Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Apollo-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to a school bus or smaller
  • Will pass within 13,308,293 km of Earth in 2022
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Not a Potentially Hazardous Object
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2022 OR is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2022 OR 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 OR orbits the sun every 659 days (1.80 years), coming as close as 0.55 AU and reaching as far as 2.42 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2022 OR is probably between 0.087 to 0.194 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a school bus or smaller.

Close Approaches

2022 OR'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 OR has 5 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Aug. 17, 2022 13,308,293 16.738
Feb. 26, 2039 6,841,614 17.978
March 4, 2048 13,335,882 22.010
Aug. 5, 2078 22,806,345 23.852
Aug. 13, 2087 649,037 19.487

Images and Observations

2022 OR's orbit is determined by observations dating back to July 22, 2022. It was last officially observed on April 28, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 73 observations used to determine its orbit.

Accessibility and Exploration

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

Similar Objects

These objects have orbits that share similar characteristics to the orbit of 2022 OR:

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Orbital Elements

  • Epoch: 2460200.5 JD
  • Semi-major axis: 1.482 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.6316
  • Inclination: 1.01°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 144.3°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 276.38°
  • Mean Anomaly: 184.95°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.112 km
  • Magnitude: 22.43

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 659 days (1.80 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 24.47 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 2.42 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.55 AU

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Orbit Simulation

Sky Map

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Size Rendering

The below comparison is an artistic rendering that uses available data on the diameter of 2022 OR to create an approximate landscape rendering with New York City in the background. This approximation is built for full-resolution desktop browsers. Shape, color, and texture of asteroid are imagined.