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NASA JPL SBDB · 2009 YR

2009 YR

2009 YR is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.942 AU and a period of 0.91 yr.

Aten Observations: 29
Orbital Period · P
0.91 yr
v(q)
34.3 km/s
v(Q)
27.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.01 km
TJ
6.37
Eccentricity · e
0.1101

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.838 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.046 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.208 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.942 AU gives an orbital period of 0.91 yr, or about 334 days.

An eccentricity of 0.11 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 0.7° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34.3 km/s at perihelion and falls to 27.5 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 = 28 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.01 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 29 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.497 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 6 indicates a moderately constrained orbit; predictions decades ahead still carry noticeable uncertainty.

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
0.9419 AU
Eccentricity
0.1101
Perihelion
0.838 AU
Aphelion
1.045603 AU
Inclination
0.7°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
245.45°

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
2030-Sep-10 08:04 0.011913 AU
1782163 km
3.47 km/s
2031-Apr-03 14:59 0.145550 AU
21774015 km
4.10 km/s
2031-Dec-27 21:01 0.253633 AU
37942886 km
11.33 km/s
2041-Sep-17 03:44 0.284549 AU
42567924 km
13.32 km/s
2043-Dec-20 12:13 0.365063 AU
54612589 km
16.08 km/s
2053-Sep-12 08:23 0.235729 AU
35264538 km
10.67 km/s
2054-Jun-07 16:08 0.145536 AU
21771887 km
4.00 km/s
2055-Jan-01 01:53 0.001774 AU
265450 km
3.58 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
28.0

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.49695
Condition
6
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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