456938 (2007 YV56)

Very small Apollo-class Asteroid

Near-Earth Potentially Hazardous
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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Apollo-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to a football field
  • Will pass within 25,967,860 km of Earth in 2025
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

456938 (2007 YV56) is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2007 YV56 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2007 YV56 orbits the sun every 723 days (1.98 years), coming as close as 0.60 AU and reaching as far as 2.56 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2007 YV56 is probably between 0.166 to 0.372 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a football field.

Close Approaches

2007 YV56's orbit is 0.00 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that its orbit is relatively close to Earth's orbit.

2007 YV56 has 18 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
July 7, 2025 25,967,860 14.204
June 28, 2027 7,530,278 17.788
June 22, 2029 9,874,912 20.992
June 16, 2031 28,489,661 24.662
Jan. 8, 2099 20,524,923 23.278
Jan. 2, 2101 238,989 19.276
Dec. 31, 2102 6,378,214 17.878
Dec. 27, 2104 14,834,001 16.228
Dec. 23, 2106 24,097,489 14.398
July 5, 2154 16,820,214 15.945
July 3, 2156 13,668,328 16.531
July 3, 2158 12,001,181 16.866
July 2, 2160 11,485,805 16.961
July 3, 2162 11,124,736 17.031
July 2, 2164 12,151,460 16.829
July 4, 2166 14,348,651 16.395
July 5, 2168 16,734,021 15.935
July 7, 2170 20,355,723 15.283

Images and Observations

2007 YV56's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Dec. 31, 2007. It was last officially observed on June 20, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 168 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: 1.576 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.6223
  • Inclination: 6.24°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 102.37°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 265.74°
  • Mean Anomaly: 4.63°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.215 km
  • Magnitude: 21.02

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 723 days (1.98 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 23.71 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 2.56 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.60 AU

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Size Rendering

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