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2003 UY12

2003 UY12 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.701 AU and a period of 0.59 yr.

Aten Observations: 93
Orbital Period · P
0.59 yr
v(q)
70.6 km/s
v(Q)
17.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.08 km
TJ
7.99
Eccentricity · e
0.5945

Orbit and dynamics

Between its closest point (0.284 AU) and its farthest (1.118 AU), the heliocentric distance changes by 0.834 AU over every revolution.

One full revolution takes 0.59 yr (214 days), computed from the semi-major axis of 0.701 AU.

The high eccentricity (0.595) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 16.4° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 70.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 17.9 km/s at aphelion.

Because q < 1 AU and Q > 1 AU, this orbit geometrically intersects the region of Earth's orbit.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 23.27 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.08 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

Astrometry from 93 individual observations underpins this orbit; the fit leaves an RMS residual of 0.459 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 1 means the orbit is very well determined, leaving only a small uncertainty in the future ephemeris.

About these computed values

Orbital periods, perihelion and aphelion speeds, and diameter estimates on this page are computed by SpaceAtlas from the JPL SBDB orbital elements. They are derived quantities, not values copied from the source catalogue.

Orbital Parameters

Semi-Major Axis
0.7011 AU
Eccentricity
0.5945
Perihelion
0.284 AU
Aphelion
1.117904 AU
Inclination
16.4°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
324.02°

Orbit diagram

The Sun sits at the focus (orange). Earth's orbit is the grey circle at 1 AU. The red dot marks the object's position at the catalog epoch.

3D orbit (interactive)

Drag to rotate; scroll or pinch to zoom. The Sun is at the focus (orange), Earth's orbit is the grey ring at 1 AU, and the red dot marks the object's current position.

Close approaches

Predicted close approaches to Earth, from NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).

Date (UTC)Miss distanceVelocity
2026-Nov-25 17:31 0.202447 AU
30285681 km
16.25 km/s
2027-Oct-22 03:07 0.348961 AU
52203758 km
27.52 km/s
2029-Nov-19 03:23 0.437150 AU
65396771 km
27.83 km/s
2030-Oct-14 07:27 0.017923 AU
2681181 km
16.50 km/s
2033-Nov-06 04:00 0.173895 AU
26014269 km
13.62 km/s
2036-Nov-26 05:22 0.236030 AU
35309634 km
18.55 km/s
2037-Oct-18 21:42 0.273432 AU
40904825 km
24.87 km/s
2039-Nov-16 22:33 0.499786 AU
74766911 km
30.37 km/s
2040-Oct-15 11:34 0.043109 AU
6448966 km
15.12 km/s
2043-Nov-13 20:18 0.183068 AU
27386646 km
13.80 km/s
2046-Nov-25 15:29 0.284450 AU
42553120 km
21.16 km/s
2047-Oct-16 21:49 0.194526 AU
29100718 km
22.18 km/s
2050-Oct-20 16:42 0.100978 AU
15106104 km
14.06 km/s
2053-Nov-20 20:20 0.188105 AU
28140098 km
14.47 km/s
2054-Oct-25 21:45 0.443580 AU
66358694 km
30.94 km/s
2056-Nov-22 16:38 0.352710 AU
52764674 km
24.26 km/s
2057-Oct-14 11:19 0.107988 AU
16154807 km
19.31 km/s
2060-Oct-27 17:24 0.146339 AU
21891963 km
13.66 km/s
2063-Nov-25 23:54 0.201188 AU
30097251 km
16.06 km/s
2064-Oct-21 23:05 0.358212 AU
53587731 km
27.87 km/s
2066-Nov-20 02:59 0.426986 AU
63876203 km
27.40 km/s
2067-Oct-14 14:16 0.028088 AU
4201969 km
16.86 km/s
2070-Nov-05 00:17 0.171275 AU
25622307 km
13.63 km/s
2073-Nov-26 17:30 0.227295 AU
34002816 km
18.00 km/s
2074-Oct-20 00:08 0.292421 AU
43745606 km
25.55 km/s
2076-Nov-17 06:55 0.480826 AU
71930548 km
29.59 km/s
2077-Oct-15 04:27 0.026603 AU
3979704 km
15.53 km/s

Distances in astronomical units (AU) and kilometres. Source: NASA/JPL CNEOS Close Approach Data API.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
23.27

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.45896
Condition
1
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database · NASA CNEOS. Orbital periods, perihelion and aphelion speeds, and diameter estimates on this page are computed by SpaceAtlas from the JPL SBDB orbital elements. They are derived quantities, not values copied from the source catalogue.

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