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2022 QU7

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(2022 QU7)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.801 AU
True anomaly
107.74°
Distance from Earth
1.518 AU
As of
16 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 — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 QU7 — 0.801 AU from the Sun 2022 QU7
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 QU7 is 1.518 AU from Earth today (12.6 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
15h 13m 22s
Declination
-23° 46′ 21″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
1.52 AU
Elongation from the Sun
28.79° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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

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
0.806 AU
Eccentricity
0.321
Inclination
11.79°
Orbital period
264.2 days
Perihelion
0.547 AU
Aphelion
1.064 AU
Longitude of ascending node
333.17°
Argument of periapsis
186.7°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 17.7 LD
0.0456 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.188

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
81
Data arc
14 days
First observed
21 August 2022
Last observed
4 September 2022
Residual RMS
0.29 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
28 October 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.88

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 9 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 QU7 at 2030-09-28 07:04 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-09-28 07:04 UTC close approach of 2022 QU7. Catalogue miss distance 69.8 LD · 2.68 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-09-25 to 2030-10-01, 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 69.8 LD · 2.68 × 10⁷ km 2030-09-28 07:04 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-09-28 07:04 UTC close approach of 2022 QU7. Catalogue miss distance 69.8 LD · 2.68 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-09-25 to 2030-10-01, 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
2030-09-28 07:04:00 Earth 0.1793 AU 69.8 LD 11.1 km/s
2035-08-16 12:51:00 Earth 0.0509 AU 19.8 LD 8.5 km/s
2048-08-08 14:45:00 Earth 0.1325 AU 51.6 LD 11.1 km/s
2184-08-09 13:58:00 Earth 0.1894 AU 73.7 LD 13 km/s
2200-09-27 04:33:00 Earth 0.142 AU 55.3 LD 9.6 km/s

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

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