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2019 YG2

2019 YG2 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.862 AU and a period of 0.80 yr.

Aten Observations: 46
Orbital Period · P
0.80 yr
v(q)
39.9 km/s
v(Q)
25.8 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
6.8
Eccentricity · e
0.214

Orbit and dynamics

Between its closest point (0.677 AU) and its farthest (1.046 AU), the heliocentric distance changes by 0.369 AU over every revolution.

One full revolution takes 0.80 yr (292 days), computed from the semi-major axis of 0.862 AU.

An eccentricity of 0.214 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 16.07° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 39.9 km/s at perihelion and falls to 25.8 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 = 25.27 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.03 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

Astrometry from 46 individual observations underpins this orbit; the fit leaves an RMS residual of 0.3736 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 1 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
0.862 AU
Eccentricity
0.214
Perihelion
0.677 AU
Aphelion
1.046468 AU
Inclination
16.07°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
209.82°

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
2027-Dec-22 21:14 0.068382 AU
10229843 km
9.01 km/s
2031-Dec-21 18:07 0.072552 AU
10853658 km
9.03 km/s
2035-Dec-20 07:08 0.078688 AU
11771556 km
9.06 km/s
2039-Dec-18 15:06 0.086928 AU
13004228 km
9.13 km/s
2043-Dec-16 10:00 0.099809 AU
14931225 km
9.23 km/s
2044-Apr-06 13:07 0.334568 AU
50050711 km
7.37 km/s
2047-Dec-13 23:59 0.115319 AU
17251407 km
9.41 km/s
2048-Apr-13 10:05 0.338450 AU
50631456 km
8.59 km/s
2051-Dec-10 09:44 0.141088 AU
21106424 km
9.77 km/s
2052-Apr-21 21:05 0.341861 AU
51141671 km
9.92 km/s
2055-Dec-06 14:04 0.175187 AU
26207632 km
10.39 km/s
2056-Apr-30 10:51 0.343825 AU
51435480 km
11.07 km/s
2059-Dec-02 20:59 0.218042 AU
32618688 km
11.41 km/s
2060-May-09 12:03 0.344149 AU
51483902 km
12.06 km/s
2063-Nov-30 12:50 0.265175 AU
39669673 km
12.75 km/s
2064-May-17 19:36 0.343332 AU
51361674 km
12.78 km/s
2067-Nov-29 04:23 0.317320 AU
47470337 km
14.35 km/s
2068-May-26 06:17 0.341684 AU
51115201 km
13.37 km/s
2071-Nov-28 22:42 0.370318 AU
55398853 km
16.08 km/s
2072-Jun-02 20:27 0.339969 AU
50858604 km
13.77 km/s
2075-Nov-29 09:38 0.423228 AU
63313979 km
17.82 km/s
2076-Jun-10 08:55 0.338199 AU
50593866 km
14.01 km/s
2079-Nov-30 11:04 0.483833 AU
72380459 km
19.87 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
25.27

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.37358
Condition
1
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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