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NASA JPL SBDB · 2024 YA13

2024 YA13

2024 YA13 is an Amor-type near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth from beyond our orbit without crossing it, orbiting the Sun at 1.494 AU once every 1.83 yr.

Amor Observations: 14
Orbital Period · P
1.83 yr
v(q)
29.2 km/s
v(Q)
20.4 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.12 km
TJ
4.4
Eccentricity · e
0.1776

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 1.229 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.759 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.53 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.494 AU gives an orbital period of 1.83 yr, or about 667 days.

An eccentricity of 0.178 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

A steep inclination of 29.83° carries it well above and below the ecliptic plane.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 29.2 km/s at perihelion and falls to 20.4 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 = 22.34 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.12 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 14 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.5166 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 9 signals a poorly constrained orbit, so its future path should be treated as provisional.

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
1.494 AU
Eccentricity
0.1776
Perihelion
1.229 AU
Aphelion
1.759334 AU
Inclination
29.83°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2460674.5
Mean Anomaly
59.0°

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

No close approaches to Earth are currently on record for this object.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
22.34

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.51657
Condition
9
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database . 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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