Asteroids

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Last update: 2026-06-04 23:11 UTC

Orbital Properties

Epoch

61200.0

MJD

Orbit type

Apollo

Perihelion (q)

0.930

Aphelion (Q)

1.682

Eccentricity (e)

0.288

Inclination (i)

1.2

deg

Orbit period (P)

545.1

Earth MOID

0.00513

U parameter

8.0

Next Earth close approach

Date

2028-05-22

Nominal distance (from Earth center)

0.11659

17441407

Maximum Brightness

26.5

mag

Risk

Object is not in risk list

Physical Properties

Absolute Magnitude (H)

28.4

mag

Diameter

6 - 12*

Taxonomic type

Rotation period (T)

Discovery Information

Discovery Date

2022-05-25

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

61200.0000

1-sigma variation

Unit

MJD

Semimajor Axis

Value

1.305949

1-sigma variation

0.001109

Unit

Eccentricity (e)

Value

0.288056

1-sigma variation

0.000194

Unit

Inclination (i)

Value

1.1859

1-sigma variation

0.0076

Unit

Long. of Ascending Node (Ω)

Value

58.9813

1-sigma variation

0.1092

Unit

Arg. of Perihelion (ω)

Value

245.2002

1-sigma variation

0.2815

Unit

Mean Anomaly (M)

Value

216.77537

1-sigma variation

0.31166

Unit

Perihelion distance

Value

0.929762

1-sigma variation

Unit

Aphelion distance

Value

1.682135

1-sigma variation

Unit

Asc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.372545

1-sigma variation

Unit

Desc. Node-Earth Sep.

Value

0.057564

1-sigma variation

Unit

MOID

Value

0.005131

1-sigma variation

Unit

Orbit Period

Value

545.1144

1-sigma variation

Unit

U parameter

Value

8.0

1-sigma variation

Unit

Covariance Matrix

	a	e	i	Ω	ω	M
a	1.23040E-6	2.14805E-7	8.43407E-6	1.21117E-4	-3.12239E-4	3.45705E-4
e	2.14805E-7	3.75088E-8	1.47235E-6	2.11446E-5	-5.45091E-5	6.03529E-5
i	8.43407E-6	1.47235E-6	5.78145E-5	8.30222E-4	-2.14033E-3	2.36971E-3
Ω	1.21117E-4	2.11446E-5	8.30222E-4	1.19223E-2	-3.07357E-2	3.40300E-2
ω	-3.12239E-4	-5.45091E-5	-2.14033E-3	-3.07357E-2	7.92373E-2	-8.77295E-2
M	3.45705E-4	6.03529E-5	2.36971E-3	3.40300E-2	-8.77295E-2	9.71322E-2

Date of computation: 2026-06-04 23:11 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

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Quality

Value

Unit

Source

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Amplitude

Value

Unit

mag

Source

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Rotation Direction

Value

Unit

Source

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Spinvector L

Value

Unit

Source

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Spinvector B

Value

Unit

Source

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Taxonomy
Taxonomy (all)

Taxonomy

Value

Unit

Source

Taxonomy

Value

Unit

Source

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Taxonomy (all)

Value

Unit

Source

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Absolute Magnitude (H)
Slope Parameter (G)

H / G

Value

Unit

Source

Absolute Magnitude (H)

Value

28.416

Unit

mag

Source

[1]

Slope Parameter (G)

Value

0.15**

Unit

Source

[1]

Albedo
Diameter

Size and albedo

Value

Unit

Source

Albedo

Value

0.05 - 0.25

Unit

Source

[2]

Diameter

Value

6 - 12*

Unit

Source

[2]

Color Index Information

Color Index Information

Value

Unit

Source

Color Index Information

Value

Unit

mag

Source

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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

1506

Unit

Source

[1]

Normalized RMS of residuals

Value

0.553071

Unit

Source

[1]

Astrometry Summary

First Observation
Last Observation
Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Optical

Value

Unit

Source

First Observation

Value

2022-05-21.396639

Unit

Source

[2]

Last Observation

Value

2022-05-28.27729

Unit

Source

[2]

Total Optical Observations (Discarded)

Value

15 (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

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Close Approaches for 2022KP3 from 1950 to 2126

Body	Date in UTC	Time uncert. in min	Nominal distance in au	Min. possible distance in au	Distance uncert. in au
EARTH	1966-05-31 13:38	> 1 mo	0.0184948	0.0043571	0.4046620
EARTH	1969-07-02 15:57	> 1 mo	0.0736502	0.0011164	0.0744791
EARTH	1972-08-19 20:49	> 1 mo	0.0687872	0.0241048	0.0517826
EARTH	1975-09-18 07:01	> 1 mo	0.0402791	0.0204728	0.3121034
MARS	2015-06-13 19:02	> 1 d	0.0141913	0.0140458	0.0028400
EARTH	2019-05-19 14:31	974.6	0.1663694	0.1281227	0.0127497
EARTH	2022-06-02 18:18	< 1 min	0.0086435	0.0086127	0.0000102
EARTH	2025-05-31 02:09	> 1 d	0.0243688	0.0050143	0.0120761
EARTH	2028-05-22 10:51	954.7	0.1165886	0.0847424	0.0106177
MARS	2030-08-04 12:33	> 1 w	0.0386639	0.0176129	0.0079134
MARS	2066-04-02 19:06	> 1 w	0.0310636	0.0160802	0.1292629
EARTH	2089-09-28 12:15	> 1 d	0.1215417	0.0199906	0.0857023
EARTH	2092-09-19 22:27	> 1 d	0.0318027	0.0195522	0.0356658
EARTH	2095-09-14 08:08	> 1 d	0.0235867	0.0196014	0.0135628
EARTH	2098-08-26 12:49	> 1 mo	0.0663241	0.0209284	0.0711985
EARTH	2101-07-29 03:17	> 1 mo	0.0875743	0.0783057	0.0067443
EARTH	2104-06-30 05:09	> 1 mo	0.0704338	0.0000249	0.1233967
EARTH	2107-06-10 02:53	> 1 mo	0.0233908	0.0062236	0.2164107
EARTH	2110-06-07 13:40	> 1 mo	0.0138720	0.0067576	0.2238347
EARTH	2113-06-29 08:22	> 1 mo	0.0679113	0.0048035	0.1270608
EARTH	2116-07-31 09:18	> 1 mo	0.0850278	0.0314091	0.0743093
EARTH	2119-09-02 03:08	> 1 mo	0.0519814	0.0168374	0.7859030
EARTH	2122-09-17 16:47	> 1 mo	0.0225703	0.0181251	0.6594654
EARTH	2125-09-29 01:54	> 1 mo	0.1457503	0.0188101	1.7311679

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Stationary Points

Ecc. an. ast.	Ecc. an. Earth	Distance in au	Classification
320.30871166	150.57104041	0.00494431	MINIMUM
37.30937467	252.64057082	0.01903865	MINIMUM
359.02521005	201.93336782	0.08901736	SADDLE
179.31862103	22.11452055	0.69764918	SADDLE
358.73608518	21.52471264	1.91442632	SADDLE
179.24019431	202.04972099	2.69879056	MAXIMUM

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