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NASA JPL SBDB · 2019 YP5

2019 YP5

2019 YP5 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.977 AU and a period of 0.97 yr.

Aten Observations: 111
Orbital Period · P
0.97 yr
v(q)
45.2 km/s
v(Q)
20.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.11 km
TJ
6.12
Eccentricity · e
0.3842

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.601 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.352 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.751 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.977 AU gives an orbital period of 0.97 yr, or about 353 days.

An eccentricity of 0.384 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

The orbital plane is tilted 10.36° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 45.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.1 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 = 22.46 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.11 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 111 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5643 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
0.9766 AU
Eccentricity
0.3842
Perihelion
0.601 AU
Aphelion
1.35181 AU
Inclination
10.36°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
115.87°

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
2041-Sep-28 07:55 0.142287 AU
21285800 km
12.22 km/s
2048-Feb-12 00:28 0.130337 AU
19498096 km
9.88 km/s
2049-Feb-09 01:11 0.081228 AU
12151503 km
15.37 km/s
2068-Oct-06 12:35 0.190226 AU
28457376 km
16.58 km/s
2069-Sep-24 02:16 0.164131 AU
24553578 km
10.59 km/s
2076-Feb-12 22:50 0.056052 AU
8385228 km
11.63 km/s
2077-Feb-06 09:39 0.158164 AU
23660965 km
17.66 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
22.46

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.56429
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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