2013 YT102 is an asteroid in the Apollo orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.8 AU to 1.23 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 372.6 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.173 AU
- True anomaly
- 146.17°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.968 AU
- As of
- 3 November 2026
Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 19h 35m 32s
- Declination
- -06° 39′ 48″
- Constellation
- Aquila
- Distance from Earth
- 0.97 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 73.5° — well clear of the Sun
Visible from both hemispheres.
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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 1.013 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.2092
- Inclination
- 12.75°
- Orbital period
- 372.6 days
- Perihelion
- 0.801 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.225 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 278.24°
- Argument of periapsis
- 286.06°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · APO
- Apollo
- Earth MOID · 12.4 LD
- 0.032 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 5.976
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).
- Observations used
- 79
- Data arc
- 357 days
- First observed
- 31 December 2013
- Last observed
- 23 December 2014
- Residual RMS
- 0.46 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 25
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 118 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2061-12-23 04:36 UTC close approach of 2013 YT102. Catalogue miss distance 163.3 LD · 6.28 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2061-12-20 to 2061-12-26, with a mark at UTC midnights and an arrow for the direction of motion. The circle is the Moon’s mean orbit; the Moon is plotted at closest approach. A ray shows the Sun’s direction. The labelled distance is the full separation. The drawn radius is the part that lies in the ecliptic plane. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2061-12-23 04:36:00 | Earth | 0.4196 AU | 163.3 LD | 20.3 km/s |
| 2062-12-28 06:13:00 | Earth | 0.2969 AU | 115.5 LD | 16.7 km/s |
| 2064-01-01 18:29:00 | Earth | 0.1739 AU | 67.7 LD | 13.3 km/s |
| 2065-01-04 03:57:00 | Earth | 0.0582 AU | 22.6 LD | 10.2 km/s |
| 2066-01-04 03:47:00 | Earth | 0.0738 AU | 28.7 LD | 7.9 km/s |
| 2066-12-24 05:10:00 | Earth | 0.1787 AU | 69.5 LD | 7.1 km/s |
| 2067-12-02 02:58:00 | Earth | 0.2617 AU | 101.9 LD | 7.2 km/s |
| 2068-04-02 21:37:00 | Earth | 0.2791 AU | 108.6 LD | 6.8 km/s |
| 2068-11-07 10:35:00 | Earth | 0.3124 AU | 121.6 LD | 6.9 km/s |
| 2069-05-05 08:00:00 | Earth | 0.2625 AU | 102.1 LD | 7.9 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB