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2022 TU

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(2022 TU)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.938 AU
True anomaly
265.55°
Distance from Earth
1.043 AU
As of
22 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 TU — 0.938 AU from the Sun 2022 TU
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 TU is 1.043 AU from Earth today (8.7 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 18m 22s
Declination
+01° 25′ 36″
Constellation
Sextans
Distance from Earth
1.04 AU
Elongation from the Sun
54.61° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

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
0.959 AU
Eccentricity
0.1906
Inclination
11.26°
Orbital period
343.1 days
Perihelion
0.776 AU
Aphelion
1.142 AU
Longitude of ascending node
218.04°
Argument of periapsis
331.11°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 37.4 LD
0.0961 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.252

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 3).

Observations used
48
Data arc
413 days
First observed
2 October 2022
Last observed
19 November 2023
Residual RMS
0.49 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
19 November 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
23.71

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 136 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 TU at 2036-08-11 05:58 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2036-08-11 05:58 UTC close approach of 2022 TU. Catalogue miss distance 167.1 LD · 6.42 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2036-08-08 to 2036-08-14, 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 167.1 LD · 6.42 × 10⁷ km 2036-08-11 05:58 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2036-08-11 05:58 UTC close approach of 2022 TU. Catalogue miss distance 167.1 LD · 6.42 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2036-08-08 to 2036-08-14, 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
2030-10-31 15:28:00 Venus 0.1484 AU 57.8 LD 8.8 km/s
2032-09-01 12:23:00 Venus 0.1307 AU 50.9 LD 11.2 km/s
2036-08-11 05:58:00 Earth 0.4293 AU 167.1 LD 17 km/s
2037-07-11 13:22:00 Earth 0.1949 AU 75.8 LD 7.1 km/s
2038-04-26 16:24:00 Earth 0.2168 AU 84.4 LD 9.3 km/s
2038-10-29 23:56:00 Earth 0.1316 AU 51.2 LD 7 km/s
2039-02-13 20:58:00 Earth 0.2429 AU 94.5 LD 6.2 km/s
2039-11-28 14:35:00 Earth 0.2229 AU 86.7 LD 12 km/s
2048-08-31 22:15:00 Venus 0.1058 AU 41.2 LD 8.7 km/s
2052-08-01 17:10:00 Earth 0.28 AU 109.0 LD 11.6 km/s

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

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