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NASA JPL SBDB · 2011 YD29

2011 YD29

2011 YD29 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.766 AU and a period of 0.67 yr.

Aten Observations: 25
Orbital Period · P
0.67 yr
v(q)
46.9 km/s
v(Q)
24.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.02 km
TJ
7.52
Eccentricity · e
0.3088

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.529 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.003 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.474 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.766 AU gives an orbital period of 0.67 yr, or about 245 days.

An eccentricity of 0.309 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 6.97° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 46.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 24.7 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 = 26.3 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.02 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 25 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4358 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 7 signals a poorly constrained orbit, so its future path should be treated as provisional.

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
0.766 AU
Eccentricity
0.3088
Perihelion
0.529 AU
Aphelion
1.002541 AU
Inclination
6.97°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
13.0°

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
2027-Dec-19 17:24 0.237715 AU
35561720 km
17.12 km/s
2029-Dec-21 10:15 0.299621 AU
44822665 km
19.35 km/s
2031-Dec-24 08:31 0.361622 AU
54097953 km
21.63 km/s
2059-Jan-23 08:01 0.296943 AU
44422018 km
20.95 km/s
2061-Jan-25 02:34 0.234957 AU
35149039 km
18.78 km/s
2063-Jan-27 14:30 0.177325 AU
26527387 km
16.65 km/s
2065-Jan-28 17:01 0.124539 AU
18630822 km
14.54 km/s
2067-Jan-30 06:07 0.081982 AU
12264319 km
12.47 km/s
2069-Jan-29 22:22 0.061388 AU
9183522 km
10.54 km/s
2071-Jan-28 23:00 0.053174 AU
7954708 km
8.86 km/s
2079-Jan-07 17:01 0.019698 AU
2946814 km
6.50 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
26.3

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.43584
Condition
7
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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