Last update on February 02, 2022

Asteroid 2022 BG6

The asteroid 2022 BG6 isn't potential hazard near-Earth object. Its size is estimated in the range from 12 meters to 27 meters.

The asteroid 2022 BG6 was discovered on January 31, 2022. This near-Earth object belongs to the Apollo group.

It makes one orbit around the Sun in 779 days. The aphelion (farthest point from the Sun) of the asteroid 2022 BG6 orbits is 379 million kilometers, and the perihelion (nearest point to the Sun) is 117 million kilometers.

The distance of the asteroid 2022 BG6 from Earth is currently --.-- million kilometers, equivalent to --.-- astronomical units. Light takes -- minutes and -- seconds to travel from the asteroid 2022 BG6 and arrive to us.

The orbit of the Earth is indicated in blue, asteroid 2022 BG6 is in white, and the dotted line is the orbits of Mercury, Venus and Mars. Credit: The-Sky

Approach to Earth

The asteroid 2022 BG6 will not approach this year.

Last time its flew past our planet on January 26, 2022 at a distance of 2.6 million kilometers.

Position in the sky for your location

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Distance of planets from the Sun and Earth and visibility in the sky for your location

Mercury

-0.96m

current distance from the Sun

47.8 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

171.8 million kilometers

Leo

Venus

-4.71m

current distance from the Sun

108.3 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

77.1 million kilometers

Leo

Earth

current distance from the Sun

149.9 million kilometers

current distance from the Moon

358.8 thousand kilometers

Mars

1.62m

current distance from the Sun

238.8 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

380.0 million kilometers

Virgo

Ceres

drawf planet

9.1m

current distance from the Sun

401.7 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

524.8 million kilometers

Virgo

Jupiter

-2.79m

current distance from the Sun

743.4 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

619.5 million kilometers

Aries

Saturn

0.58m

current distance from the Sun

1 460.6 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

1 335.5 million kilometers

Aquarius

Uranus

5.69m

current distance from the Sun

2 936.3 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

2 830.4 million kilometers

Aries

Neptune

7.69m

current distance from the Sun

4 473.9 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

4 326.5 million kilometers

Pisces

Pluto

drawf planet

14.46m

current distance from the Sun

5 215.0 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

5 158.7 million kilometers

Sagittarius