2022 SU7 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.83 AU to 1.19 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 372.1 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 29 September 2022.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.979 AU
- True anomaly
- 270.28°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.483 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
- 19h 51m 22s
- Declination
- -20° 38′ 04″
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Distance from Earth
- 0.48 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 74.26° — well clear of the Sun
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
- 1.012 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1784
- Inclination
- 1.54°
- Orbital period
- 372.1 days
- Perihelion
- 0.832 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.193 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 7.11°
- Argument of periapsis
- 95.55°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 0.3 LD
- 0.0007 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.007
Orbit quality
Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).
- Observations used
- 37
- Data arc
- 5 days
- First observed
- 23 September 2022
- Last observed
- 28 September 2022
- Residual RMS
- 0.55 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 29 September 2022
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 28.31
Discovery & classification
Listed by JPL impact monitoring; see the Sentry table for current probabilities.
Close approaches 69 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-02-26 11:21 UTC close approach of 2022 SU7. Catalogue miss distance 44.4 LD · 1.71 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-02-23 to 2027-03-01, 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-02-26 11:21:00 | Earth | 0.1142 AU | 44.4 LD | 3.7 km/s |
| 2027-05-07 11:03:00 | Earth | 0.1176 AU | 45.8 LD | 3.3 km/s |
| 2028-04-08 02:32:00 | Earth | 0.0127 AU | 4.9 LD | 4.6 km/s |
| 2029-04-11 08:47:00 | Earth | 0.0611 AU | 23.8 LD | 6.7 km/s |
| 2030-04-15 09:49:00 | Earth | 0.1438 AU | 56.0 LD | 9.2 km/s |
| 2031-04-19 14:07:00 | Earth | 0.2299 AU | 89.5 LD | 11.7 km/s |
| 2032-04-23 01:49:00 | Earth | 0.3173 AU | 123.5 LD | 14.3 km/s |
| 2033-04-27 08:43:00 | Earth | 0.4048 AU | 157.5 LD | 16.9 km/s |
| 2034-05-01 22:03:00 | Earth | 0.4928 AU | 191.8 LD | 19.6 km/s |
| 2036-02-26 23:55:00 | Venus | 0.1104 AU | 43.0 LD | 2 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