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NASA JPL SBDB · 2022 MC

2022 MC

2022 MC is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.807 AU and a period of 0.73 yr.

Aten Observations: 30
Orbital Period · P
0.73 yr
v(q)
49.4 km/s
v(Q)
22.2 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.06 km
TJ
7.1
Eccentricity · e
0.3799

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.501 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.114 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.613 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.807 AU gives an orbital period of 0.73 yr, or about 265 days.

An eccentricity of 0.38 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 26.42° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 49.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.2 km/s at aphelion.

Because q < 1 AU and Q > 1 AU, this orbit geometrically intersects the region of Earth's orbit.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 23.77 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.06 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 30 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5278 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 5 indicates a moderately constrained orbit; predictions decades ahead still carry noticeable uncertainty.

About these computed values

Orbital periods, perihelion and aphelion speeds, and diameter estimates on this page are computed by SpaceAtlas from the JPL SBDB orbital elements. They are derived quantities, not values copied from the source catalogue.

Orbital Parameters

Semi-Major Axis
0.8075 AU
Eccentricity
0.3799
Perihelion
0.501 AU
Aphelion
1.114269 AU
Inclination
26.42°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
291.36°

Orbit diagram

The Sun sits at the focus (orange). Earth's orbit is the grey circle at 1 AU. The red dot marks the object's position at the catalog epoch.

3D orbit (interactive)

Drag to rotate; scroll or pinch to zoom. The Sun is at the focus (orange), Earth's orbit is the grey ring at 1 AU, and the red dot marks the object's current position.

Close approaches

Predicted close approaches to Earth, from NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).

Date (UTC)Miss distanceVelocity
2027-Jun-29 01:16 0.421455 AU
63048724 km
25.26 km/s
2028-Jan-03 06:24 0.482151 AU
72128689 km
24.95 km/s
2030-Jun-19 10:41 0.104319 AU
15605925 km
13.69 km/s
2030-Nov-08 09:45 0.435422 AU
65138145 km
19.79 km/s
2033-Jul-31 17:18 0.488196 AU
73033050 km
17.10 km/s
2035-Jun-25 06:06 0.316237 AU
47308451 km
22.31 km/s
2035-Dec-23 23:11 0.465212 AU
69594706 km
24.59 km/s
2038-Jun-24 00:13 0.196718 AU
29428534 km
13.36 km/s
2038-Oct-26 01:50 0.439931 AU
65812783 km
17.69 km/s
2043-Jun-21 19:13 0.205133 AU
30687512 km
19.42 km/s
2043-Dec-13 03:55 0.450550 AU
67401286 km
23.87 km/s
2046-Jul-01 15:09 0.281485 AU
42109547 km
13.63 km/s
2046-Oct-08 16:32 0.446637 AU
66815980 km
14.54 km/s
2051-Jun-19 07:14 0.096131 AU
14381039 km
16.90 km/s
2051-Dec-02 07:35 0.440284 AU
65865573 km
22.80 km/s
2054-Jul-11 00:07 0.353424 AU
52871510 km
14.18 km/s
2059-Jun-18 07:49 0.003643 AU
544940 km
15.08 km/s
2059-Nov-22 17:51 0.430785 AU
64444485 km
21.59 km/s
2062-Jul-15 08:57 0.379595 AU
56786619 km
14.50 km/s
2067-Jun-18 16:06 0.012605 AU
1885729 km
15.93 km/s
2067-Nov-28 05:44 0.434402 AU
64985574 km
22.21 km/s
2070-Jul-09 15:54 0.311828 AU
46648871 km
14.10 km/s
2075-Jun-19 19:49 0.048157 AU
7204226 km
17.38 km/s
2075-Dec-05 15:06 0.438360 AU
65577703 km
22.97 km/s
2078-Jul-03 01:17 0.236169 AU
35330370 km
13.71 km/s

Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
23.77

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.52777
Condition
5
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database · NASA CNEOS. Orbital periods, perihelion and aphelion speeds, and diameter estimates on this page are computed by SpaceAtlas from the JPL SBDB orbital elements. They are derived quantities, not values copied from the source catalogue.

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