2022 AD is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.93 AU to 1.04 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 357.4 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 26 January 2023.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.037 AU
- True anomaly
- 153.92°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.726 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
- 09h 51m 20s
- Declination
- +03° 51′ 02″
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Distance from Earth
- 0.73 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 72.44° — 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
- 0.986 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.0588
- Inclination
- 12.85°
- Orbital period
- 357.4 days
- Perihelion
- 0.928 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.043 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 109.82°
- Argument of periapsis
- 177.48°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 23.3 LD
- 0.0598 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.127
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).
- Observations used
- 101
- Data arc
- 750 days
- First observed
- 5 January 2021
- Last observed
- 25 January 2023
- Residual RMS
- 0.48 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 26 January 2023
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 24.33
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 86 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2063-11-27 21:11 UTC close approach of 2022 AD. Catalogue miss distance 159.0 LD · 6.11 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2063-11-24 to 2063-11-30, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2063-11-27 21:11:00 | Earth | 0.4085 AU | 159.0 LD | 13.3 km/s |
| 2064-12-07 22:50:00 | Earth | 0.2949 AU | 114.8 LD | 10.3 km/s |
| 2065-08-28 10:37:00 | Earth | 0.2228 AU | 86.7 LD | 8.4 km/s |
| 2065-12-21 10:39:00 | Earth | 0.1877 AU | 73.0 LD | 8.2 km/s |
| 2066-08-04 01:03:00 | Earth | 0.1355 AU | 52.8 LD | 7.6 km/s |
| 2067-01-03 00:38:00 | Earth | 0.0937 AU | 36.5 LD | 7.1 km/s |
| 2067-07-14 00:49:00 | Earth | 0.0874 AU | 34.0 LD | 7.3 km/s |
| 2068-01-14 15:34:00 | Earth | 0.0683 AU | 26.6 LD | 6.9 km/s |
| 2068-06-21 19:05:00 | Earth | 0.13 AU | 50.6 LD | 7.5 km/s |
| 2069-01-25 06:46:00 | Earth | 0.1501 AU | 58.4 LD | 7.8 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