Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Apollo-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to a school bus or smaller
  • Will pass within 844,011 km of Earth in 2022
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Not a Potentially Hazardous Object
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2022 QV is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2022 QV 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 QV orbits the sun every 584 days (1.60 years), coming as close as 0.62 AU and reaching as far as 2.12 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2022 QV is probably between 0.017 to 0.038 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a school bus or smaller.

The rotation of 2022 QV has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 0.06 hours.

Close Approaches

2022 QV'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 QV has 9 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Aug. 22, 2022 844,011 21.847
Feb. 14, 2026 23,520,095 19.233
Aug. 20, 2030 7,885,323 22.943
Aug. 16, 2038 21,135,269 25.049
Aug. 30, 2105 25,563,900 18.188
Aug. 27, 2113 14,435,732 19.646
Aug. 24, 2121 5,171,242 20.964
Feb. 17, 2125 17,439,002 20.160
Aug. 23, 2129 1,403,749 21.622

Images and Observations

2022 QV's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Aug. 19, 2022. It was last officially observed on Aug. 22, 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: 1.367 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.5486
  • Inclination: 28.64°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 328.81°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 96.37°
  • Mean Anomaly: 204.23°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.022 km
  • Magnitude: 25.95

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 584 days (1.60 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 25.47 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 2.12 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.62 AU
  • Rotation Period: 0.06 hours

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