Last update on November 12, 2022

Asteroid 2022 VP1

The asteroid 2022 VP1 isn't potential hazard near-Earth object. Its size is estimated in the range from 42 meters to 93 meters.

The asteroid 2022 VP1 was opened on October 02, 2022. This near-Earth object belongs to the Apollo group.

It makes one orbit around the Sun in 881 days. The aphelion (farthest point from the Sun) of the asteroid 2022 VP1 orbits is 397 million kilometers, and the perihelion (nearest point to the Sun) is 141 million kilometers.

The distance of the asteroid 2022 VP1 from Earth is currently --.-- million kilometers, equivalent to --.-- astronomical units. Light takes -- minutes and -- seconds to travel from the asteroid 2022 VP1 and arrive to us.

The orbit of the Earth is indicated in blue, asteroid 2022 VP1 is in white, and the dotted line is the orbits of Mercury, Venus and Mars. Credit: The-Sky

Approach to Earth

The asteroid 2022 VP1 will not approach this year.

Last time its flew past our planet on December 05, 2022 at a distance of 6.64 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

-0.4m

current distance from the Sun

56.4 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

155.7 million kilometers

Sagittarius

Venus

-4.18m

current distance from the Sun

107.5 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

148.3 million kilometers

Virgo

Earth

current distance from the Sun

147.5 million kilometers

current distance from the Moon

398.0 thousand kilometers

Mars

1.4m

current distance from the Sun

227.1 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

373.8 million kilometers

Scorpius

Ceres

drawf planet

8.87m

current distance from the Sun

409.4 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

555.0 million kilometers

Scorpius

Jupiter

-2.81m

current distance from the Sun

744.9 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

618.1 million kilometers

Aries

Saturn

0.87m

current distance from the Sun

1 458.0 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

1 475.4 million kilometers

Aquarius

Uranus

5.66m

current distance from the Sun

2 934.8 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

2 796.3 million kilometers

Aries

Neptune

7.74m

current distance from the Sun

4 473.6 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

4 435.7 million kilometers

Aquarius

Pluto

drawf planet

14.52m

current distance from the Sun

5 221.5 million kilometers

current distance from Earth

5 319.6 million kilometers

Sagittarius