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2022 PC

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(2022 PC)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.034 AU
True anomaly
203.99°
Distance from Earth
0.398 AU
As of
19 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 PC — 1.034 AU from the Sun 2022 PC
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 PC is 0.398 AU from Earth today (3.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
19h 29m 55s
Declination
-19° 24′ 00″
Constellation
Sagittarius
Distance from Earth
0.4 AU
Elongation from the Sun
83.85° — well clear of the Sun

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.

How do I find my coordinates?

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  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
0.868 AU
Eccentricity
0.2214
Inclination
1.29°
Orbital period
295.1 days
Perihelion
0.675 AU
Aphelion
1.06 AU
Longitude of ascending node
318.48°
Argument of periapsis
201.38°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 1.6 LD
0.0042 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.794

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
307
Data arc
78 days
First observed
1 August 2022
Last observed
18 October 2022
Residual RMS
0.35 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
10 October 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
23.74

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 120 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 PC at 2027-01-22 04:27 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-01-22 04:27 UTC close approach of 2022 PC. Catalogue miss distance 110.1 LD · 4.23 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-01-19 to 2027-01-25, 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. Sun 110.1 LD · 4.23 × 10⁷ km 2027-01-22 04:27 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-01-22 04:27 UTC close approach of 2022 PC. Catalogue miss distance 110.1 LD · 4.23 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-01-19 to 2027-01-25, 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.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2027-01-22 04:27:00 Earth 0.2828 AU 110.1 LD 8.3 km/s
2030-08-06 10:03:00 Earth 0.4184 AU 162.8 LD 18 km/s
2031-03-01 05:23:00 Earth 0.315 AU 122.6 LD 10 km/s
2032-01-22 01:25:00 Venus 0.0646 AU 25.1 LD 8.4 km/s
2034-04-27 16:59:00 Venus 0.0285 AU 11.1 LD 7.6 km/s
2035-04-08 16:48:00 Earth 0.2993 AU 116.5 LD 8.8 km/s
2035-10-11 17:16:00 Earth 0.2526 AU 98.3 LD 12.8 km/s
2039-05-18 06:18:00 Earth 0.2381 AU 92.7 LD 5.3 km/s
2039-10-15 10:02:00 Earth 0.0428 AU 16.7 LD 6 km/s
2043-08-27 05:55:00 Earth 0.0471 AU 18.3 LD 4 km/s

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

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