Astronomy:(585310) 2017 YZ1

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(585310) 2017 YZ1
Discovery[1]
Discovered byMount Lemmon Srvy.
Discovery siteMount Lemon Obs.
Discovery date20 December 2017
Designations
(585310) 2017 YZ1
2017 YZ1
Minor planet categoryNEO · PHA · Apollo[1][2]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 1 July 2021 (JD 2459396.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc8.78 (3,206 days)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}1.7715 AU
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}0.8830 AU
1.3272 AU
Eccentricity0.3347
Orbital period1.53 yr (558 d)
Mean anomaly43.773°
Mean motion0° 38m 40.551s / day
Inclination20.875°
Longitude of ascending node277.75°
298.39°
Earth MOID0.00012 astronomical unit|AU (0.047 LD)
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter0.26 km[3]
Absolute magnitude (H)20.43[2]


(585310) 2017 YZ1, provisional designation: 2017 YZ1, is a sub-kilometer asteroid on an eccentric orbit, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 250 meters (800 feet) in diameter. It was first observed on 20 December 2017, by astronomers with the Mount Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon Observatory near Tucson, Arizona, in the United States.[1][3] On 29 January 2018, it passed Earth at 125 lunar distances.[2]

Orbit and classification

2017 YZ1 is a member of the Apollo asteroids, which cross the orbit of Earth. Apollo's are the largest group of near-Earth objects with nearly 10 thousand known objects.

It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.88–1.77 AU once every 18 months (558 days; semi-major axis of 1.33 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.33 and an inclination of 21° with respect to the ecliptic.[2]

Risk assessment

The 9 January 2018 solution with a 15-day observation arc was listed at Torino scale 1 with a 1:21,000 chance of impacting Earth on 30 June 2047. By 9 January 2018, the geocentric 30 June 2047 uncertainty region had shrunk to ±50 million km. With a longer 20 day observation arc, it dropped to Torino scale 0 and had a 1:670,000 chance of impacting Earth on 30 June 2047.[3] On 18 January 2018 it was removed from the Sentry Risk Table. With a 28-day observation arc, the nominal solution suggests it will be about 0.25 AU (37,000,000 km) from Earth on 30 June 2047. The 3-sigma uncertainty in the 2047 close approach distance is about ±13 million km.

Numbering and naming

This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 10 August 2021, receiving the number (585310) in the minor planet catalog (M.P.C. 133609).[4] (As of 2021), it has not been named.[1]

See also

  • List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2018

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