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2020 YH

2020 YH is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.742 AU and a period of 0.64 yr.

Aten Observations: 47
Orbital Period · P
0.64 yr
v(q)
54.1 km/s
v(Q)
22.1 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.14 km
TJ
7.69
Eccentricity · e
0.4201

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.43 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.054 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.624 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.742 AU gives an orbital period of 0.64 yr, or about 233 days.

The high eccentricity (0.42) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

The orbital plane is tilted 7.17° relative to the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 54.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 22.1 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 = 21.98 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.14 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 47 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.3306 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 2 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
0.742 AU
Eccentricity
0.4201
Perihelion
0.43 AU
Aphelion
1.053714 AU
Inclination
7.17°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
337.95°

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-05 10:53 0.301658 AU
45127455 km
20.17 km/s
2029-Dec-27 04:11 0.138169 AU
20669717 km
8.28 km/s
2032-Jan-21 16:13 0.330224 AU
49400737 km
20.43 km/s
2034-Dec-12 04:42 0.473349 AU
70811981 km
26.21 km/s
2036-Nov-29 09:45 0.080945 AU
12109134 km
10.30 km/s
2037-Mar-27 08:05 0.396095 AU
59254913 km
8.79 km/s
2038-Sep-10 02:27 0.471300 AU
70505501 km
13.56 km/s
2039-Jan-26 18:05 0.185091 AU
27689150 km
14.68 km/s
2043-Nov-30 22:02 0.172519 AU
25808528 km
15.51 km/s
2044-Apr-20 03:55 0.473857 AU
70888061 km
14.80 km/s
2045-Oct-09 18:10 0.382752 AU
57258837 km
5.99 km/s
2046-Jan-24 06:43 0.122571 AU
18336416 km
9.52 km/s
2048-Jan-15 18:24 0.471368 AU
70515698 km
25.59 km/s
2050-Dec-06 00:48 0.321688 AU
48123913 km
20.85 km/s
2052-Dec-24 04:57 0.135945 AU
20337093 km
8.28 km/s
2055-Jan-21 11:40 0.329046 AU
49224576 km
20.40 km/s
2057-Dec-11 17:30 0.464357 AU
69466769 km
25.86 km/s
2059-Nov-30 23:57 0.083467 AU
12486552 km
9.91 km/s
2060-Mar-23 21:21 0.386879 AU
57876273 km
7.92 km/s
2061-Sep-07 11:25 0.479304 AU
71702871 km
14.18 km/s
2062-Jan-26 02:04 0.200233 AU
29954498 km
15.36 km/s
2066-Nov-30 00:12 0.145525 AU
21770214 km
14.44 km/s
2067-Apr-16 22:11 0.461293 AU
69008389 km
13.80 km/s
2068-Sep-29 12:44 0.406998 AU
60886068 km
8.55 km/s
2069-Jan-26 07:27 0.122600 AU
18340641 km
10.52 km/s
2073-Dec-04 02:13 0.274401 AU
41049794 km
19.19 km/s
2076-Jan-06 08:37 0.138483 AU
20716754 km
8.31 km/s
2078-Jan-19 07:24 0.378594 AU
56636861 km
22.21 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
21.98

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.33055
Condition
2
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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