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2017 YK1

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(2017 YK1)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.783 AU
True anomaly
42.71°
Distance from Earth
0.68 AU
As of
22 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2017 YK1 — 0.783 AU from the Sun 2017 YK1
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2017 YK1 is 0.68 AU from Earth today (5.7 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
16h 17m 48s
Declination
-53° 39′ 03″
Constellation
Norma
Distance from Earth
0.68 AU
Elongation from the Sun
51.67° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the southern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far north.

From your location

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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
0.937 AU
Eccentricity
0.2011
Inclination
27.51°
Orbital period
331.1 days
Perihelion
0.748 AU
Aphelion
1.125 AU
Longitude of ascending node
93.8°
Argument of periapsis
219.21°
Epoch · J2000
2458109.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 29.8 LD
0.0765 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.292

Orbit quality

Orbit very uncertain — the object may be effectively lost (uncertainty code 8).

Observations used
30
Data arc
8 days
First observed
20 December 2017
Last observed
28 December 2017
Residual RMS
0.51 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
15 April 2021

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
24.9

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 31 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2017 YK1 at 2026-12-25 03:13 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-12-25 03:13 UTC close approach of 2017 YK1. Catalogue miss distance 134.1 LD · 5.15 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-12-22 to 2026-12-28, 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 134.1 LD · 5.15 × 10⁷ km 2026-12-25 03:13 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2026-12-25 03:13 UTC close approach of 2017 YK1. Catalogue miss distance 134.1 LD · 5.15 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2026-12-22 to 2026-12-28, 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
2026-12-25 03:13:00 Earth 0.3445 AU 134.1 LD 20.5 km/s
2027-12-28 00:35:00 Earth 0.1932 AU 75.2 LD 14 km/s
2104-12-23 08:49:00 Earth 0.0943 AU 36.7 LD 15.2 km/s
2105-07-19 17:20:00 Earth 0.3191 AU 124.2 LD 17.1 km/s
2106-01-13 08:05:00 Earth 0.4184 AU 162.8 LD 15.2 km/s
2106-05-24 08:48:00 Earth 0.3158 AU 122.9 LD 18.5 km/s
2113-12-28 14:47:00 Earth 0.4466 AU 173.8 LD 23.1 km/s
2114-08-07 02:25:00 Venus 0.0915 AU 35.6 LD 15.1 km/s
2114-12-25 20:33:00 Earth 0.1116 AU 43.4 LD 14.1 km/s
2181-12-30 04:16:00 Earth 0.4927 AU 191.7 LD 24.3 km/s

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

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