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2022 WJ5

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(2022 WJ5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.807 AU
True anomaly
302.4°
Distance from Earth
1.425 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 WJ5 — 0.807 AU from the Sun 2022 WJ5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 WJ5 is 1.425 AU from Earth today (11.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 39m 51s
Declination
-04° 38′ 30″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.43 AU
Elongation from the Sun
33.18° — 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
0.953 AU
Eccentricity
0.2253
Inclination
12.06°
Orbital period
339.9 days
Perihelion
0.738 AU
Aphelion
1.168 AU
Longitude of ascending node
247.28°
Argument of periapsis
304.43°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 13.5 LD
0.0348 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.275

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
47
Data arc
19 days
First observed
24 November 2022
Last observed
13 December 2022
Residual RMS
0.52 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
13 December 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.41

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 143 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 WJ5 at 2033-08-13 19:10 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2033-08-13 19:10 UTC close approach of 2022 WJ5. Catalogue miss distance 186.8 LD · 7.18 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2033-08-10 to 2033-08-16, 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 186.8 LD · 7.18 × 10⁷ km 2033-08-13 19:10 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2033-08-13 19:10 UTC close approach of 2022 WJ5. Catalogue miss distance 186.8 LD · 7.18 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2033-08-10 to 2033-08-16, 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
2033-08-13 19:10:00 Earth 0.4799 AU 186.8 LD 20.6 km/s
2034-07-14 19:07:00 Earth 0.1679 AU 65.3 LD 9.7 km/s
2035-05-05 10:11:00 Earth 0.2617 AU 101.8 LD 9.9 km/s
2035-11-09 01:16:00 Earth 0.1977 AU 76.9 LD 7.2 km/s
2036-02-07 22:45:00 Earth 0.2756 AU 107.3 LD 5.6 km/s
2036-12-04 01:28:00 Earth 0.1882 AU 73.2 LD 13.5 km/s
2047-06-21 17:34:00 Venus 0.1299 AU 50.6 LD 9.4 km/s
2047-07-29 19:34:00 Earth 0.2556 AU 99.5 LD 13.2 km/s
2048-05-30 18:40:00 Earth 0.2118 AU 82.4 LD 9.2 km/s
2048-10-07 12:24:00 Earth 0.2551 AU 99.3 LD 6.7 km/s

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

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