2017 YZ1

2017 YZ1 is a sub-kilometer asteroid on an eccentric orbit, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 250 meters (800 feet) in diameter. It was first observed on 20 December 2017, by astronomers of the Mount Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon Observatory near Tucson, Arizona, in the United States.[1][3] On 29 January 2018, it passed Earth at 125 lunar distances.[2]

2017 YZ1
Discovery [1]
Discovered byMount Lemmon Srvy.
Discovery siteMount Lemon Obs.
Discovery date20 December 2017
(first observed only)
Designations
2017 YZ1
NEO · PHA · Apollo [1][2]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 6
Observation arc53 days
Aphelion1.7717 AU
Perihelion0.8828 AU
1.3272 AU
Eccentricity0.3349
1.53 yr (559 d)
352.80°
0° 38m 40.56s / day
Inclination20.875°
277.76°
298.39°
Earth MOID0.0000357 AU (0.0139 LD)
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
0.26 km[3]
20.4[2]

    Orbit and classification

    2017 YZ1 is a member of the Apollo asteroids, which cross the orbit of Earth. Apollo's are the largest group of near-Earth objects with nearly 10 thousand known objects.

    It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.88–1.77 AU once every 18 months (559 days; semi-major axis of 1.33 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.33 and an inclination of 21° with respect to the ecliptic.[2]

    Risk assessment

    The 9 January 2018 solution with a 15-day observation arc was listed at Torino scale 1 with a 1:21,000 chance of impacting Earth on 30 June 2047. By 9 January 2018, the geocentric 30 June 2047 uncertainty region had shrunk to ±50 million km. With a longer 20 day observation arc, it dropped to Torino scale 0 and had a 1:670,000 chance of impacting Earth on 30 June 2047.[3] On 18 January 2018 it was removed from the Sentry Risk Table. With a 28-day observation arc, the nominal solution suggests it will be about 0.25 AU (37,000,000 km) from Earth on 30 June 2047. The 3-sigma uncertainty in the 2047 close approach distance is about ±13 million km.

    Numbering and naming

    This minor planet has neither been numbered nor named.[1]

    See also

    References
    1. "2017 YZ1". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
    2. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2017 YZ1)" (2018-02-11 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
    3. "Earth Impact Risk Summary: 2017 YZ1". NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.

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