Asteroids

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Last update: 2025-09-10 00:30 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

61000.0

MJD

Orbit type

Aten

Perihelion (q)

0.573

Aphelion (Q)

1.098

Eccentricity (e)

0.314

Inclination (i)

9.6

deg

Orbit period (P)

278.8

Earth MOID

0.03037

U parameter

6.7

Next Earth close approach

Date

2035-08-01

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.13598

20341857

Maximum Brightness

23.6

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

24.5

mag

Diameter

30 - 70*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2022-07-09

Observatory

Pan-STARRS 2, Haleakala

ORBIT VISUALISATION TOOLS

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Proper elements

Epoch

Near present day

Near middle of observation arc

Orbit properties

Epoch
Semimajor Axis
Eccentricity (e)
Inclination (i)
Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)
Mean Anomaly (M)
Perihelion distance
Aphelion distance
Asc. Node-Earth Sep.
Desc. Node-Earth Sep.
MOID
Orbit Period
U parameter

Value

1-sigma variation

Unit

Epoch

Value

61000.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

0.835275

1-sigma variation

0.000051

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.314202

1-sigma variation

0.000157

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

9.6284

1-sigma variation

0.0073

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

116.9157

1-sigma variation

0.0013

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

338.2988

1-sigma variation

0.0019

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

357.76299

1-sigma variation

0.16087

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.572830

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.097720

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.401470

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.045739

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.030375

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

278.8320

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

6.7

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	2.61755E-9	-8.01176E-9	-3.73676E-7	-6.58189E-8	9.75201E-8	-8.23021E-6
e	-8.01176E-9	2.45225E-8	1.14377E-6	2.01461E-7	-2.98510E-7	2.51909E-5
i	-3.73676E-7	1.14377E-6	5.33488E-5	9.39647E-6	-1.39232E-5	1.17493E-3
Ω	-6.58189E-8	2.01461E-7	9.39647E-6	1.65518E-6	-2.45262E-6	2.06951E-4
ω	9.75201E-8	-2.98510E-7	-1.39232E-5	-2.45262E-6	3.63609E-6	-3.06633E-4
M	-8.23021E-6	2.51909E-5	1.17493E-3	2.06951E-4	-3.06633E-4	2.58778E-2

Date of computation: 2025-09-10 00:30 UTC

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Physical properties

Rotation Period
Quality
Amplitude
Rotation Direction
Spinvector L
Spinvector B

Rotational properties

Value

Unit

Source

Rotation Period

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Quality

Value

Unit

Source

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Amplitude

Value

Unit

mag

Source

[-]

Rotation Direction

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Spinvector L

Value

Unit

Source

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Spinvector B

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Taxonomy
Taxonomy (all)

Taxonomy

Value

Unit

Source

Taxonomy

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Taxonomy (all)

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Absolute Magnitude (H)
Slope Parameter (G)

H / G

Value

Unit

Source

Absolute Magnitude (H)

Value

24.497

Unit

mag

Source

[1]

Slope Parameter (G)

Value

0.15**

Unit

mag

Source

[1]

Albedo
Diameter

Size and albedo

Value

Unit

Source

Albedo

Value

0.05 - 0.25

Unit

Source

[2]

Diameter

Value

30 - 70*

Unit

Source

[2]

Color Index Information

Color Index Information

Value

Unit

Source

Color Index Information

Value

Unit

mag

Source

[-]

Sightings

Sightings

Value

Unit

Source

Sightings

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

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Sources

No.	Name	Additional
[1]	ESA Aegis	ESA orbit determination and impact monitoring system
[2]	Estimation	Estimated from absolute magnitude

Observational Information

Arc Length
Unobserved
Normalized RMS of residuals

Arc Information

Value

Unit

Source

Arc Length

Value

Unit

Source

[1]

Unobserved

Value

1154

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.553997

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2022-07-09.558616

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2022-07-29.03587

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

29 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Radar Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Delay (Discarded)
Doppler (Discarded)
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Radar

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Last Observation

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Delay (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[-]

Doppler (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[-]

Total Radar Observations (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[-]

Note: The ASCII file is in a format suitable for Orbfit input.

Sources

No.	Name	Additional
[1]	ESA Aegis	ESA orbit determination and impact monitoring system
[2]	MPC	Minor Planet Center: https://www.minorplanetcenter.net

Computation parameters

As seen from:

Initial Date: *

Final Date: *

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Time step:*

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Close Approaches for 2022NU1 from 1950 to 2125

Body	Date in UTC	Time uncert. in min	Nominal distance in au	Min. possible distance in au	Distance uncert. in au
EARTH	1951-07-27 10:20	> 1 d	0.0318020	0.0295236	0.0078970
EARTH	1954-05-31 06:07	> 1 d	0.1397559	0.1333026	0.0060534
EARTH	1964-07-31 17:04	76.9	0.1200058	0.0703686	0.0171474
EARTH	1967-06-30 01:27	> 1 d	0.1081289	0.0950134	0.0053518
EARTH	1980-07-25 14:13	> 1 d	0.0359155	0.0304745	0.0054905
EARTH	1983-05-29 19:43	> 1 d	0.1425764	0.1345038	0.0040206
EARTH	1993-07-31 14:47	418.4	0.0715064	0.0383776	0.0130043
EARTH	1996-06-16 17:04	> 1 d	0.1221020	0.1164466	0.0026968
EARTH	2009-07-15 04:59	> 1 d	0.0749042	0.0649421	0.0035032
EARTH	2012-05-24 00:19	128.2	0.1745544	0.1660761	0.0029585
EARTH	2022-07-29 01:10	< 1 min	0.0314651	0.0314058	0.0000198
EARTH	2025-06-04 10:09	411.6	0.1321416	0.1314749	0.0002450
EARTH	2035-08-01 07:40	107.4	0.1359769	0.1145537	0.0071983
EARTH	2038-07-02 20:59	> 1 d	0.1020046	0.0931886	0.0032346
EARTH	2051-07-26 12:20	> 1 d	0.0363939	0.0321605	0.0059161
EARTH	2054-05-29 01:49	> 1 d	0.1418098	0.1330368	0.0059064
EARTH	2064-07-31 08:35	886.6	0.0713531	0.0346071	0.0260908
EARTH	2067-06-17 18:11	> 1 d	0.1203540	0.1149798	0.0056017
EARTH	2077-07-31 01:10	801.4	0.1859604	0.1000485	0.0293205
EARTH	2080-07-11 01:54	> 1 d	0.0843958	0.0583854	0.0131585
EARTH	2083-05-24 13:14	238.3	0.1842345	0.1457819	0.0171128
EARTH	2093-07-27 08:49	> 1 d	0.0333474	0.0326052	0.0023879
EARTH	2096-05-30 00:57	> 1 d	0.1374652	0.1307021	0.0047967
EARTH	2106-08-01 21:21	876.3	0.0713149	0.0357007	0.0252681
EARTH	2109-06-17 19:57	> 1 d	0.1199278	0.1149943	0.0053114
EARTH	2119-08-01 17:48	915.2	0.1811557	0.0882322	0.0320408
EARTH	2122-07-11 09:59	> 1 w	0.0865770	0.0609625	0.0147602
EARTH	2125-05-24 21:59	122.1	0.1890726	0.1413054	0.0233790

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
220.76066346	203.27577172	0.03130893	MINIMUM
353.56314177	344.86423256	0.41488883	SADDLE
358.04098303	170.84886816	1.58801278	SADDLE
180.49419194	353.52781433	2.08050098	MAXIMUM

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