Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | CSS |
Discovery site | Mount Lemmon Obs. |
Discovery date | 31 December 2007 |
Designations | |
(456938) 2007 YV56 | |
2007 YV56 | |
NEO · Apollo · PHA[1][2] | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 8.10 yr (2,959 days) |
Aphelion | 2.5556 AU |
Perihelion | 0.5952 AU |
1.5754 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.6222 |
1.98 yr (722 days) | |
87.984° | |
0° 29m 54.24s / day | |
Inclination | 6.2441° |
102.42° | |
265.73° | |
Earth MOID | 0.0047 AU (1.83 LD) |
Venus MOID | 0.0019 AU |
Mars MOID | 0.0571 AU |
Physical characteristics | |
0.19 km (est. at 0.20)[3] 0.36 km (est. at 0.057)[3] | |
21.0[2] | |
(456938) 2007 YV56, provisional designation 2007 YV56, is a sub-kilometer asteroid on an eccentric orbit, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 190–360 meters (620–1,200 ft) in diameter. It was discovered on 31 December 2007, by astronomers of the Catalina Sky Survey conducted at the Catalina Station in Arizona, United States.[1]