2014 YF

Very small Aten-class Asteroid

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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Aten-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to a basketball court
  • Will pass within 10,576,612 km of Earth in 2021
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Not a Potentially Hazardous Object
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2014 YF is a very small asteroid whose orbit could bring it in close proximity to Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2014 YF as a "Near Earth Asteroid" due to its orbit's proximity to Earth, but it is not considered potentially hazardous because computer simulations have not indicated any imminent likelihood of future collision.

2014 YF orbits the sun every 319 days (0.87 years), coming as close as 0.78 AU and reaching as far as 1.05 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2014 YF is probably between 0.058 to 0.259 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a basketball court.

Close Approaches

2014 YF's orbit is 0.05 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is a wide berth between this asteroid and Earth at all times.

2014 YF has 36 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Oct. 19, 2021 10,576,612 4.418
April 20, 2022 29,472,457 5.217
Sept. 27, 2028 19,486,423 3.763
Dec. 10, 2028 18,427,314 3.492
March 26, 2029 22,835,588 4.120
Aug. 28, 2035 27,956,044 5.003
Feb. 22, 2036 11,810,387 4.029
Feb. 18, 2043 8,524,347 5.933
Feb. 13, 2050 21,705,114 9.180
Oct. 28, 2062 21,503,468 8.993
Oct. 22, 2069 9,211,386 5.666
Oct. 11, 2076 15,540,994 3.666
April 6, 2077 25,867,753 4.567
Sept. 7, 2083 25,162,612 4.571
Feb. 27, 2084 16,053,766 3.472
Feb. 19, 2091 7,969,565 5.117
Feb. 15, 2098 15,404,272 7.823
Oct. 30, 2110 26,230,840 9.967
Oct. 24, 2117 11,071,248 6.447
Oct. 19, 2124 10,514,088 4.543
Oct. 3, 2131 18,284,239 3.737
Dec. 2, 2131 18,171,076 3.383
March 31, 2132 24,033,116 4.239
Sept. 2, 2138 26,701,007 4.852
Feb. 24, 2139 13,371,930 3.739
Feb. 20, 2146 7,556,811 5.373
Feb. 15, 2153 16,245,655 8.055
Oct. 30, 2165 26,122,235 9.917
Oct. 24, 2172 10,534,745 6.156
Oct. 16, 2179 13,382,696 3.957
April 13, 2180 27,739,351 4.814
Sept. 16, 2186 22,847,796 4.285
Jan. 10, 2187 17,953,321 3.516
March 10, 2187 18,939,936 3.481
Aug. 21, 2193 29,917,963 5.444
Feb. 21, 2194 8,386,930 4.757

Images and Observations

2014 YF's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Nov. 6, 2014. It was last officially observed on Feb. 4, 2022. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 69 observations used to determine its orbit.

Accessibility and Exploration

2014 YF can be reached with a journey of 346 days. This trajectory would require a delta-v of 6.569 km/s. To put this into perspective, the delta-v to launch a rocket to Low-Earth Orbit is 9.7 km/s. There are 181,624 potential trajectories and launch windows to this asteroid.

See more at the NHATS Mission Trajectories table for 2014 YF.

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Orbital Elements

  • Epoch: 2460200.5 JD
  • Semi-major axis: 0.9136 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.1515
  • Inclination: 5.85°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 177.64°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 90.64°
  • Mean Anomaly: 166.99°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.159 km
  • Magnitude: 22.39

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 319 days (0.87 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 31.16 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 1.05 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.78 AU

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Size Rendering

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