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NASA JPL SBDB · 2017 YD

2017 YD

2017 YD belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.455 AU it takes 1.76 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 45
Orbital Period · P
1.76 yr
v(q)
33.7 km/s
v(Q)
18.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
4.58
Eccentricity · e
0.3011

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.017 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.893 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.876 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.455 AU gives an orbital period of 1.76 yr, or about 641 days.

An eccentricity of 0.301 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 1.6° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.7 km/s at perihelion and falls to 18.1 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 25.5 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.03 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 45 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.568 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
1.455 AU
Eccentricity
0.3011
Perihelion
1.017 AU
Aphelion
1.893101 AU
Inclination
1.6°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
298.38°

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
2032-Jan-23 06:16 0.168531 AU
25211857 km
8.93 km/s
2038-Oct-04 07:02 0.374800 AU
56069266 km
3.61 km/s
2039-Feb-02 12:27 0.329932 AU
49357065 km
13.79 km/s
2045-Sep-16 08:33 0.476502 AU
71283754 km
5.68 km/s
2068-Oct-28 09:30 0.469626 AU
70255082 km
17.81 km/s
2069-Mar-22 06:37 0.459230 AU
68699809 km
5.52 km/s
2075-Nov-07 21:49 0.297760 AU
44544259 km
12.83 km/s
2076-Mar-03 03:35 0.354333 AU
53007496 km
3.22 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
25.5

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.56796
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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