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NASA JPL SBDB · 2015 YP1

2015 YP1

2015 YP1 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.24 AU it takes 1.38 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 54
Orbital Period · P
1.38 yr
v(q)
32.1 km/s
v(Q)
22.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.09 km
TJ
5.13
Eccentricity · e
0.1812

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.015 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.465 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.45 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.24 AU gives an orbital period of 1.38 yr, or about 504 days.

An eccentricity of 0.181 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 14.85° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 32.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.3 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 22.97 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.09 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 54 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4629 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
1.24 AU
Eccentricity
0.1812
Perihelion
1.015 AU
Aphelion
1.464688 AU
Inclination
14.85°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
176.6°

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-Dec-25 06:03 0.202183 AU
30246078 km
8.10 km/s
2033-Dec-23 07:50 0.299414 AU
44791745 km
15.30 km/s
2034-Jun-04 20:21 0.303930 AU
45467299 km
8.28 km/s
2041-Jul-18 03:51 0.446458 AU
66789151 km
9.10 km/s
2044-Dec-30 10:15 0.080071 AU
11978455 km
8.88 km/s
2062-Dec-23 23:46 0.155852 AU
23315195 km
15.08 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
22.97

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.46286
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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