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2022 QW5

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(2022 QW5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.917 AU
True anomaly
94.02°
Distance from Earth
1.865 AU
As of
22 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 — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 QW5 — 0.917 AU from the Sun 2022 QW5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 QW5 is 1.865 AU from Earth today (15.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 17m 52s
Declination
-01° 27′ 15″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.87 AU
Elongation from the Sun
12.11° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

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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
0.936 AU
Eccentricity
0.1819
Inclination
26.39°
Orbital period
330.7 days
Perihelion
0.766 AU
Aphelion
1.106 AU
Longitude of ascending node
151.57°
Argument of periapsis
333.44°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 26.5 LD
0.068 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.307

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
29
Data arc
2 days
First observed
25 August 2022
Last observed
27 August 2022
Residual RMS
0.51 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
28 August 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
23.81

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 28 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 QW5 at 2031-03-29 03:55 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-03-29 03:55 UTC close approach of 2022 QW5. Catalogue miss distance 130.9 LD · 5.03 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-03-26 to 2031-04-01, 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 130.9 LD · 5.03 × 10⁷ km 2031-03-29 03:55 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2031-03-29 03:55 UTC close approach of 2022 QW5. Catalogue miss distance 130.9 LD · 5.03 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2031-03-26 to 2031-04-01, 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
2031-03-29 03:55:00 Earth 0.3364 AU 130.9 LD 17.6 km/s
2031-08-19 03:51:00 Earth 0.2634 AU 102.5 LD 13.9 km/s
2032-01-29 03:21:00 Earth 0.2871 AU 111.7 LD 16.5 km/s
2032-08-27 10:44:00 Earth 0.2545 AU 99.1 LD 16.3 km/s
2041-03-04 09:22:00 Venus 0.0993 AU 38.7 LD 15.9 km/s
2041-08-25 11:22:00 Earth 0.0845 AU 32.9 LD 13.1 km/s
2042-08-24 12:00:00 Earth 0.4713 AU 183.4 LD 21.2 km/s
2050-08-15 15:32:00 Earth 0.3347 AU 130.2 LD 14.7 km/s
2051-08-28 12:03:00 Earth 0.1769 AU 68.8 LD 14.9 km/s
2056-07-22 01:05:00 Venus 0.0704 AU 27.4 LD 16.4 km/s

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

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