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2022 YM2

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(2022 YM2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.013 AU
True anomaly
189.13°
Distance from Earth
1.067 AU
As of
16 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 — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 YM2 — 1.013 AU from the Sun 2022 YM2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 YM2 is 1.067 AU from Earth today (8.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
09h 46m 57s
Declination
+12° 22′ 05″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.07 AU
Elongation from the Sun
58.69° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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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
0.74 AU
Eccentricity
0.3801
Inclination
10.09°
Orbital period
232.5 days
Perihelion
0.459 AU
Aphelion
1.021 AU
Longitude of ascending node
261.94°
Argument of periapsis
356.54°
Epoch · J2000
2459934.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 13.2 LD
0.034 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
7.719

Orbit quality

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

Observations used
19
Data arc
4 days
First observed
20 December 2022
Last observed
24 December 2022
Residual RMS
0.57 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
24 December 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.28

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 37 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 YM2 at 2027-11-26 00:22 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-11-26 00:22 UTC close approach of 2022 YM2. Catalogue miss distance 156.9 LD · 6.03 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-11-23 to 2027-11-29, 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 Moon’s position is approximate. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 156.9 LD · 6.03 × 10⁷ km 2027-11-26 00:22 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2027-11-26 00:22 UTC close approach of 2022 YM2. Catalogue miss distance 156.9 LD · 6.03 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2027-11-23 to 2027-11-29, 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 Moon’s position is approximate. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2027-09-21 08:23:00 Mercury 0.0799 AU 31.1 LD 20.3 km/s
2027-09-21 08:23:00 Merc 0.0799 AU 31.1 LD 20.3 km/s
2027-11-26 00:22:00 Earth 0.4031 AU 156.9 LD 21.6 km/s
2031-12-26 22:47:00 Earth 0.4081 AU 158.8 LD 21.9 km/s
2034-11-26 13:46:00 Earth 0.4265 AU 166.0 LD 22.4 km/s
2038-12-27 13:59:00 Earth 0.3829 AU 149.0 LD 21 km/s
2041-11-27 04:16:00 Earth 0.4508 AU 175.4 LD 23.3 km/s
2045-12-28 04:35:00 Earth 0.3571 AU 139.0 LD 20.1 km/s
2078-11-20 22:37:00 Earth 0.2271 AU 88.4 LD 15.3 km/s
2080-12-31 06:17:00 Earth 0.091 AU 35.4 LD 10.8 km/s

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

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