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2022 YD2

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(2022 YD2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.8 AU
True anomaly
295.63°
Distance from Earth
1.739 AU
As of
21 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 YD2 — 0.8 AU from the Sun 2022 YD2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 YD2 is 1.739 AU from Earth today (14.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 50m 22s
Declination
+01° 44′ 00″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.74 AU
Elongation from the Sun
12.8° — 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
0.918 AU
Eccentricity
0.2166
Inclination
28.58°
Orbital period
321.1 days
Perihelion
0.719 AU
Aphelion
1.116 AU
Longitude of ascending node
92.33°
Argument of periapsis
169.1°
Epoch · J2000
2459935.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 49.1 LD
0.1263 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.39

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 8).

Observations used
27
Data arc
7 days
First observed
20 December 2022
Last observed
27 December 2022
Residual RMS
0.47 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
13 January 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.42

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 33 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 YD2 at 2029-12-15 08:13 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-12-15 08:13 UTC close approach of 2022 YD2. Catalogue miss distance 100.0 LD · 3.85 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-12-12 to 2029-12-18, 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. Sun 100.0 LD · 3.85 × 10⁷ km 2029-12-15 08:13 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-12-15 08:13 UTC close approach of 2022 YD2. Catalogue miss distance 100.0 LD · 3.85 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-12-12 to 2029-12-18, 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.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2029-12-15 08:13:00 Earth 0.257 AU 100.0 LD 15.3 km/s
2031-01-03 20:17:00 Earth 0.3671 AU 142.9 LD 18.9 km/s
2036-12-08 04:54:00 Earth 0.3893 AU 151.5 LD 17.1 km/s
2038-01-01 03:18:00 Earth 0.2227 AU 86.7 LD 16.1 km/s
2101-12-06 12:36:00 Earth 0.4671 AU 181.8 LD 18.7 km/s
2102-12-31 02:24:00 Earth 0.1608 AU 62.6 LD 15.2 km/s
2109-12-26 00:00:00 Earth 0.1281 AU 49.8 LD 14.6 km/s
2116-08-08 18:10:00 Earth 0.399 AU 155.3 LD 18.5 km/s
2116-12-20 01:45:00 Earth 0.1952 AU 76.0 LD 14.8 km/s
2117-05-25 15:00:00 Earth 0.3621 AU 140.9 LD 18.7 km/s

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

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