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NASA JPL SBDB · 2019 YA

2019 YA

2019 YA is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.326 AU once every 1.53 yr.

Amor Observations: 184
Orbital Period · P
1.53 yr
v(q)
32.4 km/s
v(Q)
20.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.16 km
TJ
4.82
Eccentricity · e
0.2218

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.032 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.62 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.588 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.326 AU gives an orbital period of 1.53 yr, or about 558 days.

An eccentricity of 0.222 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 24.28° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 32.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.6 km/s at aphelion.

Its perihelion lies just outside Earth's orbit, which is why it is classed as Earth-approaching rather than Earth-crossing.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 21.74 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.16 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 184 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5444 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
1.326 AU
Eccentricity
0.2218
Perihelion
1.032 AU
Aphelion
1.620107 AU
Inclination
24.28°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
56.31°

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
2048-Dec-24 23:52 0.129404 AU
19358558 km
12.94 km/s
2074-Dec-21 10:08 0.192426 AU
28786513 km
15.28 km/s
2077-Dec-25 19:10 0.194551 AU
29104442 km
12.82 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
21.74

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.54435
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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