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2019 YP5

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(2019 YP5)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
1.179 AU
True anomaly
220.02°
Distance from Earth
1.491 AU
As of
24 October 2026

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Sun Earth — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth 2019 YP5 — 1.179 AU from the Sun 2019 YP5
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2019 YP5 is 1.491 AU from Earth today (12.4 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
10h 49m 01s
Declination
+10° 39′ 04″
Constellation
Leo
Distance from Earth
1.49 AU
Elongation from the Sun
52.13° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

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
0.977 AU
Eccentricity
0.3842
Inclination
10.36°
Orbital period
352.5 days
Perihelion
0.601 AU
Aphelion
1.352 AU
Longitude of ascending node
318.16°
Argument of periapsis
299.02°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 5.5 LD
0.0142 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.115

Orbit quality

Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 1).

Observations used
111
Data arc
406 days
First observed
30 December 2019
Last observed
8 February 2021
Residual RMS
0.56 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
9 December 2025

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
22.46

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 66 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2019 YP5 at 2041-09-28 07:55 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2041-09-28 07:55 UTC close approach of 2019 YP5. Catalogue miss distance 55.4 LD · 2.13 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2041-09-25 to 2041-10-01, 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 north of the ecliptic. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 55.4 LD · 2.13 × 10⁷ km 2041-09-28 07:55 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2041-09-28 07:55 UTC close approach of 2019 YP5. Catalogue miss distance 55.4 LD · 2.13 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2041-09-25 to 2041-10-01, 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 north 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
2035-09-07 00:15:00 Venus 0.1399 AU 54.4 LD 13.4 km/s
2041-09-28 07:55:00 Earth 0.1423 AU 55.4 LD 12.2 km/s
2044-07-17 08:40:00 Venus 0.0846 AU 32.9 LD 16.7 km/s
2048-02-12 00:28:00 Earth 0.1304 AU 50.7 LD 9.9 km/s
2049-02-09 01:11:00 Earth 0.0813 AU 31.6 LD 15.4 km/s
2051-04-18 15:57:00 Venus 0.0462 AU 18.0 LD 14.1 km/s
2058-01-15 07:57:00 Venus 0.0762 AU 29.7 LD 12.3 km/s
2064-10-08 18:48:00 Venus 0.1273 AU 49.5 LD 12 km/s
2068-10-06 12:35:00 Earth 0.1903 AU 74.0 LD 16.6 km/s
2069-09-24 02:16:00 Earth 0.1642 AU 63.9 LD 10.6 km/s

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

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