2022 NX1 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 1 AU to 1.05 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 378.4 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 21 November 2022.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.026 AU
- True anomaly
- 262.9°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.895 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
- 19h 15m 27s
- Declination
- -21° 07′ 03″
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Distance from Earth
- 0.9 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 65.65° — 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
- 1.024 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.0246
- Inclination
- 1.07°
- Orbital period
- 378.4 days
- Perihelion
- 0.999 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.049 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 274.44°
- Argument of periapsis
- 171.39°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 5.7 LD
- 0.0145 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.969
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).
- Observations used
- 172
- Data arc
- 142 days
- First observed
- 2 July 2022
- Last observed
- 21 November 2022
- Residual RMS
- 0.52 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 21 November 2022
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 28.07
Discovery & classification
Listed by JPL impact monitoring; see the Sentry table for current probabilities.
Close approaches 16 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2051-12-04 21:43 UTC close approach of 2022 NX1. Catalogue miss distance 1.18 LD · 453,758 km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2051-12-01 to 2051-12-07, 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 south of the ecliptic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2051-11-16 16:53:00 | Moon | 0.0088 AU | 3.4 LD | 0.9 km/s |
| 2051-12-04 21:43:00 | Earth | 0.003 AU | 1.2 LD | 1.4 km/s |
| 2051-12-05 15:09:00 | Moon | 0.0051 AU | 2.0 LD | 2.3 km/s |
| 2051-12-22 05:37:00 | Moon | 0.0074 AU | 2.9 LD | 0.6 km/s |
| 2053-01-21 10:44:00 | Earth | 0.247 AU | 96.1 LD | 7.8 km/s |
| 2077-01-11 08:54:00 | Earth | 0.138 AU | 53.7 LD | 4.5 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