2022 AP7

Summary

2022 AP7 is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It draws 11 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #25 of 147).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2022 AP7 is credited with the discovery of Scott S. Sheppard^[3].
• 2022 AP7's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[4].
• 2022 AP7's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 2022 AP7's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[6].
• 2022 AP7's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory^[7].
• 2022 AP7's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[8].
• 2022 AP7's minor planet group is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[9].
• 2022 AP7's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 2022 AP7's provisional designation is recorded as 2022 AP7^[11].
• 2022 AP7's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2022-01-13T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 2022 AP7's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 54239714^[13].
• 2022 AP7's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.715'}^[14].
• 2022 AP7's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.7152160587598183'}^[15].
• 2022 AP7's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.32'}^[16].
• 2022 AP7's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.33'}^[17].
• 2022 AP7's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.84217794740422'}^[18].
• 2022 AP7's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5'}^[19].
• 2022 AP7's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1825.019691814873'}^[20].
• 2022 AP7's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+192.3383200985958'}^[21].
• 2022 AP7's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.922667556413219'}^[22].
• 2022 AP7's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.01300632717627'}^[23].
• 2022 AP7's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.8323287856501675'}^[24].
• 2022 AP7's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+113.5865637821712'}^[25].
• 2022 AP7's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+262.7598865507994'}^[26].
• 2022 AP7's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+1.5'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[4], near-Earth object^[5], and near-Earth asteroid^[6].

Why It Matters

2022 AP7 draws 11 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #25 of 147).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]