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2022 FZ1

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(2022 FZ1)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.012 AU
True anomaly
228.75°
Distance from Earth
1.742 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 FZ1 — 1.012 AU from the Sun 2022 FZ1
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 FZ1 is 1.742 AU from Earth today (14.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
15h 46m 31s
Declination
-15° 15′ 28″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
1.74 AU
Elongation from the Sun
29.97° — 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
0.9 AU
Eccentricity
0.2545
Inclination
8.04°
Orbital period
312 days
Perihelion
0.671 AU
Aphelion
1.129 AU
Longitude of ascending node
190.28°
Argument of periapsis
207.72°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 20.6 LD
0.0529 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.576

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
46
Data arc
16 days
First observed
25 March 2022
Last observed
10 April 2022
Residual RMS
0.35 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
10 April 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.57

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 105 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 FZ1 at 2028-04-09 04:38 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-04-09 04:38 UTC close approach of 2022 FZ1. Catalogue miss distance 47.3 LD · 1.82 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-04-06 to 2028-04-12, 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 north of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 47.3 LD · 1.82 × 10⁷ km 2028-04-09 04:38 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2028-04-09 04:38 UTC close approach of 2022 FZ1. Catalogue miss distance 47.3 LD · 1.82 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2028-04-06 to 2028-04-12, 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 north of the ecliptic. 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
2028-04-09 04:38:00 Earth 0.1215 AU 47.3 LD 6.4 km/s
2028-08-27 21:21:00 Earth 0.2672 AU 104.0 LD 8.3 km/s
2033-12-18 16:39:00 Earth 0.2902 AU 113.0 LD 8.1 km/s
2034-05-07 20:02:00 Earth 0.1459 AU 56.8 LD 6.3 km/s
2037-05-07 21:25:00 Venus 0.1074 AU 41.8 LD 10 km/s
2039-03-20 13:56:00 Earth 0.4461 AU 173.6 LD 20.6 km/s
2039-11-27 21:39:00 Earth 0.3151 AU 122.6 LD 10.3 km/s
2040-06-08 01:16:00 Earth 0.1375 AU 53.5 LD 6.3 km/s
2041-07-10 04:06:00 Venus 0.0737 AU 28.7 LD 9.7 km/s
2045-03-15 00:41:00 Earth 0.3164 AU 123.1 LD 16.6 km/s

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

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