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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 YB5

2020 YB5

2020 YB5 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.336 AU it takes 1.54 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 89
Orbital Period · P
1.54 yr
v(q)
33.8 km/s
v(Q)
19.7 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.03 km
TJ
4.87
Eccentricity · e
0.2645

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.982 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.689 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.707 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.336 AU gives an orbital period of 1.54 yr, or about 564 days.

An eccentricity of 0.265 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 2.61° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.8 km/s at perihelion and falls to 19.7 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 = 25.28 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 89 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5244 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 5 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
1.336 AU
Eccentricity
0.2645
Perihelion
0.982 AU
Aphelion
1.689372 AU
Inclination
2.61°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
182.7°

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
2037-Nov-30 16:01 0.144823 AU
21665257 km
8.50 km/s
2040-Oct-09 20:07 0.361408 AU
54065920 km
4.65 km/s
2041-Mar-05 05:32 0.289024 AU
43237418 km
12.99 km/s
2054-Nov-16 00:33 0.371195 AU
55529932 km
15.44 km/s
2055-Apr-24 19:16 0.404271 AU
60478057 km
5.45 km/s
2058-Feb-15 11:06 0.070768 AU
10586720 km
6.20 km/s
2071-Nov-13 22:23 0.417471 AU
62452720 km
16.93 km/s
2072-Apr-28 19:39 0.426938 AU
63869059 km
5.88 km/s
2075-Feb-14 09:04 0.055599 AU
8317436 km
5.90 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
25.28

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.52441
Condition
5
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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