2014 YR15

Very small Aten-class Asteroid

Near-Earth Potentially Hazardous
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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Aten-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to a football field
  • Will pass within 15,788,015 km of Earth in 2025
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2014 YR15 is a very small asteroid whose orbit could bring it in close proximity to Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2014 YR15 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2014 YR15 orbits the sun every 237 days (0.65 years), coming as close as 0.44 AU and reaching as far as 1.06 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2014 YR15 is probably between 0.136 to 0.305 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a football field.

Close Approaches

2014 YR15's orbit is 0.04 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 YR15 has 36 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Dec. 7, 2025 15,788,015 8.323
Jan. 20, 2028 9,329,727 11.606
Nov. 22, 2036 19,660,721 12.508
Jan. 3, 2039 13,853,686 8.234
Jan. 18, 2041 27,227,931 15.876
Nov. 28, 2049 14,430,310 9.123
Jan. 19, 2052 5,663,504 9.904
Nov. 23, 2060 28,056,203 14.958
Dec. 19, 2062 16,253,792 8.184
Jan. 20, 2065 16,189,629 13.308
Nov. 24, 2073 15,792,899 10.884
Jan. 12, 2076 10,217,539 8.585
Dec. 4, 2086 15,273,396 8.514
Jan. 20, 2089 7,044,177 10.948
Nov. 23, 2097 21,377,206 13.003
Jan. 1, 2100 14,535,081 8.209
Jan. 20, 2102 25,190,407 15.420
Nov. 29, 2110 14,412,401 9.247
Jan. 19, 2113 5,586,973 9.761
Nov. 25, 2121 28,377,089 14.996
Dec. 20, 2123 16,177,710 8.213
Jan. 21, 2126 16,252,104 13.351
Nov. 25, 2134 15,632,709 10.746
Jan. 14, 2137 9,548,224 8.679
Dec. 7, 2147 15,399,077 8.454
Jan. 21, 2150 7,356,423 11.119
Nov. 25, 2158 21,097,187 12.902
Jan. 2, 2161 14,246,063 8.231
Jan. 20, 2163 25,563,995 15.499
Nov. 30, 2171 14,489,212 9.184
Jan. 20, 2174 5,196,914 9.910
Nov. 25, 2182 26,592,332 14.494
Dec. 23, 2184 15,877,053 8.197
Jan. 21, 2187 18,740,893 13.918
Nov. 27, 2195 14,958,187 10.192
Jan. 16, 2198 7,822,860 8.954

Images and Observations

2014 YR15's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Dec. 27, 2014. It was last officially observed on Dec. 6, 2016. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 130 observations used to determine its orbit.

Accessibility and Exploration

This asteroid is not considered a viable target for human exploration by the NHATS study.

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Orbital Elements

  • Epoch: 2460200.5 JD
  • Semi-major axis: 0.7497 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.4092
  • Inclination: 5.71°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 320.52°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 309.0°
  • Mean Anomaly: 351.29°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.176 km
  • Magnitude: 21.45

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 237 days (0.65 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 34.41 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 1.06 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.44 AU

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Size Rendering

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