2022 YK6 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.95 AU to 1.1 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 378.9 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 9 February 2023.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 0.954 AU
- True anomaly
- 340.64°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.975 AU
- As of
- 3 November 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.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 18h 33m 26s
- Declination
- -07° 26′ 24″
- Constellation
- Scutum
- Distance from Earth
- 0.97 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 58.07° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn
Visible from both hemispheres.
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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
- 1.025 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.0721
- Inclination
- 17.03°
- Orbital period
- 378.9 days
- Perihelion
- 0.951 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.099 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 272.88°
- Argument of periapsis
- 89.85°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 1.0 LD
- 0.0026 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.924
Orbit quality
Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).
- Observations used
- 38
- Data arc
- 25 days
- First observed
- 27 December 2022
- Last observed
- 21 January 2023
- Residual RMS
- 0.44 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 9 February 2023
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 24.36
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 29 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2048-06-14 03:23 UTC close approach of 2022 YK6. Catalogue miss distance 108.5 LD · 4.17 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2048-06-11 to 2048-06-17, 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. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2048-06-14 03:23:00 | Earth | 0.2789 AU | 108.5 LD | 13.6 km/s |
| 2049-06-22 20:18:00 | Earth | 0.0531 AU | 20.7 LD | 9.5 km/s |
| 2050-06-30 02:25:00 | Earth | 0.165 AU | 64.2 LD | 9.1 km/s |
| 2050-12-23 16:45:00 | Earth | 0.0452 AU | 17.6 LD | 9 km/s |
| 2051-07-04 01:04:00 | Earth | 0.3785 AU | 147.3 LD | 12.3 km/s |
| 2051-12-25 01:22:00 | Earth | 0.1889 AU | 73.5 LD | 11.8 km/s |
| 2052-12-28 21:26:00 | Earth | 0.4062 AU | 158.1 LD | 16.9 km/s |
| 2109-06-30 23:59:00 | Earth | 0.1701 AU | 66.2 LD | 9.1 km/s |
| 2109-12-24 14:13:00 | Earth | 0.0454 AU | 17.7 LD | 9 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB