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2018 KK1

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(2018 KK1)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.424 AU
True anomaly
265.33°
Distance from Earth
0.868 AU
As of
15 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.997 AU from the Sun Earth 2018 KK1 — 0.424 AU from the Sun 2018 KK1
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2018 KK1 is 0.868 AU from Earth today (7.2 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
15h 03m 24s
Declination
-10° 28′ 29″
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
0.85 AU
Elongation from the Sun
24.14° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

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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
0.64 AU
Eccentricity
0.6088
Inclination
13.92°
Orbital period
186.9 days
Perihelion
0.25 AU
Aphelion
1.029 AU
Longitude of ascending node
225.18°
Argument of periapsis
192.49°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 3.9 LD
0.0101 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
8.673

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
143
Data arc
19 days
First observed
14 May 2018
Last observed
2 June 2018
Residual RMS
0.61 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
12 September 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
23.55

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 224 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2018 KK1 at 2035-05-22 22:35 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2035-05-22 22:35 UTC close approach of 2018 KK1. Catalogue miss distance 174.8 LD · 6.72 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2035-05-19 to 2035-05-25, 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 174.8 LD · 6.72 × 10⁷ km 2035-05-22 22:35 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2035-05-22 22:35 UTC close approach of 2018 KK1. Catalogue miss distance 174.8 LD · 6.72 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2035-05-19 to 2035-05-25, 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
2027-05-05 20:56:00 Merc 0.0805 AU 31.3 LD 29.6 km/s
2027-05-05 20:56:00 Mercury 0.0805 AU 31.3 LD 29.6 km/s
2031-06-09 02:38:00 Merc 0.079 AU 30.7 LD 29.6 km/s
2031-06-09 02:38:00 Mercury 0.079 AU 30.7 LD 29.6 km/s
2035-05-22 22:35:00 Earth 0.449 AU 174.8 LD 27.4 km/s
2036-05-26 14:33:00 Earth 0.3363 AU 130.9 LD 23 km/s
2037-05-29 19:14:00 Earth 0.2297 AU 89.4 LD 18.8 km/s
2038-05-29 18:44:00 Earth 0.1404 AU 54.6 LD 15.1 km/s
2039-05-23 13:22:00 Earth 0.0823 AU 32.0 LD 12.8 km/s
2040-05-11 22:03:00 Earth 0.0353 AU 13.7 LD 12.5 km/s

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

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