2022 CQ2

Very small Aten-class Asteroid

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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Aten-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to a school bus or smaller
  • Will pass within 9,926,490 km of Earth in 2022
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Not a Potentially Hazardous Object
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2022 CQ2 is a very small asteroid whose orbit could bring it in close proximity to Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2022 CQ2 as a "Near Earth Asteroid" due to its orbit's proximity to Earth, but it is not considered potentially hazardous because computer simulations have not indicated any imminent likelihood of future collision.

2022 CQ2 orbits the sun every 208 days (0.57 years), coming as close as 0.32 AU and reaching as far as 1.06 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2022 CQ2 is probably between 0.028 to 0.062 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a school bus or smaller.

Close Approaches

2022 CQ2's orbit is 0.00 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that its orbit is relatively close to Earth's orbit.

2022 CQ2 has 44 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Jan. 30, 2022 9,926,490 11.361
Feb. 2, 2026 10,792,366 11.050
Feb. 6, 2030 11,523,668 10.897
Feb. 9, 2034 11,982,058 10.793
Feb. 12, 2038 12,060,649 10.756
Feb. 16, 2042 11,792,022 10.763
Feb. 19, 2046 11,183,517 10.779
Feb. 22, 2050 10,169,376 10.884
Feb. 25, 2054 8,921,394 10.988
Feb. 28, 2058 7,445,370 11.175
March 1, 2062 6,122,716 11.361
March 2, 2066 5,133,588 11.505
March 3, 2070 4,895,964 11.548
March 2, 2074 5,364,850 11.472
March 1, 2078 6,483,777 11.292
Feb. 27, 2082 7,851,148 11.126
Feb. 25, 2086 9,321,005 10.934
Feb. 21, 2090 10,567,915 10.826
Feb. 18, 2094 11,574,213 10.762
Feb. 14, 2098 12,123,470 10.723
Feb. 10, 2102 12,059,606 10.773
Feb. 6, 2106 11,530,765 10.895
Feb. 3, 2110 10,728,996 11.070
Jan. 31, 2114 9,959,710 11.341
Jan. 29, 2118 9,370,989 11.724
Jan. 27, 2122 9,324,636 12.228
Jan. 25, 2126 10,353,556 12.981
Jan. 24, 2130 12,865,722 13.927
Jan. 24, 2134 16,888,217 15.151
Jan. 24, 2138 21,783,798 16.465
Jan. 25, 2142 27,546,632 17.962
March 8, 2149 23,214,397 17.648
March 9, 2153 16,915,041 16.152
March 9, 2157 11,388,478 14.892
March 9, 2161 7,099,773 13.897
March 8, 2165 4,257,629 13.303
March 8, 2169 3,684,854 13.158
March 9, 2173 5,515,080 13.572
March 9, 2177 9,117,965 14.354
March 9, 2181 13,555,828 15.394
March 9, 2185 19,044,006 16.649
March 8, 2189 24,961,648 18.067
Jan. 26, 2194 29,442,603 18.484
Jan. 25, 2198 23,283,670 16.891

Images and Observations

2022 CQ2's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Feb. 5, 2022. It was last officially observed on March 23, 2022. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 33 observations used to determine its orbit.

Accessibility and Exploration

This asteroid is not considered a viable target for human exploration by the NHATS study.

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Orbital Elements

  • Epoch: 2460200.5 JD
  • Semi-major axis: 0.688 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.5398
  • Inclination: 5.5°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 346.4°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 339.42°
  • Mean Anomaly: 78.7°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.036 km
  • Magnitude: 24.9

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 208 days (0.57 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 35.98 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 1.06 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.32 AU

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Size Rendering

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