(2016 VK)
Gate C22. Data: NASA/JPL-Caltech, presented by Arrivals.earth.
Object
- Designation
- 2016 VK
- Kind
- asteroid
- Orbit class
- APO
- Gate
- C22
- Classification
- SOLAR
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 22.5
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity (e)
- 0.7736
- Semi-major axis (au)
- 1.76
- Perihelion distance (au)
- 0.398
- Inclination (deg)
- 5.91
- Ascending node (deg)
- 210.53
- Argument of perihelion (deg)
- 315.65
- Mean anomaly (deg)
- 13.19
- Epoch (JD)
- 2461200.5
- Period (days)
- 853
- Earth MOID (au)
- 0.0412
- Observation arc (days)
- 3526
- Observations used
- 60
- First observed
- 2016-11-02
- Last observed
- 2026-06-29
Close approaches to Earth
| Time (UTC, 3-sigma uncertainty applies) | Distance (au) | Relative velocity (km/s) |
|---|
| 2026-06-25 03:15:00 | 0.1515 | 22.28 |
JPL Small-Body Database record