2022 VY2
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	2 Dec 2025	30.1	1.682 AU	2.127 AU	13h11m	-07°04'	50.5°	26.9°

The interactive orbit chart above shows the body's path through the solar system and its position at the given date. Green and blue lines are shown perpendicular to the ecliptic plane: Green if the path is above the ecliptic plane, blue if it is below. (Left-click and drag to rotate the view; Right-click and drag to move the view; Use scroll wheel to zoom in our out.)

The orbital elements of 2022 VY2 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4587633
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.9102818
            i (Inclination)                 : 1.39294
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 17.59353
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 51.65709
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 45.43401
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 69.24238
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 1.09246
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.64            
        

The light curve chart below shows the estimated development of the minor planet's magnitude.

The all-sky chart below shows the path of the minor planet over the same period as the light curve. The current position is marked yellow.

The following chart shows the path of the minor planet in the next few days. The field of view is optimized for (~10x50) binoculars and finderscopes.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2025-12-02 00:00 UT   13 11 31.6   -07 04 20     2.127    1.682   50.5   26.9   293   30.1 
2025-12-02 22:18 UT   13 13 19.1   -07 15 33     2.125    1.688   51.0   27.0   293   30.1 
2025-12-03 00:00 UT   13 13 27.3   -07 16 23     2.125    1.689   51.0   27.0   293   30.1 
2025-12-04 00:00 UT   13 15 22.2   -07 28 19     2.122    1.695   51.5   27.1   292   30.1 
2025-12-05 00:00 UT   13 17 16.3   -07 40 08     2.120    1.701   52.0   27.2   292   30.1 
2025-12-06 00:00 UT   13 19 09.7   -07 51 49     2.117    1.707   52.5   27.3   292   30.1 
2025-12-07 00:00 UT   13 21 02.3   -08 03 24     2.114    1.713   53.0   27.3   292   30.1 
2025-12-08 00:00 UT   13 22 54.0   -08 14 51     2.111    1.720   53.5   27.4   292   30.1 
2025-12-09 00:00 UT   13 24 45.0   -08 26 10     2.108    1.726   54.1   27.5   292   30.1 
2025-12-10 00:00 UT   13 26 35.3   -08 37 23     2.105    1.732   54.6   27.6   292   30.2 
2025-12-11 00:00 UT   13 28 24.7   -08 48 28     2.102    1.738   55.1   27.7   292   30.2 
2025-12-12 00:00 UT   13 30 13.3   -08 59 25     2.099    1.744   55.7   27.8   292   30.2 
2025-12-13 00:00 UT   13 32 01.1   -09 10 16     2.095    1.750   56.2   27.9   292   30.2 
2025-12-14 00:00 UT   13 33 48.1   -09 20 59     2.092    1.757   56.7   27.9   292   30.2 
2025-12-15 00:00 UT   13 35 34.3   -09 31 34     2.088    1.763   57.3   28.0   292   30.2 
2025-12-16 00:00 UT   13 37 19.6   -09 42 02     2.084    1.769   57.8   28.1   291   30.2 
2025-12-17 00:00 UT   13 39 04.2   -09 52 23     2.080    1.775   58.4   28.2   291   30.2 
2025-12-18 00:00 UT   13 40 47.8   -10 02 36     2.076    1.781   58.9   28.3   291   30.2 
2025-12-19 00:00 UT   13 42 30.6   -10 12 41     2.072    1.787   59.5   28.3   291   30.2 

    Terminology:
            
    delta:  distance between minor planet and earth in AU
    radius: distance between minor planet and sun in AU
    magn:   magnitude (brightness) estimate    
    ra:     right ascension in hours (24h = 360deg)
    dec:    declination in degrees
    elong:  elongation in degrees (angle sun-earth-minor planet)    
    phase:  phase angle in degrees (angle sun-minor planet-earth)        
    AU:     Astronomical Unit (mean distance between earth and sun: 149597870.7 km
    

Orbital elements provided by the MPC (Minor Planet Center).
Calculations by a modified version of AAPlus, a C# implementation of the AA+ project by PJ Naughter from the algorithms presented in the book "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus.
NGC2000 dso catalog and star labels from VizieR as provided by the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center.
Tycho2 catalog from the ESO archive.