| Discovery | |
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| Discovery site | San Pedro de Atacama |
| Discovery date | 30 July 2022 |
| Designations | |
| K22O05B | |
| NEO · Apollo | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 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 | |
| 3–13 m (9.8–42.7 ft) | |
| 1.542±0.001 min | |
| M-type asteroid? | |
| 28.92±0.423 | |
2022 OB5 is a small near-Earth asteroid that passed within 0.00679 AU (1,016,000 km) from Earth on 5 August 2022. 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. Communication issues ultimately prevented the mission from visiting the asteroid. 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. It was most recently observed on 6 February 2025.
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