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2022 TX1

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(2022 TX1)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.808 AU
True anomaly
283.57°
Distance from Earth
1.611 AU
As of
21 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 TX1 — 0.808 AU from the Sun 2022 TX1
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 TX1 is 1.611 AU from Earth today (13.4 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 17m 23s
Declination
-03° 34′ 11″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.61 AU
Elongation from the Sun
23.65° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

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.

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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
0.927 AU
Eccentricity
0.2708
Inclination
11.08°
Orbital period
325.9 days
Perihelion
0.676 AU
Aphelion
1.178 AU
Longitude of ascending node
171.74°
Argument of periapsis
59.12°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 1.9 LD
0.0049 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.411

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
26
Data arc
18 days
First observed
3 October 2022
Last observed
21 October 2022
Residual RMS
0.57 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
28 October 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
23.66

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 53 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 TX1 at 2030-09-17 17:34 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-09-17 17:34 UTC close approach of 2022 TX1. Catalogue miss distance 19.5 LD · 7.51 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-09-14 to 2030-09-20, 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 19.5 LD · 7.51 × 10⁶ km 2030-09-17 17:34 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-09-17 17:34 UTC close approach of 2022 TX1. Catalogue miss distance 19.5 LD · 7.51 × 10⁶ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-09-14 to 2030-09-20, 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
2029-07-15 15:43:00 Venus 0.0052 AU 2.0 LD 10.5 km/s
2030-09-17 17:34:00 Earth 0.0502 AU 19.5 LD 11 km/s
2031-05-22 07:48:00 Earth 0.3661 AU 142.5 LD 11.6 km/s
2032-02-03 11:27:00 Earth 0.1512 AU 58.8 LD 8.9 km/s
2037-07-09 14:45:00 Venus 0.0741 AU 28.8 LD 12.9 km/s
2038-09-16 17:33:00 Earth 0.0223 AU 8.7 LD 9.2 km/s
2039-05-10 13:52:00 Earth 0.3615 AU 140.7 LD 11.9 km/s
2040-01-24 14:14:00 Earth 0.1549 AU 60.3 LD 10.8 km/s
2045-10-03 07:58:00 Earth 0.4792 AU 186.5 LD 23.5 km/s
2048-01-12 13:20:00 Earth 0.2795 AU 108.8 LD 16.1 km/s

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

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