613286 (2005 YQ96)

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 24,985,087 km of Earth in 2024
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

613286 (2005 YQ96) is a very small asteroid whose orbit could bring it in close proximity to Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2005 YQ96 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2005 YQ96 orbits the sun every 234 days (0.64 years), coming as close as 0.50 AU and reaching as far as 0.99 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2005 YQ96 is probably between 0.200 to 0.447 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a football field.

Close Approaches

2005 YQ96's orbit is 0.02 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.

2005 YQ96 has 21 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Jan. 2, 2024 24,985,087 15.670
Dec. 30, 2030 15,529,811 11.911
Jan. 3, 2040 5,581,007 12.903
Jan. 1, 2056 8,232,889 12.008
Jan. 2, 2065 14,969,421 14.109
Dec. 27, 2071 23,514,131 12.208
Jan. 2, 2081 3,055,284 12.379
Jan. 3, 2090 18,336,224 14.584
Dec. 27, 2096 22,653,696 12.159
Jan. 3, 2106 4,566,329 12.221
Jan. 4, 2115 11,961,496 13.666
Jan. 3, 2124 29,822,533 16.440
Dec. 31, 2130 15,100,962 11.934
Jan. 4, 2140 2,733,581 12.464
Jan. 4, 2149 16,094,453 14.236
Dec. 27, 2155 26,651,095 12.476
Jan. 1, 2165 10,865,483 11.947
Jan. 4, 2174 5,184,882 12.847
Jan. 4, 2183 25,287,763 15.632
Dec. 31, 2189 16,721,688 11.969
Jan. 4, 2199 3,181,969 12.590

Images and Observations

2005 YQ96's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Dec. 30, 2005. It was last officially observed on Jan. 6, 2022. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 95 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: 0.7435 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.3335
  • Inclination: 22.22°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 282.67°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 340.11°
  • Mean Anomaly: 59.63°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.258 km
  • Magnitude: 20.62

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 234 days (0.64 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 34.57 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 0.99 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.50 AU

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Size Rendering

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