Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Apollo-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to a school bus or smaller
  • Will pass within 812,135 km of Earth in 2022
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Not a Potentially Hazardous Object
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2022 NX1 is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2022 NX1 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 NX1 orbits the sun every 378 days (1.03 years), coming as close as 1.00 AU and reaching as far as 1.05 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2022 NX1 is probably between 0.004 to 0.019 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a school bus or smaller.

Close Approaches

2022 NX1's orbit is 0.01 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is a wide berth between this asteroid and Earth at all times.

2022 NX1 has 3 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
June 26, 2022 812,135 0.959
Dec. 4, 2051 453,765 1.386
Jan. 11, 2077 20,646,978 4.516

NASA Sentry has assessed impact risk for 50 very close approach scenarios. Here are the top scenarios ordered by probability of impact:

Date Probability of Impact (%) Impact Energy (Mt)
Dec. 3, 2075 0.27230 0.01177
Dec. 1, 2076 0.02521 0.01176
May 24, 2120 0.00280 0.01176
May 14, 2076 0.00251 0.01175
May 23, 2119 0.00159 0.01176
Dec. 23, 2109 0.00094 0.01176
Oct. 25, 2093 0.00084 0.01176
May 29, 2115 0.00076 0.01178
Aug. 21, 2101 0.00073 0.01177
Nov. 3, 2091 0.00072 0.01176
Nov. 4, 2106 0.00056 0.01177
June 2, 2113 0.00052 0.01177
Oct. 29, 2092 0.00052 0.01178
Aug. 14, 2103 0.00050 0.01177
March 24, 2119 0.00046 0.01177
May 25, 2116 0.00044 0.01177
May 31, 2114 0.00044 0.01178
July 13, 2116 0.00040 0.01175
Aug. 29, 2104 0.00039 0.01176
Nov. 4, 2103 0.00035 0.01178
Oct. 20, 2112 0.00034 0.01177
Nov. 7, 2100 0.00032 0.01176
Nov. 1, 2104 0.00031 0.01177
July 6, 2116 0.00027 0.01177
Nov. 8, 2090 0.00024 0.01177
Sept. 4, 2096 0.00022 0.01177
Jan. 6, 2109 0.00022 0.01177
Nov. 6, 2099 0.00022 0.01179
Nov. 8, 2096 0.00019 0.01176
Oct. 25, 2109 0.00016 0.01178
April 2, 2104 0.00014 0.01177
April 7, 2103 0.00014 0.01177
Dec. 2, 2110 0.00014 0.01177
Oct. 29, 2109 0.00014 0.01178
Oct. 20, 2094 0.00013 0.01176
June 15, 2121 0.00013 0.01176
March 11, 2109 0.00013 0.01176
March 16, 2108 0.00012 0.01177
Nov. 27, 2117 0.00012 0.01176
Aug. 21, 2095 0.00012 0.01174
Nov. 5, 2116 0.00011 0.01178
Feb. 18, 2101 0.00010 0.01177
Nov. 29, 2118 0.00008 0.01177
June 1, 2101 0.00008 0.01177
Aug. 14, 2107 0.00005 0.01176
Sept. 22, 2115 0.00002 0.01176
Nov. 21, 2115 0.00002 0.01177
Aug. 11, 2107 0.00002 0.01177
Nov. 27, 2119 0.00001 0.01177
June 30, 2078 0.00000 0.01176

Images and Observations

2022 NX1's orbit is determined by observations dating back to July 2, 2022. It was last officially observed on Nov. 21, 2022. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 172 observations used to determine its orbit.

Accessibility and Exploration

2022 NX1 can be reached with a journey of 362 days. This trajectory would require a delta-v of 3.613 km/s. To put this into perspective, the delta-v to launch a rocket to Low-Earth Orbit is 9.7 km/s. There are 2,707,341 potential trajectories and launch windows to this asteroid.

See more at the NHATS Mission Trajectories table for 2022 NX1.

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Orbital Elements

  • Epoch: 2460200.5 JD
  • Semi-major axis: 1.023 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.0245
  • Inclination: 1.07°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 274.48°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 171.42°
  • Mean Anomaly: 254.13°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.012 km
  • Magnitude: 28.07

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 378 days (1.03 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 29.44 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 1.05 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 1.00 AU

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