Discovered by Catalina Sky Survey MPC designation 2007 YV56 Minor planet category Apollo
NEO, PHA Absolute magnitude 21 Discoverer Catalina Sky Survey | Discovery date 31 December 2007 Alternative names MPO 303339 Discovered 31 December 2007 Asteroid group Apollo asteroid | |
Discovery site Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona, USA | ||
(456938) 2007 YV56 is a small asteroid that is a Near-Earth object and an Apollo asteroid.
Orbit
The orbit of 2007 YV56 makes it a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) that is predicted to pass within 0.001654 AU (247,400 km) of the Earth in the year 2101. For comparison, the distance to the Moon is about 0.0026 AU (384,400 km).
The Jupiter Tisserand invariant, used to distinguish different kinds of orbits, is 4.160.
References
(456938) 2007 YV56 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA