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2022 WJ10

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(2022 WJ10)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.121 AU
True anomaly
208.79°
Distance from Earth
1.804 AU
As of
21 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 WJ10 — 1.121 AU from the Sun 2022 WJ10
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 WJ10 is 1.804 AU from Earth today (15.0 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 54m 41s
Declination
+07° 10′ 16″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.8 AU
Elongation from the Sun
33.74° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

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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
0.93 AU
Eccentricity
0.2566
Inclination
9.8°
Orbital period
327.5 days
Perihelion
0.691 AU
Aphelion
1.168 AU
Longitude of ascending node
61.22°
Argument of periapsis
235.72°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 5.7 LD
0.0147 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.401

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
17
Data arc
4 days
First observed
27 November 2022
Last observed
1 December 2022
Residual RMS
0.35 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
1 December 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
27.57

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 121 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 WJ10 at 2030-12-02 03:08 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-12-02 03:08 UTC close approach of 2022 WJ10. Catalogue miss distance 163.5 LD · 6.28 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-11-29 to 2030-12-05, 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. Sun 163.5 LD · 6.28 × 10⁷ km 2030-12-02 03:08 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-12-02 03:08 UTC close approach of 2022 WJ10. Catalogue miss distance 163.5 LD · 6.28 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-11-29 to 2030-12-05, 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.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2030-12-02 03:08:00 Earth 0.4201 AU 163.5 LD 21.6 km/s
2031-12-13 15:02:00 Earth 0.1798 AU 70.0 LD 7 km/s
2032-06-20 19:21:00 Earth 0.3183 AU 123.9 LD 11.1 km/s
2033-03-20 09:32:00 Earth 0.2058 AU 80.1 LD 13 km/s
2033-05-12 07:57:00 Venus 0.0593 AU 23.1 LD 6 km/s
2039-11-24 23:20:00 Earth 0.2252 AU 87.6 LD 15.6 km/s
2040-08-24 14:20:00 Earth 0.3297 AU 128.3 LD 9.4 km/s
2041-01-20 01:04:00 Earth 0.2429 AU 94.5 LD 7 km/s
2041-05-21 14:09:00 Earth 0.2585 AU 100.6 LD 9.3 km/s
2042-03-10 23:57:00 Earth 0.368 AU 143.2 LD 18.8 km/s

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

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