2022 WT7 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.82 AU to 1.22 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 375.9 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 5 December 2023.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.057 AU
- True anomaly
- 111.84°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.5 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
- 20h 01m 38s
- Declination
- +07° 28′ 50″
- Constellation
- Aquila
- Distance from Earth
- 0.5 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 83.45° — well clear of the Sun
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
- 1.019 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.1957
- Inclination
- 15.69°
- Orbital period
- 375.9 days
- Perihelion
- 0.82 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.219 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 248.95°
- Argument of periapsis
- 14.29°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 71.9 LD
- 0.1848 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.94
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).
- Observations used
- 44
- Data arc
- 381 days
- First observed
- 18 November 2022
- Last observed
- 4 December 2023
- Residual RMS
- 0.31 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 5 December 2023
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 23.28
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 137 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2053-03-06 01:28 UTC close approach of 2022 WT7. Catalogue miss distance 155.5 LD · 5.98 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2053-03-03 to 2053-03-09, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-18 18:40:00 | Earth | 0.469 AU | 182.5 LD | 18.8 km/s |
| 2029-08-25 20:41:00 | Venus | 0.0971 AU | 37.8 LD | 11.8 km/s |
| 2032-09-21 17:39:00 | Venus | 0.1216 AU | 47.3 LD | 11.8 km/s |
| 2053-03-06 01:28:00 | Earth | 0.3996 AU | 155.5 LD | 16 km/s |
| 2054-03-26 08:20:00 | Earth | 0.2778 AU | 108.1 LD | 11.8 km/s |
| 2055-04-24 20:59:00 | Earth | 0.2043 AU | 79.5 LD | 10.7 km/s |
| 2056-01-03 14:12:00 | Earth | 0.2784 AU | 108.3 LD | 8.9 km/s |
| 2056-05-22 01:39:00 | Earth | 0.1857 AU | 72.3 LD | 10.9 km/s |
| 2056-12-14 06:47:00 | Earth | 0.2512 AU | 97.8 LD | 9.4 km/s |
| 2057-06-18 16:53:00 | Earth | 0.2144 AU | 83.4 LD | 10.9 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