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NASA JPL SBDB · 2022 YN7

2022 YN7

2022 YN7 is an Aten-type near-Earth asteroid whose orbit lies mostly inside that of Earth, with a semi-major axis of 0.689 AU and a period of 0.57 yr.

Aten Observations: 47
Orbital Period · P
0.57 yr
v(q)
73.5 km/s
v(Q)
17.5 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.28 km
TJ
8.07
Eccentricity · e
0.6152

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.265 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.112 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.847 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 0.689 AU gives an orbital period of 0.57 yr, or about 209 days.

The high eccentricity (0.615) produces a strongly elongated orbit, so the object spends most of its time far from the Sun.

A steep inclination of 27.08° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 73.5 km/s at perihelion and falls to 17.5 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 = 20.53 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.28 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 47 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4793 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
0.6886 AU
Eccentricity
0.6152
Perihelion
0.265 AU
Aphelion
1.112227 AU
Inclination
27.08°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
105.23°

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-Jan-03 20:24 0.182002 AU
27227093 km
17.27 km/s
2031-Jan-03 20:46 0.182997 AU
27375939 km
17.24 km/s
2035-Jan-03 22:06 0.184326 AU
27574852 km
17.21 km/s
2039-Jan-03 23:58 0.187835 AU
28099765 km
17.13 km/s
2043-Jan-04 02:05 0.191426 AU
28636899 km
17.04 km/s
2047-Jan-04 06:17 0.197569 AU
29555866 km
16.92 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
20.53

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.47931
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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