2022 OB5
Near-Earth asteroid
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2022 OB5 is a small near-Earth asteroid that passed within 0.00679 AU (1,016,000 km) from Earth on 5 August 2022.[2] It was the primary target of AstroForge's Brokkr-2 (Odin) mission, which launched alongside IM-2 in February 2025, and was planned to reach the asteroid around December 2025.[3] Communication issues ultimately prevented the mission from visiting the asteroid.[4] It was selected for the mission as it is suspected to be a metallic M-type asteroid suitable for space mining in the future. However, its actual spectroscopic composition is not yet known.[5][6]
Discoverydate30 July 2022
2022 OB5
K22O05B
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovery site | San Pedro de Atacama |
| Discovery date | 30 July 2022 |
| Designations | |
| 2022 OB5 | |
| K22O05B | |
| NEO · Apollo | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 17 October 2024 (JD 2460600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 4 | |
| Observation arc | 9 days |
| Earliest precovery date | 28 July 2022 |
| Aphelion | 1.068 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.950 AU |
| 1.009 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.05860 |
| 1.013 yr (370 days) | |
| 334.06° | |
| 0° 58m 21.752s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.060° |
| 302.69° | |
| 105.71° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.00367 AU (549,000 km) |
| Physical characteristics[2] | |
| 3–13 m (9.8–42.7 ft) | |
| M-type asteroid? | |
| 28.92±0.423 | |
