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2022 VC2

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(2022 VC2)

2022 VC2 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.84 AU to 1.2 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 375.4 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 22 November 2022.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.881 AU
True anomaly
46.84°
Distance from Earth
0.761 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 VC2 — 0.881 AU from the Sun 2022 VC2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2022 VC2 is 0.761 AU from Earth today (6.3 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
18h 34m 55s
Declination
-06° 46′ 43″
Constellation
Scutum
Distance from Earth
0.76 AU
Elongation from the Sun
58.7° — 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.

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
1.018 AU
Eccentricity
0.1762
Inclination
19.08°
Orbital period
375.4 days
Perihelion
0.839 AU
Aphelion
1.198 AU
Longitude of ascending node
222.5°
Argument of periapsis
84.53°
Epoch · J2000
2459893.5
Orbit class · APO
Apollo
Earth MOID · 4.1 LD
0.0105 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
5.932

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 8).

Observations used
28
Data arc
21 days
First observed
1 November 2022
Last observed
22 November 2022
Residual RMS
0.36 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
22 November 2022

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.5

Discovery & classification

Apollo Near-Earth Object

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