Asteroid 2000 YA will pass near the Earth (0.007 AU) on the 26th December, 2011. Google earth file: Asteroid 2000 YA.kmz (18kb, kmz) EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V
2011 12 22 04 35 21.8 +27 53 12 0.03364 1.0156 160.8 18.6 17.2
2011 12 23 04 33 47.2 +31 41 19 0.02599 1.0080 158.7...
Orbital elements:
2011 YE6 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0435 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 4.27072 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.20961711 Peri. 348.15968 -0.98560132 -0.16907453
a 2.8066283 Node 182.10929 +0.15915850 -0.92375534
e 0.7297056 Incl. 3.05516 +0.05708429 -0.34364207
P 4.70 H 20....
Orbital elements:
2011 YP10 Earth MOID = 0.0707 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 21.10316 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.73774636 Peri. 55.34603 -0.78857999 -0.59297077
a 1.2130108 Node 87.74329 +0.49727920 -0.77073584
e 0.1732529 Incl. 9.38097 +0.36173885 -0.23313500
P 1.34 H 24.6 G 0....
Orbital elements:
2011 YK6 Earth MOID = 0.0019 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 13.81853 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.33821752 Peri. 229.11234 -0.84162716 -0.53057207
a 2.0401964 Node 278.61539 +0.52107713 -0.74874055
e 0.5764977 Incl. 5.85044 +0.14192373 -0.39734225
P 2.91 H 23.3 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2011 YJ6 Earth MOID = 0.0584 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 30.32049 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.67118139 Peri. 217.31363 -0.59740497 -0.74502165
a 1.2919413 Node 271.34762 +0.78857710 -0.47848982
e 0.2208487 Incl. 17.26637 +0.14578567 -0.46474748
P 1.47 H 24.0 G...
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