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2022 NV

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(2022 NV)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.008 AU
True anomaly
133.86°
Distance from Earth
1.642 AU
As of
21 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 NV — 1.008 AU from the Sun 2022 NV
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 NV is 1.642 AU from Earth today (13.7 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 04m 10s
Declination
-22° 53′ 43″
Constellation
Scorpius
Distance from Earth
1.64 AU
Elongation from the Sun
35.2° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

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
0.907 AU
Eccentricity
0.1919
Inclination
31.37°
Orbital period
315.7 days
Perihelion
0.733 AU
Aphelion
1.081 AU
Longitude of ascending node
283.78°
Argument of periapsis
219.61°
Epoch · J2000
2459767.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 3.3 LD
0.0084 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.435

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 9).

Observations used
18
Data arc
2 days
First observed
6 July 2022
Last observed
8 July 2022
Residual RMS
0.33 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
8 July 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.73

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 10 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 NV at 2060-07-09 18:48 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2060-07-09 18:48 UTC close approach of 2022 NV. Catalogue miss distance 74.8 LD · 2.87 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2060-07-06 to 2060-07-12, 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 74.8 LD · 2.87 × 10⁷ km 2060-07-09 18:48 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2060-07-09 18:48 UTC close approach of 2022 NV. Catalogue miss distance 74.8 LD · 2.87 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2060-07-06 to 2060-07-12, 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
2060-07-09 18:48:00 Earth 0.1921 AU 74.8 LD 18.3 km/s
2061-01-20 08:35:00 Earth 0.2915 AU 113.5 LD 19.1 km/s
2105-07-09 13:55:00 Earth 0.1291 AU 50.2 LD 17.3 km/s
2106-11-27 19:46:00 Venus 0.0978 AU 38.0 LD 22.7 km/s
2111-03-22 23:13:00 Venus 0.0703 AU 27.3 LD 21.2 km/s
2111-07-19 14:16:00 Earth 0.4467 AU 173.9 LD 23.6 km/s
2112-07-04 20:12:00 Earth 0.3141 AU 122.2 LD 16.3 km/s

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

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