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NASA JPL SBDB · 2014 YW34

2014 YW34

2014 YW34 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.407 AU it takes 1.67 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 169
Orbital Period · P
1.67 yr
v(q)
39.6 km/s
v(Q)
15.9 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.16 km
TJ
4.63
Eccentricity · e
0.4253

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.808 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.005 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 1.197 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.407 AU gives an orbital period of 1.67 yr, or about 610 days.

The high eccentricity (0.425) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 6.03° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 39.6 km/s at perihelion and falls to 15.9 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 = 21.78 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.16 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 169 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4332 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 0 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
1.407 AU
Eccentricity
0.4253
Perihelion
0.808 AU
Aphelion
2.005397 AU
Inclination
6.03°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
354.97°

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
2029-Nov-30 07:48 0.129471 AU
19368603 km
8.66 km/s
2034-Dec-05 08:28 0.110660 AU
16554534 km
9.37 km/s
2039-Dec-09 07:37 0.094048 AU
14069422 km
10.28 km/s
2044-Dec-11 08:20 0.085600 AU
12805634 km
11.19 km/s
2049-Dec-14 16:17 0.090724 AU
13572112 km
12.43 km/s
2054-Dec-18 16:20 0.124191 AU
18578673 km
14.21 km/s
2059-Dec-23 01:24 0.185512 AU
27752184 km
16.45 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
21.78

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.43318
Condition
0
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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