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2022 HW5

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(2022 HW5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
43.009 AU
True anomaly
161.58°
Distance from Earth
44.001 AU
As of
16 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 — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 HW5 — 43.009 AU from the Sun 2022 HW5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 HW5 is 44.001 AU from Earth today (6.1 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 48m 39s
Declination
-10° 29′ 36″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
44 AU
Elongation from the Sun
5.18° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

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.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

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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
39.301 AU
Eccentricity
0.1006
Inclination
2.82°
Orbital period
246.4 years
Perihelion
35.346 AU
Aphelion
43.256 AU
Longitude of ascending node
42.86°
Argument of periapsis
4.63°
Epoch · J2000
2459692.5
Orbit class · TNO
Trans-Neptunian object
Earth MOID · 13,370.3 LD
34.3556 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.594

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 9).

Observations used
6
Data arc
2 days
First observed
22 April 2022
Last observed
24 April 2022
Residual RMS
0.3 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
16 June 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
7.47

Discovery & classification

TNO

Sources