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2017 YV8

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(2017 YV8)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.044 AU
True anomaly
219.64°
Distance from Earth
1.982 AU
As of
20 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.996 AU from the Sun Earth 2017 YV8 — 1.044 AU from the Sun 2017 YV8
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2017 YV8 is 1.982 AU from Earth today (16.5 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
12h 49m 08s
Declination
-07° 02′ 51″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.98 AU
Elongation from the Sun
14.11° — too close to the Sun to observe

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
0.897 AU
Eccentricity
0.2562
Inclination
3.11°
Orbital period
310.3 days
Perihelion
0.667 AU
Aphelion
1.127 AU
Longitude of ascending node
268.37°
Argument of periapsis
52.05°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 0.9 LD
0.0023 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.602

Orbit quality

Orbit reasonably well determined (uncertainty code 5).

Observations used
19
Data arc
25 days
First observed
22 December 2017
Last observed
16 January 2018
Residual RMS
0.71 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
28 July 2026

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
27.3

Discovery & classification

Listed by JPL impact monitoring; see the Sentry table for current probabilities.

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 41 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2017 YV8 at 2030-04-01 22:12 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-04-01 22:12 UTC close approach of 2017 YV8. Catalogue miss distance 37.6 LD · 1.44 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-03-29 to 2030-04-04, 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. At closest approach the object is south of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 37.6 LD · 1.44 × 10⁷ km 2030-04-01 22:12 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-04-01 22:12 UTC close approach of 2017 YV8. Catalogue miss distance 37.6 LD · 1.44 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-03-29 to 2030-04-04, 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. At closest approach the object is south of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2027-12-22 20:08:00 Venus 0.0913 AU 35.5 LD 5.9 km/s
2030-04-01 22:12:00 Earth 0.0965 AU 37.6 LD 10 km/s
2034-12-19 11:07:00 Earth 0.027 AU 10.5 LD 6.8 km/s
2038-11-17 22:27:00 Venus 0.1063 AU 41.4 LD 13.2 km/s
2041-03-21 15:30:00 Earth 0.0975 AU 38.0 LD 5.5 km/s
2045-08-31 08:57:00 Venus 0.0071 AU 2.7 LD 8.7 km/s
2045-12-19 15:13:00 Earth 0.0837 AU 32.6 LD 10 km/s
2052-04-01 00:00:00 Earth 0.0528 AU 20.5 LD 7.1 km/s
2052-05-29 15:55:00 Venus 0.1428 AU 55.6 LD 14.9 km/s
2055-02-11 03:31:00 Venus 0.139 AU 54.1 LD 13.5 km/s

Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.

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