2022 CM is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.48 AU to 1.55 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 372.7 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 25 November 2022.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.064 AU
- True anomaly
- 233.78°
- Distance from Earth
- 2.011 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
- 15h 27m 10s
- Declination
- -17° 51′ 32″
- Constellation
- Libra
- Distance from Earth
- 2.01 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 12.35° — too close to the Sun to observe
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
- 1.014 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5258
- Inclination
- 2.17°
- Orbital period
- 372.7 days
- Perihelion
- 0.481 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.547 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 119.22°
- Argument of periapsis
- 252.19°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2459616.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 2.8 LD
- 0.0073 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.884
Orbit quality
Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 8).
- Observations used
- 47
- Data arc
- 5 days
- First observed
- 3 February 2022
- Last observed
- 8 February 2022
- Residual RMS
- 0.45 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 25 November 2022
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 25.05
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 25 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2056-06-02 21:08 UTC close approach of 2022 CM. Catalogue miss distance 69.5 LD · 2.67 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2056-05-30 to 2056-06-05, 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.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2056-06-02 21:08:00 | Earth | 0.1786 AU | 69.5 LD | 11.6 km/s |
| 2059-05-04 14:35:00 | Earth | 0.4386 AU | 170.7 LD | 11.9 km/s |
| 2060-04-25 08:20:00 | Earth | 0.4855 AU | 189.0 LD | 12.5 km/s |
| 2060-08-27 13:14:00 | Earth | 0.4881 AU | 189.9 LD | 19.7 km/s |
| 2060-10-12 14:50:00 | Venus | 0.1421 AU | 55.3 LD | 25.2 km/s |
| 2063-11-05 14:51:00 | Venus | 0.0448 AU | 17.4 LD | 20.2 km/s |
| 2074-02-10 23:48:00 | Earth | 0.2838 AU | 110.5 LD | 25.2 km/s |
| 2075-02-17 03:06:00 | Earth | 0.4173 AU | 162.4 LD | 29.5 km/s |
| 2199-11-08 05:39:00 | Earth | 0.4806 AU | 187.0 LD | 20.1 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