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NASA JPL SBDB · 2020 YL5

2020 YL5

2020 YL5 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.373 AU it takes 1.61 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 40
Orbital Period · P
1.61 yr
v(q)
33.4 km/s
v(Q)
19.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.26 km
TJ
4.45
Eccentricity · e
0.2651

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.009 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.737 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.728 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.373 AU gives an orbital period of 1.61 yr, or about 588 days.

An eccentricity of 0.265 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 47.89° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 33.4 km/s at perihelion and falls to 19.4 km/s at aphelion.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 20.66 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.26 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 40 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4862 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 3 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
1.373 AU
Eccentricity
0.2651
Perihelion
1.009 AU
Aphelion
1.736982 AU
Inclination
47.89°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
208.63°

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
2028-Jul-04 09:01 0.357974 AU
53552195 km
26.56 km/s
2028-Dec-28 04:17 0.332134 AU
49686547 km
23.41 km/s
2036-Jul-07 23:31 0.254964 AU
38142131 km
24.26 km/s
2036-Dec-29 10:36 0.262880 AU
39326292 km
24.50 km/s
2044-Jul-10 00:42 0.294448 AU
44048747 km
22.95 km/s
2045-Jan-01 05:50 0.338230 AU
50598458 km
26.59 km/s
2052-Jul-10 11:49 0.434328 AU
64974483 km
22.50 km/s
2065-Jul-02 13:02 0.433232 AU
64810599 km
27.99 km/s
2065-Dec-28 12:49 0.396535 AU
59320807 km
23.21 km/s
2073-Jul-06 20:10 0.288887 AU
43216931 km
25.23 km/s
2073-Dec-29 01:17 0.279380 AU
41794708 km
23.88 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
20.66

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.48616
Condition
3
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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