2022 UC14 is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.8 AU to 1.17 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 359 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 1 November 2022.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.086 AU
- True anomaly
- 130.65°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.376 AU
- As of
- 2 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
- 08h 30m 41s
- Declination
- +14° 21′ 28″
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Distance from Earth
- 0.37 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 94.59° — well clear of the Sun
Visible from both hemispheres.
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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
- 0.989 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.187
- Inclination
- 3.2°
- Orbital period
- 359 days
- Perihelion
- 0.804 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.173 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 212.57°
- Argument of periapsis
- 77.31°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 0.0 LD
- 0.0001 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.118
Orbit quality
Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).
- Observations used
- 36
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 28 October 2022
- Last observed
- 29 October 2022
- Residual RMS
- 0.5 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 1 November 2022
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 29.67
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 54 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-01-19 13:33 UTC close approach of 2022 UC14. Catalogue miss distance 76.6 LD · 2.94 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-01-16 to 2027-01-22, 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 south of the ecliptic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-01-19 13:33:00 | Earth | 0.1968 AU | 76.6 LD | 5.4 km/s |
| 2027-06-20 01:18:00 | Earth | 0.209 AU | 81.3 LD | 6.6 km/s |
| 2028-02-11 09:14:00 | Earth | 0.1739 AU | 67.7 LD | 4.9 km/s |
| 2028-05-25 02:31:00 | Earth | 0.1794 AU | 69.8 LD | 5.5 km/s |
| 2028-06-09 02:23:00 | Venus | 0.1105 AU | 43.0 LD | 3.5 km/s |
| 2029-03-18 18:38:00 | Earth | 0.1148 AU | 44.7 LD | 3.6 km/s |
| 2030-03-29 06:55:00 | Earth | 0.0266 AU | 10.4 LD | 6 km/s |
| 2031-03-25 16:42:00 | Earth | 0.0883 AU | 34.4 LD | 8.8 km/s |
| 2032-03-20 17:48:00 | Earth | 0.1883 AU | 73.3 LD | 11.8 km/s |
| 2033-03-16 16:30:00 | Earth | 0.2911 AU | 113.3 LD | 14.9 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