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NASA JPL SBDB · 2017 YP3

2017 YP3

2017 YP3 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.691 AU it takes 2.20 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 57
Orbital Period · P
2.20 yr
v(q)
46.4 km/s
v(Q)
11.3 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.2 km
TJ
3.95
Eccentricity · e
0.6088

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.662 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 2.72 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 2.058 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.691 AU gives an orbital period of 2.20 yr, or about 803 days.

The high eccentricity (0.609) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 14.39° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 46.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 11.3 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 = 21.29 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.2 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 57 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.6702 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
1.691 AU
Eccentricity
0.6088
Perihelion
0.662 AU
Aphelion
2.720481 AU
Inclination
14.39°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
274.6°

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
2029-Jan-07 00:39 0.188224 AU
28157980 km
17.81 km/s
2031-Jun-25 17:12 0.149718 AU
22397569 km
19.53 km/s
2040-Jan-07 02:42 0.188467 AU
28194221 km
18.24 km/s
2042-Jun-24 06:55 0.148003 AU
22140878 km
19.13 km/s
2051-Jan-05 11:01 0.191122 AU
28591380 km
19.13 km/s
2053-Jun-21 16:13 0.147314 AU
22037842 km
18.43 km/s
2062-Jan-04 10:19 0.196676 AU
29422293 km
19.72 km/s
2064-Jun-19 18:00 0.149921 AU
22427849 km
17.98 km/s
2073-Jan-02 07:30 0.210703 AU
31520750 km
20.91 km/s
2075-Jun-16 06:15 0.163186 AU
24412290 km
17.05 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
21.29

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.67024
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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