2014 YW34

Very small Apollo-class Asteroid

Near-Earth Potentially Hazardous
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Key Facts

  • Categorized as a Apollo-class Asteroid
  • Comparable in size to a basketball court
  • Will pass within 26,187,741 km of Earth in 2019
  • Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA)
  • Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
  • See orbit simulation

Overview

2014 YW34 is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2014 YW34 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth.

2014 YW34 orbits the sun every 610 days (1.67 years), coming as close as 0.81 AU and reaching as far as 2.01 AU from the sun. Based on its brightness and the way it reflects light, 2014 YW34 is probably between 0.121 to 0.272 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to average asteroid, very roughly comparable in size to a basketball court.

Close Approaches

2014 YW34's orbit is 0.03 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is a wide berth between this asteroid and Earth at all times.

2014 YW34 has 18 close approaches predicted in the coming decades:

Date Distance from Earth (km) Velocity (km/s)
Nov. 10, 2019 26,187,741 8.578
Nov. 20, 2024 23,045,652 8.259
Nov. 30, 2029 19,368,875 8.658
Dec. 5, 2034 16,554,748 9.369
Dec. 9, 2039 14,069,600 10.276
Dec. 11, 2044 12,805,823 11.188
Dec. 14, 2049 13,572,550 12.433
Dec. 18, 2054 18,579,670 14.214
Dec. 23, 2059 27,753,700 16.454
July 13, 2111 28,812,701 17.117
July 16, 2116 18,535,092 15.114
July 20, 2121 10,637,016 13.557
July 22, 2126 7,405,953 12.897
July 21, 2131 9,744,284 13.397
July 17, 2136 16,851,450 14.810
July 13, 2141 27,139,218 16.792
Dec. 26, 2194 29,242,831 16.853
Dec. 21, 2199 17,831,259 14.123

Images and Observations

2014 YW34's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Dec. 27, 2014. It was last officially observed on Feb. 18, 2020. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 116 observations used to determine its orbit.

Accessibility and Exploration

This asteroid is not considered a viable target for human exploration by the NHATS study.

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Orbital Elements

  • Epoch: 2460200.5 JD
  • Semi-major axis: 1.407 AU
  • Eccentricity: 0.4255
  • Inclination: 6.03°
  • Longitude of Ascending Node: 314.31°
  • Argument of Periapsis: 57.29°
  • Mean Anomaly: 124.29°

Physical Characteristics

  • Diameter: ~0.157 km
  • Magnitude: 21.7

Derived Characteristics

  • Orbit Period: 610 days (1.67 years)
  • Avg. Orbit Speed: 25.09 km/s
  • Aphelion Distance: 2.01 AU
  • Perihelion Distance: 0.81 AU

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Size Rendering

The below comparison is an artistic rendering that uses available data on the diameter of 2014 YW34 to create an approximate landscape rendering with New York City in the background. This approximation is built for full-resolution desktop browsers. Shape, color, and texture of asteroid are imagined.