Last update on November 12, 2022

Asteroid 2022 VK1

The asteroid 2022 VK1 isn't potential hazard near-Earth object. Its size is estimated in the range from 95 meters to 212 meters.

The asteroid 2022 VK1 was detected on November 11, 2022. This near-Earth object belongs to the Apollo group.

It makes one orbit around the Sun in 473 days. The aphelion (farthest point from the Sun) of the asteroid 2022 VK1 orbits is 324 million kilometers, and the perihelion (nearest point to the Sun) is 32 million kilometers.

The distance of the asteroid 2022 VK1 from Earth is currently --.-- million kilometers, equivalent to --.-- astronomical units. Light takes -- minutes and -- seconds to travel from the asteroid 2022 VK1 and arrive to us.

The orbit of the Earth is indicated in blue, asteroid 2022 VK1 is in white, and the dotted line is the orbits of Mercury, Venus and Mars. Credit: The-Sky

Approach to Earth

The asteroid 2022 VK1 will not approach this year.

Last time its flew past our planet on November 07, 2022 at a distance of 9.53 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

-1.02m

current distance from the Sun

47.8 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

172.0 million kilometers

Leo

Venus

-4.7m

current distance from the Sun

108.3 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

77.2 million kilometers

Leo

Earth

current distance from the Sun

149.9 million kilometers

current distance from the Moon

359.0 thousand kilometers

Mars

1.61m

current distance from the Sun

238.8 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

380.1 million kilometers

Virgo

Ceres

drawf planet

9.1m

current distance from the Sun

401.7 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

524.9 million kilometers

Virgo

Jupiter

-2.8m

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

2 830.3 million kilometers

Aries

Neptune

7.69m

current distance from the Sun

4 473.9 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

4 326.6 million kilometers

Pisces

Pluto

drawf planet

14.46m

current distance from the Sun

5 215.0 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

5 158.8 million kilometers

Sagittarius