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2022 OF

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(2022 OF)

2022 OF is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.93 AU to 1.02 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 353.3 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 21 July 2022.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.935 AU
True anomaly
343.42°
Distance from Earth
0.898 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 OF — 0.935 AU from the Sun 2022 OF
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 OF is 0.898 AU from Earth today (7.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 42m 00s
Declination
+21° 56′ 16″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
0.9 AU
Elongation from the Sun
58.94° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

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.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

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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
0.978 AU
Eccentricity
0.0461
Inclination
24.76°
Orbital period
353.3 days
Perihelion
0.933 AU
Aphelion
1.023 AU
Longitude of ascending node
294.08°
Argument of periapsis
165.88°
Epoch · J2000
2459779.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 2.0 LD
0.0052 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.107

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 8).

Observations used
13
Data arc
2 days
First observed
19 July 2022
Last observed
21 July 2022
Residual RMS
0.56 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
21 July 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.31

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

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