Key Facts
- Categorized as a Main-belt Asteroid
- Comparable in size to the San Francisco Bay (6.55 km diameter)
- Not a Near Earth Object
- Not a Potentially Hazardous Object
- See orbit simulation
Overview
Jim Young is a mid-sized asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Jim Young as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Jim Young orbits the sun every 1,230 days (3.37 years), coming as close as 1.94 AU and reaching as far as 2.54 AU from the sun. Jim Young is about 6.6 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the San Francisco Bay.
The rotation of Jim Young has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 131.30 hours.
Jim Young's spectral type None (Tholen) / S (SMASSII) indicates that it is likely to contain and .
No Close Approaches
Jim Young's orbit is 0.95 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is a very 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.
Images and Observations
Jim Young's orbit is determined by observations dating back to April 2, 1954. It was last officially observed on Dec. 22, 2022. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 3,672 observations used to determine its orbit.
Accessibility and Exploration
This asteroid is not considered a viable target for human exploration by the NHATS study.Similar Objects
These objects have orbits that share similar characteristics to the orbit of Jim Young:References
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- Epoch: 2460200.5 JD
- Semi-major axis: 2.244 AU
- Eccentricity: 0.1341
- Inclination: 4.89°
- Longitude of Ascending Node: 79.14°
- Argument of Periapsis: 322.42°
- Mean Anomaly: 43.22°
Physical Characteristics
- Diameter: 6.55200 km
- Magnitude: 13.04
- Albedo: 0.251
- Spectral type (SMASS): S
Derived Characteristics
- Orbit Period: 1,230 days (3.37 years)
- Avg. Orbit Speed: 19.85 km/s
- Aphelion Distance: 2.54 AU
- Perihelion Distance: 1.94 AU
- Rotation Period: 131.30 hours
- Approx. Composition: and .
Map Comparison
Orbit Simulation
Sky Map
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Size Rendering
The above comparison is an artistic rendering that uses available data on the diameter of Jim Young to create an approximate landscape rendering with Mount Everest in the background. This approximation is built for full-resolution desktop browsers. Shape, color, and texture of asteroid are imagined.
