2022 KG is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.77 AU to 1.28 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 380.5 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 4 July 2023.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.283 AU
- True anomaly
- 177.6°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.629 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
- 18h 15m 42s
- Declination
- -31° 51′ 47″
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Distance from Earth
- 1.63 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 51.79° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
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
- 1.028 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.249
- Inclination
- 11.44°
- Orbital period
- 380.5 days
- Perihelion
- 0.772 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.284 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 60.63°
- Argument of periapsis
- 72.92°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 6.8 LD
- 0.0174 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.907
Orbit quality
Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).
- Observations used
- 100
- Data arc
- 5 days
- First observed
- 19 May 2022
- Last observed
- 24 May 2022
- Residual RMS
- 0.56 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 4 July 2023
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 25.73
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 43 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2041-10-15 00:46 UTC close approach of 2022 KG. Catalogue miss distance 167.9 LD · 6.45 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2041-10-12 to 2041-10-18, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2029-05-23 09:00:00 | Venus | 0.1198 AU | 46.6 LD | 4.5 km/s |
| 2041-10-15 00:46:00 | Earth | 0.4314 AU | 167.9 LD | 20.8 km/s |
| 2042-10-29 03:26:00 | Earth | 0.1811 AU | 70.5 LD | 13.5 km/s |
| 2043-11-20 11:56:00 | Earth | 0.1053 AU | 41.0 LD | 7.8 km/s |
| 2045-07-20 07:40:00 | Earth | 0.3337 AU | 129.9 LD | 6.9 km/s |
| 2047-05-19 19:51:00 | Earth | 0.0534 AU | 20.8 LD | 10.3 km/s |
| 2048-05-29 15:42:00 | Earth | 0.3153 AU | 122.7 LD | 17.4 km/s |
| 2053-05-24 22:49:00 | Venus | 0.1389 AU | 54.0 LD | 7.4 km/s |
| 2066-10-25 09:53:00 | Earth | 0.2494 AU | 97.1 LD | 15.5 km/s |
| 2067-11-12 19:54:00 | Earth | 0.0641 AU | 25.0 LD | 8.8 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