2022 WK1
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	19 Oct 2026	28.4	2.038 AU	1.449 AU	21h33m	-25°56'	111.6°	27.0°

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 WK1 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.4830245
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.6725125
            i (Inclination)                 : 7.89106
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 60.92193
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 63.58678
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 207.62572
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 124.29091
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 7.06286
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 2.16            
        

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
2026-10-19 00:00 UT   21 33 24.7   -25 56 28     1.449    2.038  111.6   27.0    67   28.4 
2026-10-19 07:18 UT   21 33 22.9   -25 54 49     1.451    2.037  111.3   27.1    67   28.4 
2026-10-20 00:00 UT   21 33 19.6   -25 50 58     1.456    2.033  110.7   27.3    67   28.4 
2026-10-21 00:00 UT   21 33 17.0   -25 45 17     1.463    2.029  109.7   27.5    67   28.4 
2026-10-22 00:00 UT   21 33 16.7   -25 39 27     1.471    2.024  108.8   27.8    67   28.4 
2026-10-23 00:00 UT   21 33 18.8   -25 33 27     1.478    2.019  107.8   28.0    68   28.4 
2026-10-24 00:00 UT   21 33 23.3   -25 27 17     1.486    2.014  106.9   28.2    68   28.4 
2026-10-25 00:00 UT   21 33 30.1   -25 20 58     1.493    2.009  106.0   28.4    68   28.4 
2026-10-26 00:00 UT   21 33 39.1   -25 14 30     1.501    2.005  105.1   28.6    68   28.4 
2026-10-27 00:00 UT   21 33 50.4   -25 07 54     1.508    2.000  104.2   28.8    68   28.5 
2026-10-28 00:00 UT   21 34 04.0   -25 01 08     1.516    1.995  103.3   29.0    69   28.5 
2026-10-29 00:00 UT   21 34 19.7   -24 54 14     1.524    1.990  102.4   29.2    69   28.5 
2026-10-30 00:00 UT   21 34 37.6   -24 47 11     1.531    1.985  101.5   29.4    69   28.5 
2026-10-31 00:00 UT   21 34 57.6   -24 40 00     1.539    1.980  100.7   29.5    69   28.5 
2026-11-01 00:00 UT   21 35 19.7   -24 32 41     1.546    1.975   99.8   29.7    69   28.5 
2026-11-02 00:00 UT   21 35 43.9   -24 25 14     1.554    1.970   98.9   29.8    69   28.5 
2026-11-03 00:00 UT   21 36 10.2   -24 17 40     1.562    1.965   98.1   30.0    70   28.5 
2026-11-04 00:00 UT   21 36 38.5   -24 09 57     1.569    1.959   97.3   30.1    70   28.5 
2026-11-05 00:00 UT   21 37 08.8   -24 02 06     1.577    1.954   96.4   30.3    70   28.5 
2026-11-06 00:00 UT   21 37 41.1   -23 54 08     1.584    1.949   95.6   30.4    70   28.6 
2026-11-07 00:00 UT   21 38 15.3   -23 46 03     1.592    1.944   94.8   30.5    70   28.6 
2026-11-08 00:00 UT   21 38 51.4   -23 37 50     1.599    1.939   94.0   30.7    70   28.6 
2026-11-09 00:00 UT   21 39 29.4   -23 29 29     1.607    1.934   93.1   30.8    70   28.6 
2026-11-10 00:00 UT   21 40 09.3   -23 21 01     1.614    1.928   92.3   30.9    70   28.6 
2026-11-11 00:00 UT   21 40 51.0   -23 12 26     1.622    1.923   91.6   31.0    70   28.6 
2026-11-12 00:00 UT   21 41 34.5   -23 03 44     1.629    1.918   90.8   31.1    71   28.6 
2026-11-13 00:00 UT   21 42 19.8   -22 54 55     1.637    1.912   90.0   31.2    71   28.6 
2026-11-14 00:00 UT   21 43 06.8   -22 45 59     1.644    1.907   89.2   31.3    71   28.6 
2026-11-15 00:00 UT   21 43 55.5   -22 36 56     1.651    1.901   88.4   31.3    71   28.6 
2026-11-16 00:00 UT   21 44 45.8   -22 27 46     1.658    1.896   87.7   31.4    71   28.6 
2026-11-17 00:00 UT   21 45 37.8   -22 18 29     1.665    1.891   86.9   31.5    71   28.6 
2026-11-18 00:00 UT   21 46 31.5   -22 09 06     1.673    1.885   86.2   31.6    71   28.6 

    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.