Asteroid 2022 BX6

The asteroid 2022 BX6 was discovered on January 29, 2022. This near-Earth object belongs to the Aten group.

It makes one orbit around the Sun in 274 days. The aphelion (farthest point from the Sun) of the asteroid 2022 BX6 orbits is 162 million kilometers, and the perihelion (nearest point to the Sun) is 85 million kilometers.

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Approach to Earth

This year, the asteroid 2022 BX6 flew past Earth on January 28 at 13:08 at a distance of 6.89 million kilometers at a speed of 14 kilometers per second.

The next close approach of asteroid 2022 BX6 to our planet will happen on January 28, 2025. On that day, its distance to Earth will be 7.55 million kilometers.

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