
2034-06-22 21:35:00 Earth 0.2592 AU 100.9 LD 15.7 km/s
2044-02-02 11:15:00 Earth 0.3675 AU 143.0 LD 17.8 km/s
2044-06-21 10:19:00 Earth 0.4 AU 155.7 LD 14.7 km/s
2044-12-17 09:30:00 Earth 0.1767 AU 68.7 LD 13.7 km/s
2045-06-26 06:15:00 Earth 0.0607 AU 23.6 LD 12.5 km/s
2056-01-03 08:34:00 Earth 0.1427 AU 55.5 LD 14 km/s
2056-06-26 22:07:00 Earth 0.0958 AU 37.3 LD 11.7 km/s

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

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