Asteroids

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Last update: 2025-02-19 13:28 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

60800.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.980

Aphelion (Q)

2.812

Eccentricity (e)

0.483

Inclination (i)

1.7

deg

Orbit period (P)

953.8

Earth MOID

0.00270

U parameter

5.4

Next Earth close approach

Date

2056-10-23

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.17538

26235837

Maximum Brightness

24.9

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Object is not in priority list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

26.2

mag

Diameter

16 - 30*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2022-11-15

Observatory

Mt. Lemmon Survey

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

60800.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

1.896292

1-sigma variation

0.000063

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.482975

1-sigma variation

0.000017

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

1.7273

1-sigma variation

4.127E-5

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

249.7882

1-sigma variation

0.0001

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

185.7543

1-sigma variation

0.0001

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

332.69779

1-sigma variation

0.01655

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.980431

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

2.812153

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

1.785863

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

-0.004122

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.002704

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

953.7975

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

5.4

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	3.95907E-9	1.08272E-9	2.58574E-9	5.38565E-9	-6.19712E-9	-1.04111E-6
e	1.08272E-9	2.96099E-10	7.07150E-10	1.47280E-9	-1.69460E-9	-2.84720E-7
i	2.58574E-9	7.07150E-10	1.70340E-9	3.44206E-9	-3.95988E-9	-6.79970E-7
Ω	5.38565E-9	1.47280E-9	3.44206E-9	7.74681E-9	-8.91633E-9	-1.41623E-6
ω	-6.19712E-9	-1.69460E-9	-3.95988E-9	-8.91633E-9	1.03999E-8	1.62958E-6
M	-1.04111E-6	-2.84720E-7	-6.79970E-7	-1.41623E-6	1.62958E-6	2.73778E-4

Date of computation: 2025-02-19 13:28 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

[-]

Amplitude

Value

Unit

mag

Source

[-]

Rotation Direction

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

Spinvector L

Value

Unit

Source

[-]

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

26.158

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

16 - 30*

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

832

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.659053

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2022-11-15.213478

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2023-01-28.528164

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

93 (6)

Unit

Source

[1]

Radar Summary

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

Radar

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2022-11-22

Unit

Source

[3]

Last Observation

Value

2022-11-22

Unit

Source

[3]

Delay (Discarded)

Value

0 (0)

Unit

Source

[-]

Doppler (Discarded)

Value

1 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

Total Radar Observations (Discarded)

Value

1 (0)

Unit

Source

[1]

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
[3]	JPL Radar Observations	Jet Propulsion Laboratory: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/dat/radar_data_ast.txt

Computation parameters

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Final Date: *

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Close Approaches for 2022VT2 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	1985-12-17 17:34	> 1 w	0.0088321	0.0036729	0.0214099
EARTH	1993-11-24 00:01	> 1 d	0.0059337	0.0025335	0.0017359
EARTH	2022-11-22 13:27	< 1 s	0.0077637	0.0077633	0.0000001
1 Ceres	2042-07-31 13:06	396.6	0.0072530	0.0071954	0.0001277
EARTH	2056-10-23 23:19	536.2	0.1753757	0.1602530	0.0050421
EARTH	2070-01-06 13:47	1068.4	0.0642288	0.0515250	0.0042543
EARTH	2090-10-24 13:11	1272.5	0.1746534	0.1389011	0.0119248
EARTH	2104-01-22 06:37	> 1 d	0.1904515	0.1350999	0.0184826
EARTH	2124-11-07 19:37	> 1 d	0.0614063	0.0164785	0.0152483

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
354.92261439	325.62232951	0.00195412	MINIMUM
179.71874354	153.33015999	1.79772479	SADDLE
359.16487849	152.70326755	1.99565779	SADDLE
179.72005807	333.33569591	3.79698990	MAXIMUM

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