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NASA JPL SBDB · 2015 YV20

2015 YV20

2015 YV20 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.255 AU it takes 1.41 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 42
Orbital Period · P
1.41 yr
v(q)
34 km/s
v(Q)
20.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.12 km
TJ
5.09
Eccentricity · e
0.2399

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.954 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.556 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.602 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.255 AU gives an orbital period of 1.41 yr, or about 514 days.

An eccentricity of 0.24 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 7.92° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 34 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.8 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 = 22.37 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.12 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 42 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4201 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
1.255 AU
Eccentricity
0.2399
Perihelion
0.954 AU
Aphelion
1.556074 AU
Inclination
7.92°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
91.54°

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 21:42 0.397361 AU
59444329 km
7.42 km/s
2030-Jun-04 23:09 0.293265 AU
43871881 km
14.18 km/s
2036-Nov-14 16:20 0.463969 AU
69408701 km
8.44 km/s
2037-Jun-15 16:57 0.490681 AU
73404813 km
19.76 km/s
2040-Aug-14 21:48 0.489433 AU
73218195 km
7.25 km/s
2047-Jan-25 16:26 0.314648 AU
47070702 km
13.61 km/s
2047-Jul-26 16:18 0.421597 AU
63070081 km
5.79 km/s
2054-Feb-08 19:03 0.167174 AU
25008855 km
7.82 km/s
2061-Apr-06 22:05 0.097472 AU
14581636 km
5.56 km/s
2068-Jan-07 07:18 0.258199 AU
38625995 km
4.14 km/s
2068-May-11 07:03 0.007077 AU
1058639 km
6.70 km/s
2078-Feb-16 05:39 0.148211 AU
22172011 km
6.90 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
22.37

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.4201
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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