2022 AM is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.71 AU to 1.35 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 383.5 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 27 January 2022.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.325 AU
- True anomaly
- 162.79°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.751 AU
- As of
- 3 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
- 21h 53m 26s
- Declination
- -29° 44′ 17″
- Constellation
- Piscis Austrinus
- Distance from Earth
- 0.76 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 97.68° — well clear of the Sun
Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.
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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
- 1.033 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.3086
- Inclination
- 9.06°
- Orbital period
- 383.5 days
- Perihelion
- 0.714 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.352 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 104.35°
- Argument of periapsis
- 101.2°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 1.8 LD
- 0.0047 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.874
Orbit quality
Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).
- Observations used
- 42
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 5 January 2022
- Last observed
- 6 January 2022
- Residual RMS
- 0.32 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 27 January 2022
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 28.18
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 55 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-08-19 03:29 UTC close approach of 2022 AM. Catalogue miss distance 162.0 LD · 6.23 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-08-16 to 2027-08-22, 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-08-19 03:29:00 | Earth | 0.4162 AU | 162.0 LD | 22.2 km/s |
| 2029-06-30 01:28:00 | Venus | 0.0933 AU | 36.3 LD | 10.1 km/s |
| 2040-02-12 01:14:00 | Venus | 0.1272 AU | 49.5 LD | 12 km/s |
| 2041-12-24 06:28:00 | Earth | 0.3351 AU | 130.4 LD | 20.3 km/s |
| 2043-01-06 06:02:00 | Earth | 0.0228 AU | 8.9 LD | 11.2 km/s |
| 2043-12-16 05:00:00 | Earth | 0.2577 AU | 100.3 LD | 7.2 km/s |
| 2044-02-27 20:51:00 | Earth | 0.2605 AU | 101.4 LD | 7.8 km/s |
| 2044-11-06 23:40:00 | Earth | 0.3788 AU | 147.4 LD | 8.6 km/s |
| 2045-04-21 20:14:00 | Earth | 0.3177 AU | 123.6 LD | 10.8 km/s |
| 2045-10-06 07:14:00 | Earth | 0.3888 AU | 151.3 LD | 8.4 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