2022 QG8 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.7 AU to 1.36 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 381.5 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 30 August 2022.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.042 AU
- True anomaly
- 110.63°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.097 AU
- As of
- 3 November 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 18h 51m 21s
- Declination
- -22° 03′ 39″
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Distance from Earth
- 1.1 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 59.73° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.
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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
- 1.029 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.3174
- Inclination
- 4.16°
- Orbital period
- 381.5 days
- Perihelion
- 0.703 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.356 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 324.41°
- Argument of periapsis
- 261.07°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 3.2 LD
- 0.0082 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.896
Orbit quality
Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).
- Observations used
- 17
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 29 August 2022
- Last observed
- 30 August 2022
- Residual RMS
- 0.32 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 30 August 2022
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 26.95
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 66 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2040-01-12 23:01 UTC close approach of 2022 QG8. Catalogue miss distance 124.1 LD · 4.77 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2040-01-09 to 2040-01-15, 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. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2034-01-01 09:53:00 | Venus | 0.1101 AU | 42.8 LD | 12.7 km/s |
| 2040-01-12 23:01:00 | Earth | 0.3188 AU | 124.1 LD | 19.8 km/s |
| 2041-01-24 04:18:00 | Earth | 0.0449 AU | 17.5 LD | 11.3 km/s |
| 2042-12-02 06:12:00 | Earth | 0.3473 AU | 135.1 LD | 8.5 km/s |
| 2043-04-26 03:53:00 | Earth | 0.3072 AU | 119.6 LD | 11.1 km/s |
| 2043-11-06 07:26:00 | Earth | 0.3735 AU | 145.3 LD | 8.9 km/s |
| 2044-06-04 16:35:00 | Earth | 0.2978 AU | 115.9 LD | 10.4 km/s |
| 2044-06-08 21:11:00 | Venus | 0.043 AU | 16.7 LD | 7.7 km/s |
| 2044-10-09 03:59:00 | Earth | 0.3253 AU | 126.6 LD | 8 km/s |
| 2045-08-22 20:58:00 | Earth | 0.1608 AU | 62.6 LD | 5.8 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB