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2022 DK1

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(2022 DK1)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.003 AU
True anomaly
140.72°
Distance from Earth
1.514 AU
As of
23 October 2026

Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.

Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 DK1 — 1.003 AU from the Sun 2022 DK1
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 DK1 is 1.514 AU from Earth today (12.6 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
11h 32m 05s
Declination
+07° 46′ 09″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.51 AU
Elongation from the Sun
40.96° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis
0.965 AU
Eccentricity
0.0529
Inclination
12.21°
Orbital period
346.1 days
Perihelion
0.914 AU
Aphelion
1.016 AU
Longitude of ascending node
342.18°
Argument of periapsis
5.46°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 9.5 LD
0.0244 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.234

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 4).

Observations used
111
Data arc
13 days
First observed
24 February 2022
Last observed
9 March 2022
Residual RMS
0.55 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
6 March 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.05

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 78 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2022 DK1 at 2039-02-13 20:44 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2039-02-13 20:44 UTC close approach of 2022 DK1. Catalogue miss distance 133.3 LD · 5.12 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2039-02-10 to 2039-02-16, with a mark at UTC midnights and an arrow for the direction of motion. The circle is the Moon’s mean orbit; the Moon is plotted at closest approach. A ray shows the Sun’s direction. The labelled distance is the full separation. The drawn radius is the part that lies in the ecliptic plane. At closest approach the object is north of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 133.3 LD · 5.12 × 10⁷ km 2039-02-13 20:44 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2039-02-13 20:44 UTC close approach of 2022 DK1. Catalogue miss distance 133.3 LD · 5.12 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2039-02-10 to 2039-02-16, with a mark at UTC midnights and an arrow for the direction of motion. The circle is the Moon’s mean orbit; the Moon is plotted at closest approach. A ray shows the Sun’s direction. The labelled distance is the full separation. The drawn radius is the part that lies in the ecliptic plane. At closest approach the object is north of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2039-02-13 20:44:00 Earth 0.3426 AU 133.3 LD 12 km/s
2039-10-05 12:20:00 Earth 0.1558 AU 60.6 LD 7.4 km/s
2040-02-29 17:50:00 Earth 0.0448 AU 17.4 LD 6.4 km/s
2040-08-07 10:14:00 Earth 0.1543 AU 60.1 LD 7.2 km/s
2041-03-14 19:22:00 Earth 0.2606 AU 101.4 LD 10.3 km/s
2058-02-18 22:27:00 Earth 0.218 AU 84.9 LD 8.9 km/s
2058-09-11 18:24:00 Earth 0.0951 AU 37.0 LD 7 km/s
2059-03-07 21:29:00 Earth 0.0819 AU 31.9 LD 6.9 km/s
2059-06-28 03:37:00 Earth 0.2304 AU 89.7 LD 6.1 km/s
2060-03-17 02:07:00 Earth 0.3815 AU 148.5 LD 13.4 km/s

Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.

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