17874 (1998 YM3) is a large asteroid that shares Jupiter's orbit around the sun. NASA JPL has not classified 1998 YM3 as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
1998 YM3 orbits the sun every 4,390 days (12.02 years), coming as close as 5.00 AU and reaching as far as 5.49 AU from the sun. 1998 YM3 is about 17.4 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the city of Philadelphia.
The rotation of 1998 YM3 has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 9.81 hours.
1998 YM3's orbit is 4.01 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is an extremely wide berth between this asteroid and Earth at all times.
Orbital simulations conducted by NASA JPL's CNEOS do not show any close approaches to Earth.
1998 YM3's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Dec. 1, 1951. It was last officially observed on March 27, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 1,626 observations used to determine its orbit.
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