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2022 YW2

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(2022 YW2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.651 AU
True anomaly
340.32°
Distance from Earth
1.324 AU
As of
20 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 — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 YW2 — 0.651 AU from the Sun 2022 YW2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 YW2 is 1.324 AU from Earth today (11.0 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
15h 34m 08s
Declination
-20° 23′ 29″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
1.32 AU
Elongation from the Sun
28.43° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

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
0.883 AU
Eccentricity
0.2725
Inclination
2.44°
Orbital period
303.1 days
Perihelion
0.642 AU
Aphelion
1.124 AU
Longitude of ascending node
31.96°
Argument of periapsis
269.91°
Epoch · J2000
2459935.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 10.2 LD
0.0261 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.684

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 8).

Observations used
14
Data arc
2 days
First observed
21 December 2022
Last observed
23 December 2022
Residual RMS
0.12 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
23 December 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.2

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 13 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 YW2 at 2048-03-08 22:24 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2048-03-08 22:24 UTC close approach of 2022 YW2. Catalogue miss distance 73.9 LD · 2.84 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2048-03-05 to 2048-03-11, 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 73.9 LD · 2.84 × 10⁷ km 2048-03-08 22:24 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2048-03-08 22:24 UTC close approach of 2022 YW2. Catalogue miss distance 73.9 LD · 2.84 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2048-03-05 to 2048-03-11, 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
2048-03-08 22:24:00 Earth 0.1898 AU 73.9 LD 13.8 km/s
2051-12-05 07:28:00 Earth 0.1664 AU 64.8 LD 13.1 km/s
2052-07-11 02:52:00 Earth 0.3723 AU 144.9 LD 12.4 km/s
2053-03-03 10:32:00 Earth 0.3473 AU 135.1 LD 18.8 km/s
2056-12-01 18:05:00 Earth 0.0308 AU 12.0 LD 8.4 km/s
2058-02-26 14:41:00 Earth 0.4811 AU 187.2 LD 23.1 km/s

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

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