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2022 FK1

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(2022 FK1)

2022 FK1 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.72 AU to 1.31 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 373.1 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 29 March 2022.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.099 AU
True anomaly
237.8°
Distance from Earth
1.548 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.

Sun Earth — 0.992 AU from the Sun Earth 2022 FK1 — 1.099 AU from the Sun 2022 FK1
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 FK1 is 1.548 AU from Earth today (12.9 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
17h 45m 00s
Declination
-20° 16′ 14″
Constellation
Sagittarius
Distance from Earth
1.55 AU
Elongation from the Sun
44.87° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

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.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

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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
1.014 AU
Eccentricity
0.2912
Inclination
5.07°
Orbital period
373.1 days
Perihelion
0.719 AU
Aphelion
1.31 AU
Longitude of ascending node
186.6°
Argument of periapsis
241.38°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · APO
Apollo
Earth MOID · 8.9 LD
0.0227 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.972

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 7).

Observations used
25
Data arc
5 days
First observed
24 March 2022
Last observed
29 March 2022
Residual RMS
0.42 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
29 March 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
26.47

Discovery & classification

Apollo Near-Earth Object

Sources