2017 YH

Small Interior-Earth Asteroid

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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Interior-Earth Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to the Golden Gate Bridge
  • Will pass within 27,734,917 km of Earth in 2019
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Not a Potentially Hazardous Object
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2017 YH is a small asteroid with an orbit that is entirely confined within Earth's orbit. NASA JPL has classified 2017 YH 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.

2017 YH orbits the sun every 185 days (0.51 years), coming as close as 0.33 AU and reaching as far as 0.94 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2017 YH is probably between 0.615 to 1.374 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than ~97% of asteroids but small compared to large asteroids, very roughly comparable in size to the Golden Gate Bridge.

The rotation of 2017 YH has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 3.89 hours.

Close Approaches

2017 YH's orbit is 0.12 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.

2017 YH has 21 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Jan. 19, 2019 27,734,917 17.057
Jan. 21, 2020 21,517,054 15.386
Jan. 21, 2021 17,811,678 13.876
Jan. 21, 2022 17,969,730 12.660
Jan. 21, 2023 21,690,858 11.854
Jan. 18, 2024 27,297,611 11.605
Jan. 19, 2065 24,722,679 16.282
Jan. 21, 2066 19,338,800 14.667
Jan. 22, 2067 17,262,128 13.253
Jan. 22, 2068 19,359,512 12.194
Jan. 19, 2069 24,365,287 11.654
Jan. 20, 2110 25,163,388 16.417
Jan. 22, 2111 19,581,500 14.758
Jan. 23, 2112 17,197,977 13.357
Jan. 22, 2113 18,972,411 12.270
Jan. 21, 2114 23,864,643 11.661
Jan. 21, 2155 24,913,554 16.352
Jan. 23, 2156 19,258,187 14.684
Jan. 23, 2157 17,074,465 13.228
Jan. 23, 2158 19,323,958 12.176
Jan. 21, 2159 24,484,895 11.661

Images and Observations

2017 YH's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Dec. 5, 2016. It was last officially observed on Jan. 25, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 122 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: 0.6344 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.4824
  • Inclination: 19.85°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 134.18°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 147.52°
  • Mean Anomaly: 310.97°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.793 km
  • Magnitude: 18.18

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 185 days (0.51 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 37.31 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 0.94 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.33 AU
  • Rotation Period: 3.89 hours

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Size Rendering

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