2020 VN1 is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.92 AU to 1.04 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 354.4 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 13 April 2022.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.038 AU
- True anomaly
- 160.38°
- Distance from Earth
- 1.001 AU
- As of
- 2 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
- 10h 43m 15s
- Declination
- +11° 21′ 47″
- Constellation
- Leo
- Distance from Earth
- 1 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 62.81° — well clear of the Sun
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
- 0.98 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.0633
- Inclination
- 3.51°
- Orbital period
- 354.4 days
- Perihelion
- 0.918 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.042 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 43.92°
- Argument of periapsis
- 255.06°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 0.1 LD
- 0.0004 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.173
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).
- Observations used
- 146
- Data arc
- 500 days
- First observed
- 8 November 2020
- Last observed
- 23 March 2022
- Residual RMS
- 0.35 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 13 April 2022
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 27.93
Discovery & classification
Listed by JPL impact monitoring; see the Sentry table for current probabilities.
Close approaches 63 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2051-11-16 23:06 UTC close approach of 2020 VN1. Catalogue miss distance 144.5 LD · 5.56 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2051-11-13 to 2051-11-19, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2051-11-16 23:06:00 | Earth | 0.3714 AU | 144.5 LD | 13.7 km/s |
| 2052-11-09 12:44:00 | Earth | 0.1888 AU | 73.5 LD | 8.2 km/s |
| 2053-11-05 07:40:00 | Earth | 0.0083 AU | 3.2 LD | 3.2 km/s |
| 2054-11-05 18:18:00 | Earth | 0.031 AU | 12.1 LD | 2.3 km/s |
| 2055-09-09 01:19:00 | Earth | 0.0898 AU | 34.9 LD | 2.1 km/s |
| 2055-12-22 03:36:00 | Earth | 0.0825 AU | 32.1 LD | 2.2 km/s |
| 2056-07-23 14:31:00 | Earth | 0.1028 AU | 40.0 LD | 2.5 km/s |
| 2057-02-08 21:46:00 | Earth | 0.0916 AU | 35.6 LD | 2.1 km/s |
| 2057-06-11 23:48:00 | Earth | 0.0859 AU | 33.4 LD | 2.4 km/s |
| 2058-04-28 17:46:00 | Earth | 0.0407 AU | 15.8 LD | 2.3 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